50 yard zero .308

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Behind reading here. Just found this thread 5 minutes ago. Have only scanned. Will read.

I need to zero my .30-30 with 160 gr spitzers.
I'm leaning toward 25 yds since most (98%) of my shots will be < 100 yds.
That's with ghost rings. When I add the Leupold VX Hog, we'll take it out further.

I've researched this for weeks, but glad to find more opinions here at home.
 
What's with everybody wanting a hunting zero at 25 yards???

For goodness sakes folks.

Go zero it properly at 100 yards or further, and be sure you don't miss, or just wound a majestic game animal!!

There is no short range zero you can trust as far as you can throw rocks!!!!

rc
 
What's with everybody wanting a hunting zero at 25 yards???
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In my case, it's not so much wanting to as that's just the way it is.

The places I tend to hang out w/ a .30 are dense woods, with shots < 100 yds.
I just like smaller landscapes now. Why is a different topic.

But I think I've learned that zero'ing at 25 puts it back down at 125,
w/ no more than 3" high at the peak of the trajectory.

Good o'nuff fo' me. ;)
 
Good thing you don't live in Kansas then!!

A 200 yard zero just gets you started out on the plains!

rc
 
^ :)

"We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!"

The places I tend to hang out...
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Is all that green stuff what they call trees?
Or underbrush??

I think we have one of those where I hunt coyotes in the winter!! :D

A 25 or 50 yard zero won't get you much fur here!!


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Is all that green stuff what they call trees?
Or underbrush??
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Over here on the right coast, from south (Florida) to north (up there, again next year for a winter), they call it trees with underbrush.

In the northland, central Maine, down on the southern end of the great north woods, (a truly remarkable ecosystem),
a 100 m shot is relatively rare, especially away from farms.

Here's a long shot along a straight stretch of a frozen river in January.

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I think we have one of those where I hunt coyotes in the winter!!
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LOL.
 
Thats some pretty woods Astone!
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Lobo, those two images in my post before your last one are in my back yard... or the 40 acres behind my back yard.

The real woods here are 15 mi east in the national forest,
one of the biggest and most rugged east of the Missi'sip.

But the ones out back seem to offer good training potential.
 
Astone, you're indeed correct about the North Maine Woods being a remarkable ecosystem. I typically hunt here in Central Maine (a little North of Bangor) but spend the entire week of Thanksgiving hunting in the woods north of Shin Pond/Mt. Chase. The deer are much more scarce than they are where I live but I absolutely love hunting up there. I was lucky enough to get a good buck up there last year. I'm gearing up to head up there next week!

Oh, and to keep this on topic, sometimes I use a .308...my BLR.
 
Jeff, I don't know that second area you wrote of -- Shin Pond and Mt Chase -- but will map them later. I'm curious. I was car challenged in Maine for years -- made getting around difficult or impossible (long story there, not appropriate for here) -- so haven't explored as much as I want to.

I'm curious -- since you hunt in those woods, and thus know what I mean about thick woods (those fir don't leave big channels between them like tall pines), what's your zero on your hunting rifles. Is that usually your .308?

And do you stalk/track deer, or use a stand?

I'm still pondering on this zero question, and very interested.

I'll also clarify a point. For hunters that want to take a long shot in Maine, the opportunity exists. Even in "the county" (Aroostook County, the entire northern half of Maine, which has little to no local government), there are fields resulting from logging and agriculture (potatoes, especially). It's not solid woods.

But speaking for myself, I'd far rather hunt in woods than fields or cuts. I prefer the closer quarters, the relative solitude, and the relative safety of the woods. (I like having a bunch of trees between me and other shooters.)
 
Astone, I rarely use my .308, but that's always been zeroed at 100 yards. My primary deer gun is my Marlin 1895G (45-70), which I have dialed in at 50 yards but know the hold-over for 100. I do have a stand in central Maine where I hunt that I sit in the mornings and afternoons but most of the day I'm stalking/still hunting.

I started another thread the other day about my new X Bolt .270, which is going to replace my 300 wsm as my other primary deer gun. I took that to the range today and sighted it in at about 1.5" high at 100 yards. I figure that I'll be good with that out to 250-300 yards if, by chance, the need ever arises. But like you said, the opportunities certainly do exist, even where I hunt in norther main. Some of the tote roads and cuttings I hunt up there can go a long way.
 
thanks farmer. This guy came in at 10 yards! Most my shot are usually within crossbow range anyways and its way easier on my ears! :)
 
Congrats on the buck, what kind of crossbow are you using? I took a crossbow into the field for the first time this year and stupidly passed up a decent buck thinking I might see something bigger. Wound up shooting a similar buck later in the year with a .270, but looking back, I should have just whacked the one a month earlier with my crossbow.
 
The crossbow made by TENPOINT model Turbo XLT II. I am liking it a lot. It's not the fastest but it's potent. Shoots around 350 fps.
 
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The crossbow made by TENPOINT model Turbo XLT II. I am liking it a lot. It's not the fastest but it's potent. Shoots around 350 fps.
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Nice! I wrestled with getting a TP Stealth, or one of the new Horton Storm's (Horton is now a TP owned company). Just as I was about to pull the trigger on the Stealth, I found a killer deal on a new Mission MXB360 and opted for that instead. Your buck picture really has me regretting not pulling the trigger on that Muley with my crossbow Earlier this year... Oh well, I'll give it anther go next year.

Astone,

Yes you zero a crossbow much like a rifle, but most crossbow scopes have multi level reticles so you can have aiming points at different ranges (usually in 10yd increments).
 
yep as said above. I suggest trying one out if you can. They are fun. reloading in a tree stand is a bit tricky unless its a comfy 2 man. Dicks sporting goods will let you test fire. Horton was bought out by Tenpoint not to long ago. Tenpoint and Excaliber are the 2 brands I would suggest after lots of inter web reading. But Barnett has some very cool looking offerings. Mission too but I don't think theres a Mission dealer near me I have never seen one in person so don't know much about them. Lets see some pics of your mission! :)

Just read a little on MISSION website. Very cool looking stuff!
 
yep caution meet wind...

honestly though half inch high at 50 yards I wasn't to worried about missing, besides I brought a knife. ;)
 
lobo9er said:
yep as said above. I suggest trying one out if you can. They are fun. reloading in a tree stand is a bit tricky unless its a comfy 2 man. Dicks sporting goods will let you test fire. Horton was bought out by Tenpoint not to long ago. Tenpoint and Excaliber are the 2 brands I would suggest after lots of inter web reading. But Barnett has some very cool looking offerings. Mission too but I don't think theres a Mission dealer near me I have never seen one in person so don't know much about them. Lets see some pics of your mission! :)

Just read a little on MISSION website. Very cool looking stuff!
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Well, I don't think I have any pictures of the 360 on this phone, but here is what it will do at 60 yds with custom arrows.

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Field points on the left, slick trick standard on the right.
 
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