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Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 12, 2015 at 19:50

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Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 12, 2015 at 19:48

There are conflicting arguments on the effectiveness of deer whistles, however I always add one to my vehicles, when I get a new one. Don't know if it makes a difference, but I use ones that have 2 chambers.

Comment by Jan Carter on November 12, 2015 at 19:20

Approximately 300 people and 1 million deer are killed every year in deer-vehicle collisions. Would a deer car whistle have prevented the accident? Insurance companies estimate vehicle damage at 1 Billion dollars a year!.State police and insurance companies also believe many accidents with deer are never reported.

We were having a discussion about this in the chat tonight...Do deer whistles work to keep them from running out in front of you?

Comment by Jan Carter on November 4, 2015 at 7:58

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Comment by Clint Thompson on October 21, 2015 at 12:18

With the 180 pound pull I have a 4 inch drop at 50 yards. Using the crossbow rated target, at 50 yards the bolt drives to within one inch of the fletchings. This makes for fun in pulling the bolt out.

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on October 21, 2015 at 12:04

Wow Clint, I thought my 150 pound pull crossbow was a lot.  I like to limit my crossbow shots to around 50 yards.  I hunted yesterday and the one deer I saw at one point was only ten feet from me.  I didn't shoot it.

Also Clint, you reminded me that I have a Ruger air rifle with a scope on it.

Comment by Clint Thompson on October 21, 2015 at 9:24

Well to throw in my 2 cents, I read many of the member's comments. Each and everyone had good points. Me, I have one rifle with a scope, Ruger M77 (one of the first) in .270 win. I use this from Elk to Chipmunks...sorry Alvin. I also have a Sheridan 5mm air rifle with a scope because the sights were horrible. I hunt small game with this weapon. The other 16 or so long guns have iron sights. I prefer the iron sights to the optical sights.

I grew up hunting and trapping. The fun in the hunt is the stalk and not the kill. Other than a Coyote I took at 260 yards, I stalk to within a 100 yards before I shoot. If I was out on the flat plains I would have some problems there.

I don't have a rangefinder or even marked fence posts. I know my rifle and ammo and how it performs within that 100 yards.

I do have a crossbow with a scope as well. It is a 180 pound pull with a 2 power optic. I like this as I can make 80 to 100 yard shots with great penetration. I don't like to shoot that far as 60 to 80 is better.

Okay there is my 2 cents plus 48 more. 

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on October 21, 2015 at 0:39

I have nothing against modern technology.  I use scopes on my .30-06, my muzzleloader, my crossbow, and my 10/22.  Also right now I have three trail cameras out.  I have two shooting houses, two ladder stands, and a portable ground blind.  I don't have a range finder because I don't need one.  All of my stand positions are fixed and I have various range markers at each of them.  For example one of my shooting houses sits in a corner of the property.  I have about a 10 yard open shooting lane to the next corner 215 yards away.  I have flagged the fence that runs along the property line at 50 yard intervals.  So I can tell within a few yards of the distance to any deer that appears in that area just by looking at it.  I only killed one deer last year.  It was a 150 yard shot with my muzzleloader.  I knew it was 150 yards before I fired because of my marker on the fence.

I have a Marlin Golden 39A Mountie (1967 vintage).  I don't have a scope on it.  A scope would just mess up its handling qualities too much to suit me.  I did put an aperture receiver sight on it.  That way I only have to worry about the front sight.

Another rifle I have that I will never put a scope on is my Model 1873 Winchester.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on October 20, 2015 at 23:27

They also used blackpowder and flintlocks and many a hunter got skunked back then as well.

Anything that aids in the humane kill of the stalked animal is a benefit whether that be scopes, rangefinders, GPS etc.

Back in the mid 1900s writers like O'Conner, Keith, Johnson etc. were extolling the virtues of the then, primitive, optics that fogged up, crosswires snapped, dials seized up,

I can't use iron sights now--my sight has been deteriorating in old age.  10M air rifle range no problem, 100 yd deer, deer clear but there are no sights, blurred out completely. 

As to judging range it takes practice.  I'm usually within 25 to 50 yds of the actual distance (laser)  within 400 yds but that is about the farthest range we hunt at and I'm doing it for months on end.  Varmints we use rangefinders as we're taking shots out past 1,000 yds.

Take a full size deer target out to 50 yds and then walk back and photograph it.  Do so at 50 yd intervals until you get to 300 yds--or whatever range is your maximum--and study them.  Do so with your riflescope set at a constant power, say 6x, and see how the target looks at each distance.  Sight is like muscle memory--repetition works. 

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on October 20, 2015 at 22:37

I have used iron sights a lot.  Although I probably am not as good as I used to be due to my eyesight not being as good as it used to be.  I think I probably am at least as good as most hunters today at scouting.  When it comes to judging distance I feel I am probably a little better than most hunters today..  i don't use a range finder.  The closest I have to a range finder is a fence that I have marked at 50 yard intervals.

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