Desperation Move
- Thread starter JakeSCH
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Excellent point and totally concur. I have never seen movement and not been able to ID the type of animal, even foxes and coyotes. without binos (just mk1mod0 eyeballs).
I have even seen people over 1,000yds (bright colored hikers and cammied hunters). Movement gets the attention, then you figure out what your seeing moving with the eyeball. Never would use a scope to differentiate or ID an animal from human.
Totally agree with your point on NEVER pointing a gun at something you aren't going to shoot. Ingrained in me for over 50 years.
I know bino hunters that scan with binos might jump to the conclusion I scan with the rifle scope. Nope, that is looking through a tube and in this thick brush I believe I miss too much movement.
I've been looking out 2-300 yds and then see movement 30-40 degrees off where I'm focused, turn my head and see a road runner or fox.
Like I said, I do use a spotting scope in open country. Even then I find myself using the eyeballs more than the scope.
Hope above makes sense.
I have even seen people over 1,000yds (bright colored hikers and cammied hunters). Movement gets the attention, then you figure out what your seeing moving with the eyeball. Never would use a scope to differentiate or ID an animal from human.
Totally agree with your point on NEVER pointing a gun at something you aren't going to shoot. Ingrained in me for over 50 years.
I know bino hunters that scan with binos might jump to the conclusion I scan with the rifle scope. Nope, that is looking through a tube and in this thick brush I believe I miss too much movement.
I've been looking out 2-300 yds and then see movement 30-40 degrees off where I'm focused, turn my head and see a road runner or fox.
Like I said, I do use a spotting scope in open country. Even then I find myself using the eyeballs more than the scope.
Hope above makes sense.
Hi Brad
I started out with a peep sight. About 40 years ago. I also seen most of the deer by sight
But back then I had 20-30. Vision.
And would mostly still hunt.
But once I had an other take a shot at me about 25 years ago.
He saw movement.
This is sort of unrelated but a good safety reminder for the upcoming turkey season. A few years back I thought for sure I was about to watch someone get shot... I heard some gobbles a ways out, so I glassed across this valley to find him, but I knew the pitch and cadence of the gobble just wasn't right. I finally glassed a hunter where the sound was coming from, and saw he was shaking a gobble call. Then I look to his left and glass another hunter closing in fast. I thought man, I have a front row view of someone getting shot. I lost view of the stalking hunter but I assume nothing happened since I heard no shot. So yeah make sure what movement you're seeing, and don't use a gobble call on public land.
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I rarely hunt turkeys without binos too.....Again, in this day and age, there's just no reason not to have them.