someone needs a better range finder or more sighting in time

[oknow]

Surprised that dear lived as long as it has.


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[2A2Dend]

I would have dropped my shot based on where the rabbit was. Fire for effect. Over

 

[Caveman Jim]

They were lucky to get a follow-up shot!!!
Poor wittle wabbit. :-(

 

[Stomper]

Dang.... and he more or less hit the same spot on the 2nd shot!

 

[DuneHopper]

You killed thumper ?

 

[etrain16]

Looks like the story said the guy didn't know his son had dropped the rifle earlier that day. I'm just curious why he didn't adjust down on shot #2? Must have thought he pulled the first one.

 

[mjbskwim]

I would have at least shot under the thing the second time

 

[erudne]

You killed thumper ?

Murdered! Meat is Murder!

 

[oknow]

You have to admit he did have something to eat that night

 

[Stomper]

Rabbit vapor stew?

 

[oknow]

Rabbit vapor stew?

That along with a toothpick in a glass of water he could have a meal and a pine float for desert.

 

[etrain16]

I would have at least shot under the thing the second time

He probably made the follow up shot on the rabbit to make sure it was a humane kill

 

[Member 5605]

Working the hunter sight in at the range allows me to see these types of 'hunters' all the time. They talk a huge game then can't hit the broad side of a barn.

My most recent favorite was the idiot who was going to hunt elk with a .300AAC AR because it's .30 caliber and has enough energy to kill. This guy wasn't going to kill any elk, he was 5'2" and probably 350lbs. He wasn't going to be hiking anywhere without oxygen.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I find it interesting that some hunters only sight in and practice at a range off a bench or similar conditions.
I understand that some folks don't have access to public lands to shoot.
Shooting at a range is vastly different than shooting in hunting fields.
I am lucky to have have public land near by , so I can practice shooting while under hunting conditions.

If you can get out off the range and practice where you hunt or some where like it , I feel you will be a better hunter.
There are no benches to steady you or range makers for distance to target , out in the wild. Getting to know my limits as a hunter and shooter in a real , uncontrolled environment has helped me in my shooting and hunting.
Andy

 

[308]

I find it interesting that some hunters only sight in and practice at a range off a bench or similar conditions.
I understand that some folks don't have access to public lands to shoot.
Shooting at a range is vastly different than shooting in hunting fields.
I am lucky to have have public land near by , so I can practice shooting while under hunting conditions.

If you can get out off the range and practice where you hunt or some where like it , I feel you will be a better hunter.
There are no benches to steady you or range makers for distance to target , out in the wild. Getting to know my limits as a hunter and shooter in a real , uncontrolled environment has helped me in my shooting and hunting.
Andy

I agree. I have found it harder to judge distance in central/eastern Oregon where the trees and vegetation are of a different scale than western Oregon, visually speaking, and what I assume is 100 yards is not so. At least that has been my experience.

 

[66PonyCar]

He got that wascally wabbit! The second shot was to make sure it was dead.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Shhhhh! I'm hunting wabbits!

That vid cracks me up!

 

[clearconscience]

I was hunting newr St Helens this year. We stopped for some food and heard a shot. Thinking dang someone got our elk. Then another shot, and another, and another, and it just kept going.
I was thinking, WTF? Is someone target shooting. We counted like 14 shots.
Then we stopped at the store for some snacks on the way home and this old guy was talking about it. He said they guy shooting missed an elk with every shot and only stopped shooting because he ran out of ammo.

 

[etrain16]

I was hunting newr St Helens this year. We stopped for some food and heard a shot. Thinking dang someone got our elk. Then another shot, and another, and another, and it just kept going.
I was thinking, WTF? Is someone target shooting. We counted like 14 shots.
Then we stopped at the store for some snacks on the way home and this old guy was talking about it. He said they guy shooting missed an elk with every shot and only stopped shooting because he ran out of ammo.

Maybe he should take up fishing

 

[Member 5605]

Maybe he should take up fishing

Or carry more ammo.