Anyone going to try hitting "running" deer with new 5 Cartridge rifles this Fall

[halfmileharry]

I'm just going tow this out with the Jeep and wait for the deer to run through the stream of bullets.

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Is this even a LEGAL caliber?

 

[Tynimiller]

Seriously....no. Not ever. You can't possibly focus on your target and swing the gun and be checking what is behind the target at the same time. Not a safe ethical shot in my opinion.

Further I'll clarify...this is my opinion no matter the device I'm using (bow, shotgun, PCR, HPR or spear). If the gun in your hand dictates whether you take a running shot I'd be a little concerned. Besides I'm a firm believe in NEVER taking shots you've not practiced and mastered.

 

[ghitch75]

shot a 6 pointer at 20 yards at a dead run threw both lungs with my Bear Kodiak receurve.....does that count

then skipped a arrow off a coyotes nose that was chasin' it......yote wasn't goin' as fast...

 

[Expatriated]

My Dad shot one antler off a deer running across a cornfield once. I've never been able to duplicate that. It's the most impressive shot I've ever seen.

 

[RMC]

If you only have one shot, you learn quickly how to make it count. People today are too used to a spray and pray mentality.

 

[Hookeye]

Covering new ground and jump shooting deer..........
is that the same as being in a stand and having a deer trot by (where you have surveyed the entire area and know what's safe)?

Both moving deer, different setups.

So the blanket statement of "don't shoot moving deer, never".................is pretty silly IMHO.

Hell, if you're alone and doing a push/kick up with a J hook move, you probably will shoot the deer where you just were.

 

[Hookeye]

If you only have one shot, you learn quickly how to make it count. People today are too used to a spray and pray mentality.

Not really. They just suck at thinking and expect forums and social media to give them the answer.

 

[Hookeye]

And if you have a poacher sneaking around without orange............Ef 'em.
I scan for orange all the time, to be safe.

Some POS sneaking in assumes all risk.

 

[two70]

IMO, scoped sighted rifles tend to discourage shooting at running targets and bead sighted shotguns tend to encourage it for a variety of reasons.

That being said, I cleanly killed both animals I shot with a rifle while running, a deer and a pig. I certainly haven't made a habit of shooting at running targets though and will only take the shot in a few narrowly defined situations.

 

[Hookeye]

Over scoped rifles suck. Proper fit and cheekweld, a low power scope makes movers easier.
Bead sighted shotguns discourage it IMHO, because one has to put the bead in the same spot along the receiver (since bead and receiver edge are used as iron sights). Smaller and of longer radius, they are slow to align. Slow and mover don't mix.

Sure some folks shoot bead sighted rigs at deer like rabbits. The low success rate of not aiming a bead sighted rig probably has them few in number.

 

[AtTheMurph]

5 round? I thought the rule was 10 round. Shells are cheap! I'm going to fill the air with lead and see what happens. Might get one finally.

 

[two70]

Sure some folks shoot bead sighted rigs at deer like rabbits. The low success rate of not aiming a bead sighted rig probably has them few in number.

You obviously don't hunt anywhere near public land if you believe low success rates discourage people from relying on volume of fire to bring down deer with bead sighted shotguns. Lucky you! The problem with bead sights is that most people don't aim them at all, they point them which leads to a missed/wounded deer and subsequent rapid fire follow ups.

 

[Hookeye]

Some folks in the excitement forget to aim their iron sights.
I worked in a decent volume shop, lots of public land hunters......since a certain spot not that far away.
Most ran iron sighted mossbergs. Some had bead sighted rigs, quite a few having them D&T for scope mounts (usually a crap scope added).
Some did use bead only, and I'd say they few in number, and half of them understanding how to use the bead and receiver as iron sights- not just point shooting.
Most deer hunters I've met run sights or scopes. Now the junk scopes and mixed lots of ammo, or see through rings.........with reg combs on buttstocks........

Maybe the rubes a little north are more sophisticated.

Did have one gent admit a decent buck popped up and he looked over his scope....................and fired.

 

[Hookeye]

Some folks can't spot the hit. Slugs in the boiler room often have the deer kick in the afterburners.
Movers are fun.
Hit 'em again if you can/want.

One in the kill zone or 3 or 4............doesn't matter to me.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Sure some folks shoot bead sighted rigs at deer like rabbits. The low success rate of not aiming a bead sighted rig probably has them few in number.

IMHO, I don't care what sights a person uses as long as they are effective and safe.

Case-in-point, I lost $100 bet to my dad many years ago. During the routine "it's fall, better break out the slug guns and make sure they are sighted in" family shooting event, dad asked for any takers on if he could hit the 4" target at 75 yards from the hip with his Mossberg 500 12ga. I thought, "4 inch target at 75 yards? Many couldn't hit that if they were aiming it with sights, odds are strongly in my favor that he misses" Of course, I know my dad is good, but he's not that good right? Wrong, he not only hit the 4" target, he hit it 1" from the center dot. He asked for bets on doing it again and I declined, but he did it again just to prove that it wasn't luck. FWIW, the gun did, in fact, have a bead sight but I'm quite certain the type of sight is irrelevant if you're not even using it...