Hunting in Thick Brush

[Quirt Evans]

As a PSA, I thought you guys might be interested in this video;
I found it enjoyable,, and informative on a basic level about various cartridges;

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[Andy54Hawken]

Something else to consider for a "Brush Gun"....

Is just how does the rifle carry , handle and maneuver through the brush...?

A lever action carbine , with a 20 inch barrel may be more handy , in thick brush or timber...
Than a heavy bolt action rifle with a 24 inch barrel and a scope.

Not that you can't use a bolt action rifle with a scope and a 24 inch barrel in brush or timber...
But...
How a rifle balances and feels to you..will play an important part here.

Shooting style can also make or break a brush gun ....
Instinctive shooting or point shooting much like when shooting with a shotgun for upland birds....
Is a useful skill for the brush and timber hunter to learn and practice.
Andy

 

[Twodogs]

My favorite brush gun it this time is a encore rifle in .44 mag with an 18" barrel and an Aimpoint sight, from 0-150 yrds it's a hammer. .

 

[pathfinder]

30-30 , 44 mag, 450 marlin

 

[titsonritz]

My favorite brush gun it this time is a encore rifle in .44 mag with an 18" barrel and an Aimpoint sight, from 0-150 yrds it's a hammer. View attachment 737951.

My hammer is an Encore with a Katahdin 20" 45-70 barrel with an Aimpoint Micro.

 

[Twodogs]

My hammer is an Encore with a Katahdin 20" 45-70 barrel with an Aimpoint Micro.

I also have a 45/70 barrel with an Aimpoint on it loaded with 300 gr Barnes.

 

[Rascal01]

Depending on cover and terrain I use a Ruger .44 Mannlicher carbine with a shotgun scope, a Remington Mohawk 600 in .308, or Remington 600 in .350 mag.

 

[No_Regerts]

I would NEVER shoot through brush with any cartridge/rifle combo. That's how you end up with dead brush pickers.

 

[Koda]

WTF he lost me at not being able to clearly seeing his target.

A "brush gun" simply is any gun with a faster target acquisition and nothing more because your usually flushing fast moving game at close distances. But NOBODY shoots a brush shot. Worrying about brush deflection means you need a better id of the target and should probably revisit the 4 rules....

 

[The Heretic]

My "brush gun":

 

[The Heretic]

A little more scientific:

The Box O' Truth #40 - Deflected Bullets and the...

Many of us are hunters and some are combatants. We all know that if a bullet hits a hard object, it can be deflected in a completely different path than the one it was traveling before the hit. A question we want to test today is this: Are some bullets more resistant to being deflected than...

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[Rascal01]

And then some of us just like big bullets when hunting where ranges are close and there is little concern for trajectory. Sometimes the ranges can just as easily be measured in feet. You may need to be quick...

 

[No_Regerts]

And then some of us just like big bullets when hunting where ranges are close and there is little concern for trajectory. Sometimes the ranges can just as easily be measured in feet. You may need to be quick...

You can't be any geek off the street. Gotta be handy with the steel, you know what I mean? Earn your keep!

 

[Xaevian]

I would NEVER shoot through brush with any cartridge/rifle combo. That's how you end up with dead brush pickers.

I personally know someone that happened to...

 

[titsonritz]

I would NEVER shoot through brush with any cartridge/rifle combo. That's how you end up with dead brush pickers.

It's not about shooting through the brush but rather having a short, handy, lightweight weapon that will anchor prey so one doesn't have to crawl through that crap looking for bleeding out animal, but you know that.

 

[No_Regerts]

It's not about shooting through the brush but rather having a short, handy, lightweight weapon that will anchor prey so one doesn't have to crawl through that crap looking for bleeding out animal, but you know that.

That's not what the video was setting out to prove. It was more along the lines of "how big does it have to be to shoot through brush and still hit a target".

I think thats crazy. From a comment he made about "killing Bambi", I wonder if he understands what he's talking about.

 

[titsonritz]

That's not what the video was setting out to prove. It was more along the lines of "how big does it have to be to shoot through brush and still hit a target".

I think thats crazy. From a comment he made about "killing Bambi", I wonder if he understands what he's talking about.

I didn't watch the video, just speaking on my own thoughts and if that is the video is going for I'm glad of not wasting my time.

 

[Xaevian]

Everyone knows hardwood trees are harder than pine trees. This test is so Appalachian biased.

 

[The Heretic]

This is the last deer I took:



26" octagonal barrel .30-30 - not a brush rifle, but I shot the buck at something like 20 feet - sitting very still on a stump while it walked by me pursuing a doe. I could have thrown a rock at it. Most of the deer on the west side of the Cascades are shot at very close range. Only once have I shot a deer that I really needed a rifle instead of a handgun (although I have never actually used a handgun for deer).

A large caliber handgun like a .44 or a .45 would do just fine as a brush gun and be more handy than any rifle at the distances I see most deer at.

 

[Capin JRo]

You can't be any geek off the street. Gotta be handy with the steel, you know what I mean? Earn your keep!

Regulators.... Mount up.