Best shot you ever made hunting?

[Rebel]

It is here, and especially so if they are running livestock. Farmers and ranchers will shoot them on sight if they are running their cattle.

 

[walruskid1]

best shot i ever saw never went off, my friend dan popped six caps in a row on a doe. i could hear her laughing from my tree stand. she slowly ambled off as he was digging for more caps. :crackup:

 

[Rebel]

Yep, it helps when ya put powder and ball in first. :crackup:

 

[Slamfire]

I don't know about others, but when some dog comes on my property he don't have an owner. I usually let 'em alone, but... :nono:

 

[3 stinky dogs]

Well it wasent with a ML but its the only one I have and I like ti brag.It was my second year out and we were in Iowa (around Tingley) I was useing an H&R break open gun and sitting on a five gallon bucket.Some pheasant hunters had jumped the young buck and he was at a dead run about 75 yards from me.I was excited and I drew a bead and yelled HEY BUCK at the top of my lungs and the stupid thing stopped and looked at me ! he had been shot at by sevral bird hunters and I stopped him by shouting.So I put my bead on him and pulled the trigger herd the thuack sound sat down and lit a smoke.After I was done I went down and got my deer.He was riddled with bird shot and we found 3 .22 slugs ih his chest cavity.I beleave this guy gave him self to me that day.I also beleave that some one had tried to poach him as we couldent find wnere the .22 slugs had enterd.But we did also find lots of bird shot under his skin as well.

 

[brubincam]

once i shot at a groundhog with my 45 TC percussion, i reloaded, walked over to his hole to take a gander when the groundhog came flying out the hole right at me, in haste i droped the muzzle towards the hole pulled the trigger and RAN,,,,looked behind me and saw no groundhog, went back to look and there he lay with a hole right between its eyes,,,,,,wouldnt want bit with those choppers,,,, :crackup:

 

I won't tell about my two best shots ever because they were both with modern rifles and there was some luck involved with one....and no one would probably believe me anyway.

Two shots with muzzleloaders come to mind. One was a gray squirrel at 40+ yards, head shot,offhand with a 36 flint. I'm sure the squirrel was the most surprised between the two of us.....but I wasn't expecting it. There was some luck involved there also. The other was nothing spectacular but was great fun for me. I shot a 7 point but at no more than ten feet from the end of the muzzle. He was walking almost directly under my tree stand so I put a 50 cal. ball from a flintlock, Dixie, Tennessee Mountain rifle between his shoulder blades. There were little powder burns on his back. He dropped and never moved.

Vic

 

[ryoung14]

I shot a dog chasing deer once, and have regretted it ever since. The dog was a big black Rottweiler. He was chasing a group of about 8 or 9 does and fawns. Didn't know if it was legal or not, but it made me mad that he was doing it on my land. I felt bad when I saw what a fine big animal he was.

Best shot? 250 yards standing, off-hand at a red fox running flat out away from me. Hit him in the differential with my 6mm Rem. Thin strips of hide were all that held the hind legs on when I found him. Very little was left south of the ribcage. ( ff: ...yeah, not black powder. sorry)

Maybe should change my handle to dog_shooter.

 

[sidelock]

Hey Woodsman-- I have several "LUCKY" shots to brag about( like the 8 pt deer I shot two days in a row). I once "HARVESTED" a nice long beard at 125 yd. several others I will relate at some future date. Have passed up lots of shots at long distance on deer for fear of no clean kill. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[oomcurt]

Any dog I see running loose and chasing game such as deer is a dead dog. I wouldn't feel bad if I were you. Yeah, I know...that dog was someone's pet..well..too bad. One dog gets into that habit and pretty soon there is a pack of them. Don't get me wrong..I love dogs..dearly...but running deer? Nope..no way. Even if it was my own dog..he is history.

 

It must be a cultural thing. In the South dogs are encouraged, trained to run hogs , deer, coons, ect. Sometimes they get loose like your dogs and go wandering and cause mischief. Then the owner is informed by neighbors and has to go and get his dog and repay any damage. Or forfiet the dog to a responsable person . The burden is usually on the good people that rescue a nice dog. Some people arn't raised right. It is a shame that dogs are exposed to them. I am talking down here in the south only. How you treat your animals is your business. I just don't wan't to see it. And I am not a PETA person, just a guy. ff: My fault because of length.

 

We are a huge cattle state. Sometimes they roam into the retirement nieghborhood out in the sticks. The old men with the 30-30's are skoffed at, the Jap and German rifles work better, but all are invited to the sharing of the free meat. The remains go to the gators in the canals. Florida, Beef, It's whats for Dinner. Its killing you isn't it? And these are old men too. I have to keep these old guys in check. Have you ever had to chastise a Medal of Honour Winner, A Chosen Few Guy, A WWII Bomber Pilot, ect.?. They are like kids. Thanks for letting me vent. They are in bed now and it is my happy hour. The nieghborhood is quiet. :thanks: Way off topic, But I was here. Lets hear some more stories. P.S. I just help, not yell or anything. These are my parents friends. The LADIES would get me if I did wrong. Had to make that clear. Cool Old Guys. I wish I could remember all the stories they told me.

 

[3 stinky dogs]

once i shot at a groundhog with my 45 TC percussion, i reloaded, walked over to his hole to take a gander when the groundhog came flying out the hole right at me, in haste i droped the muzzle towards the hole pulled the trigger and RAN,,,,looked behind me and saw no groundhog, went back to look and there he lay with a hole right between its eyes,,,,,,wouldnt want bit with those choppers,,,, :crackup:

DUDE! you were vcharged by a ground hog and survived ? nothing is moer terrifyingmand the only thing more dangerous then a charging ground hog is an angry Cape buffalo.You are lucky to be alive to tell the storey. :crackup:

 

[roundball]

once i shot at a groundhog with my 45 TC percussion, i reloaded, walked over to his hole to take a gander when the groundhog came flying out the hole right at me, in haste i droped the muzzle towards the hole pulled the trigger and RAN,,,,looked behind me and saw no groundhog, went back to look and there he lay with a hole right between its eyes,,,,,,wouldnt want bit with those choppers,,,, :crackup:

DUDE! you were vcharged by a ground hog and survived ? nothing is moer terrifyingmand the only thing more dangerous then a charging ground hog is an angry Cape buffalo.You are lucky to be alive to tell the storey. :crackup:

Don't forget the rabbit swimming in the water that "came towards the jon-boat to attack Jimmy Carter"
:crackup:

 

[brubincam]

yes,,,i snuck up on the hole and gased into it and the ground hog was waiting for me, just think if he did get me how would he get me down the hole? this got me thinking,[makes my head hurt] didnt you ever hear of missing people that are lost,,,ill bet the groundhogs have them,,, :crackup:

 

[oomcurt]

I think you may have misunderstood me. I have no problem with using dogs to hunt deer. But, where I came from for one, that was illegal. Wisconsin doesn't have the dense cover that many southern states have. Same thing out here in Colorado. I used to love coon hunting with hounds. What I am getting at...WI had/has a bag limit of one deer a year. That said, any dog seen running deer there would tick anyone off. I am a firm believer in that the one that owns the dog/dogs is responsible for them. Irregardless if they "get out" or not.

 

[oomcurt]

Mebbe that groundhog was trained by that rabbit that charged Jimmy Carter..... :crackup:

 

We used to raise beef and so did virtually all of my neighbors. If a dog was caught chasing cattle or deer it was eventually a dead dog. Missouri is, or used to be, the # 2 beef producing state in the nation and the laws on the books make the dog owner responsible for any damage they do. The laws also give the land owner the right to kill any dogs chasing their livestock or causing other damage. Point is, if you don't keep your dog up and it packs up with some other neighborhood dogs you better have deep pockets or good insurance cuz it's comin' outta yer pocket. And, as said before, nobody cared how upset the owner was.

Having said that, I love dogs and love to hunt with them. I kept a pack of beagles for close to 20 years and lots of my friends and family had hunting dogs for one reason or another. I never enjoyed killing a dog, but, it was the dog or my calves which made up a good part of our paycheck at that time. It's just unfortunate that there are irresponsible pet owners out there......

Vic

 

[Slamfire]

Mebbe that groundhog was trained by that rabbit that charged Jimmy Carter..... :crackup:

A grandson of Killer Rabbit was livin' in my Dad's back yard. At least Dad said so, but nobody believed it. Then one day my youngest and my sister's youngest were crawling through a tunnel in the blackberry bushes, and here came an attack ground hog, obviously trained by you know who. One of the boys was walkin' kinda funny afterwards. :crackup: :results:

 

Understand' R u kiding. Happy hour! Yes, We are on the same page. I just get a little long with responses and such some times. I am most concerned with snakes and my pet dogs. Come to think of it, those are the best shots. I have other stories. The snakes make me run and load and shoot! My pampered dogs revert to untrained protect mode. They are house dogs going out, not yard dogs. I live in the pineywoods with brave inexperienced house dogs and a one year old. I am a retired Fireman sitting around in boxers and a t-shirt. Dogs start, I recogognize the tone. A gopher turtle or a rattlesnake!. ::