Always be sure to test your gun

[wolf695]

I've been out ill for a few yrs, thus not shooting! So I'm well enough to try to hunt. YEH!!! So being smart, yup I took a muzzleloader untested. First shot was a miss, I never miss ever! After close exam, my rear sight was loose, explains everything! To make matters worse I took a scoped newer slug gun, guess what? Yup it was way off! After being stupid twice , and breaking the oldest rule. I went back to what I know to be true, Mossberg 695. Problem solved, the lesion is Never take a untested gun in the field! Yup, I was an idiot which I already heard... LOL...

 

[Highland Lofts]

If your gun isn't sighted in fir you just stay home. Wild game deserves to be killed humanely.

 

[Aletheia]

My reaction to the title of the thread was, "Duh....."

 

[Bazoo]

After you miss, just give a rough sight in on the spot a couple shots and then keep on hunting.

Everyone makes mistakes.

 

[wolf695]

It was plain stupid on my part! It will never happen again!

 

[H&Hhunter]

I've been out ill for a few yrs, thus not shooting! So I'm well enough to try to hunt. YEH!!! So being smart, yup I took a muzzleloader untested. First shot was a miss, I never miss ever! After close exam, my rear sight was loose, explains everything! To make matters worse I took a scoped newer slug gun, guess what? Yup it was way off! After being stupid twice , and breaking the oldest rule. I went back to what I know to be true, Mossberg 695. Problem solved, the lesion is Never take an untested gun in the field! Yup, I was an idiot which I already heard... LOL...

I sure hope you took that Mossberg 695 to the range and checked zero before declaring it “true”!

I don’t care what it is, if it’s been sitting it’s an unknown until you check zero.

 

[wolf695]

Thanks everyone, yup lesson learned!

 

[jak67429]

I had that discussion with my granddaughter just before deer hunting this year. She finally gave in took it to the range and couldn't hit a 2'x4' piece of cardboard at 100 yards. turns out her scope broke. That gave us 4 days to find a scope mount it and site it in.

 

[WestKentucky]

After you miss, just give a rough sight in on the spot a couple shots and then keep on hunting.

Everyone makes mistakes.

2 years ago I slipped and fell down a long steep hillside. Beat the gun up pretty good along the way. Shot into a mud bank and was way off at 20 yards. Quick gross adjustment put me back to hitting a leaf on that mud bank. Another small adjustment put me dead on a smaller leaf, and a rock down the way a bit confirmed zero. Never saw a deer actually on the property… but they would cross the road and I would see them then, but I was ready if they showed up. Important to know how to get back to hunting when “stuff” happens.

 

[Patocazador]

I found out last weekend that I should have followed this advice. My most accurate bullet/powder combo in my .25-06 was shooting high and left by many inches from where it should have been shooting. Of course I found this out after missing 2 deer at about 200 yards.

 

[Switup]

Excellent thread. Hunters should check everything box possible before going into the woods. Most especially if they are hunting alone.