#2280098 - 06/27/08 10:48 PM
Landing Shooting
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sportsfan7292
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Does anyone here hunting blacktails from landings? Like setting up, spotting and shooting from a logging landing.. If so, what do you shoot? Just curious.. Any pointers would be appreciated also.
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#2280140 - 06/28/08 12:19 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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Jeff_O
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Sportsfan,
Ducks, I hope?? :-)
I hunt in this area, within an hour of Eugene give or take.
My take is deer densities are low enough, and the deer are nocturnal enough, that's it's a low-percentage game.. you'll put a lot of quarters in that slot machine to hit a jackpot, most likely. Put another way my gut feeling is that landing hunting is not particularly productive unless you've done some real scouting first.
The best landing is going to be a mile or more back from a locked gate. Or, in an area of relatively high deer densities. Ideally behind a gate in an area with high deer densities <g>! A doe tag would be really nice to have.
In my opinion, and this is not worth a bunch because I've only prepared to do this but not yet done it, you want to have an accurate rifle that you have lots of trigger time with shooting at extended ranges... you want to have a good rangefinder... and you will want to have good glass. Your riflescope should probably have some kind of range compensation, like turrets or a reticle, unless you are the King of Holdover.
Rifle caliber won't matter much as long as it's something in the .308 or .30-06 class, or a faster magnum. Accuracy matters a lot though. IMHO bullet won't matter much either. Just don't use a match bullet. I think the Accubond is model-perfect for that task, but really blacktail are small deer and you'll be at least 100 yards away so it shouldn't matter too much what you use for a bullet.
Again, I'm not an expert... just someone who's been doing a lot of practice shooting off landings in the Willamette valley. :-)
Might be we could hook up for some long range shooting if you are in the Eugene area? I go up shooting (off landings) a lot. I might even be going up tomorrow; got a new rangefinder to play with. PM me if interested.
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#2280152 - 06/28/08 12:48 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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Jeff_O
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You can come too, Toltec, but no winking. It messes with my concentration.
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#2280211 - 06/28/08 04:24 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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rost495
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Blacktails ain't elk.... properly placed, nothing wrong with a match bullet. They are much more like a soft point, than a hollow point.
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#2280527 - 06/28/08 08:30 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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joecool544
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In my opinion, and this is not worth a bunch because I've only prepared to do this but not yet done it, you want to have an accurate rifle that you have lots of trigger time with shooting at extended ranges... you want to have a good rangefinder... and you will want to have good glass. Your riflescope should probably have some kind of range compensation, like turrets or a reticle, unless you are the King of Holdover.
Jeff I would have to disagree with you on most of your post except the above. Hunting landings over clear cuts are most productive. Use the method in your post above and it works great you will be surprised how many deer are in six to ten feet reprod.
And I don’t think one needs a .308 caliber to kill a blacktail deer I have been using a 25-06 AI and 257 Wby for years and they work great as does my little 6mm Rem.
Larry
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#2280722 - 06/28/08 10:44 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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Jeff_O
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Larry, fair 'nuff, and you'd know better than me!
When I said .308 or 30-06 class rifles I was meaning pretty much any derivative off those cases... but I didn't say it very well.
I've got a couple landings scouted out that I will be trying this coming season. I will stick with my thunk that the OP is best off finding a landing behind a locked gate, in an area with high deer densities- if possible. That's what I'm focusing on anyway.
Larry, are the winds calming down over there?
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#2289810 - 07/03/08 08:54 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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Patients is the key in the valley. The deer hide so well in the brush.
I set up so I can scout a hillside. Drop off the landing rounghly 25-50 yards to not skyline yourself. I do most glassing with Bino's on a tripod. If you haev not tried it, got get an adapter..its makes a huge difference.
Set up the spotting scope to do the fine detailing.
Get of the beaten path.
I shoot a custome 7 rem mag with either 160 accubonds or 168 bergers. I have VXIII with M1 knobs. I practice at least weekly to 600 yards all year to be ready for hunting season.
Find a clear cut that the furthest part is your shooting max. The biggest units are not always the best. A small clearcut allows you to focus more on a small area. I hunt both sides and the west side is more diffcult to spot game hands down.
Willys
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#2294459 - 07/06/08 05:01 AM
Re: Landing Shooting
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I've got a really good spot that I'll be setting up shop this fall. It's a clearcut that was logged about 7 years ago. One strip is about 400 yds. wide & 800 long heading downhill. On the west side is a pretty fair size spring fed creek. On the other strip its about 600 yards wide & about 3/4 of a mile long...going over the top of the hill. If you looked at it from a plane, it would look like a huge mailbox flag with a creek running down the stem...Not really a creek but a good water source. It peters out about where the upper range of the clearcut is. This crick has standing timber & oaks flanking both sides. I've spotted more deer in this small area than I've seen total for the last year...which ain't many because the deer around here have been decimated by cats & southeast asians. Still, everytime I go there I'll see at least a dozen deer scattered throughout the area. I'll be useing my newly aquired .257 wby. I have one but don't use a spotting scope for hunting. I have been useing really old 12X Swift binos on a tripod but am gonna buy a new pair of 15 or 16x's this summer...
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