This year has been extremely busy with everything else but getting the proper procedures in place for deer hunting. Hey, blame the wife!
Well, last year daughter started deer hunting. She started late in life but is naturally a very good shot least on paper.
However, the loaded rifle thing traipsing through the woods deal by her lonesome and actually hunting she is a rookie and this year she plans on hunting at her place mostly and not here as much. Unless she changes her mind! So I can't keep an eye out on her here. Hope boyfriend does it as well as I think he will.
So, last year she used my Winchester M70 .243 with my original 3X9 kassanar scope that came with it. That gun was always was a deer killing machine. No shoot able buck she wanted to take. Wanted 10point + or bust!
I wanted to be close to her because I still worry a tad with the safety loaded gun thing about in woods new to hunting.
I hate to admit this, but some detail that will be mentioned below kills me to even think about it to this day.
The month of Sept 2011 I took my daughter up to the Rifle Club,they have better tables to try out the M70 for some range time. She was shooting 100yds and that gun on the bench with sandbags she was getting groups between ione and two inches no problem. I shot some and again golf ball size stuff. Just fine! So that was that. We were shooting Remington 100gr PSP's. That deer season she couldn't make it ended up the College stuff going on too much etc.
I took that gun out, now with that gun I have killed at least 30 deer etc. That season first day go out back 7am a 9 point steps out on log road at 70yds broad side I am sitting against a big hemlock scope on 5X Put the duplex crosshairs on the making meat spot and boom. Tail up spooks and off he goes. WTF This just don't happen to me no way. get up look for blood, hair,sign, zip! I bet I spent couple hours thinking he's down if I crisscross that wood section I will find him down. Nope. WTF First time in my life killing close to 100 deer that happened. OK, screw it on we go. In the afternoon 3:45pm a 7 point steps out from big hemlocks which now is where I am up top of mountain. The buck walks up to about 50yds. I am sitting, perfect rest wasn't going to wack him but am pi##ed from ealier in the day with the WTF deal. Ho HUM he is taking the rage, Boom! He jumps up off front feet and over the bank he goes down into huge gorge. I am thinking oh sh## come on now whats up this gun usually drops them like Thors hammer. get up walk over to spot, no frifin blood,hair,zip go down gorge zip. About ready to cry mommy and wet myself.
That's it! Day done,I feel sick etc.
walking down the log road I see this Mountain Dew half drank bottle sitting on a stump along log road.I am thinking who the he## was up here and if I could only catch them right now! get down log road look back and think what the he## is going on???
Lean against a oak tree standing and about 90 yards back I scope that Mountain Dew bottle.Crank scope to 9X cented cross hairs on bottle, Boom bottle is gone gone??? WTF
Done with that gun--I am sick it let me down since 1972 Grab the Deerslayer open sights I am good!
Then later switched to open sighted Model 70 7mm Rem Mag(killed wall hanger at 85 yds dead on spot.
Back to last year for daughter.she wants to use that Model 70 .243 that she shot so very well. Kept bugging me wouldn't quit etc.
Finally said fine. She said they are first the week before season having a get together at boy friends hunting place with his family which are all big time hunters ladies and men. They stopped down next day. Boyfriend said, boy my dad said you really must have fine tuned that gun she outshot all of us. Dead center on at 100yds,dead center on at 60yds etc. Am thinking looking at gun WTF
So, she used it no shots fired at deer what little time she got to hunt. I bought her a H&R Ultra Hunter fully rifled 20ga also prior thinking safe gun to learn the hunting trade etc. She hated it.
This year we are running late getting our act together. She takes .243 to boy friends familys hunting camp they all shoot. they stop back at our place.She says you know dad I still beat all their butts but I did what you said.I told her I got thinking about it and it had to be one of two things. Bad Ammo,I told her back then get new ammo. Or number two I have heard on rare occasions a scope goes bad,It is fime at high power but as the scope goes down in magnification it goes south. I told her to try it also at 5X and 3X
They were smiling at me. She said when she put that tack driver on 5X at 60yds it shot 14" low and 12" left. At 100yds on 5X it shot off the paper anywhere. On 9X it would drive tacks all day long.
She said, God I wanted to tell you that gun shot perfect on all powers but just couldn't do it!
I said you gonna use your Ultra Hunter? she said I hate that gun. So today I luckily got my hands on a box of Remington 405gr @1330fps for another H&R Handi I bought with a Burris Scope. I said to wife I going to run out back and sight this in shouldn't take long.Prior to going out when I got back from sportings goods store and going out back I took the gun and mounted scope punched a small hole in a piece of tape and placed that across barrel muzzle then I took a piece of paper and made a funnel that one side fit tightly into open barrel chamber but other side of paper funnel was just the right size to except my LED Mini Mag flashlight. Clamped gun and scope action open with light inside funnel thowing a nice bright tiny dot on wall where I had a black dot on a piece of white paper.
Looked through scope clamped to wife's wooden shelf of her wall Passover opening and adjusted crosshairs to that dot. Simple.
I am thinking,Be back in about 15 mins. I get up there, setup and boom at a big card board box my weight bench came in.Had a 1" black square bull on it and was 30yds away from target.Boom, 17" low and 10" right
Make my adjustments, each click on that scope at 50yds is 1/2 MOA so I make my adjustments, Boom, one inch left of first one. WTF
OK, HO ZAA, I make major adjust time. Boom, 15" low and 11" right
Make some major adjust some cuse words and Boom, I see a twig on branch about 2 feet over my barrel get blown off and target untouched.
^$%#$^&^$%^^&(^%%%That's it piece of sh@@ and half of $50 down drain.I did notice one of those new Remingtons misfired,opened action primmer hit closed action reshot Boom. Also those shells for being new looked pretty darn dirty and also looking at the inside of barrel boy is that barrel dirty and I mean like chunks of powder residue left ?
Finally, here is where Joe comes in, think he ever would on this post???
I wanted something extremely safe simple for daughter this year cause she might be by her lonesome etc.
One gun I always loved and extremely simple, safe and fool proof next to a single break open gun. Don't laugh now.
That Kel-Tec SU16-B and I have some 5rd AR15 Mags that work fine in it.That gun works like a AK47 and the safety is foolproof.
So, go down and grab a handful of 5.56 FMJ's and 5 of 64gr Federal 64gr PSP
I then about at 3pm today mount a scope I bought from my best friend in the world----86er I love him!
No bore sighting, nothing, clamp that Bushnell Red/Green Dot 1x32 Trophy to Kel-tec and grab big card board box go out back.
Load in a 5rd clip of 55gr FMJ handloads, Boom foot low and 4 inches rights. Make adjustments per owners manual.
Tape hole and shoot from same 30 yd beginning distance. Boom, 1 inch from bull,make adjustments, Boom, dead center bull.Tape hole.
Move target out to 65yds put in 64gr PSP's, Boom, 2 inches high and dead center horizontal
make adjustments, Boom, dead nuts, fire another Boom, dead nuts Bull, Boom, dead nuts Bull
65 yds at a 1 inch square bull, dead nuts! I love that scope and OMG even at 5pm tonight that especially low brightness level green dot you could see almost like a laser, could shoot a knats a## in that low low light.
Did I say already , I love Joe(86er)
If daughter don't use it this year, I will and kinda hope she don't!
7mm will sit in safe!
