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B. Cant say they were flying either, most were at a trot or walking at close ranges.
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Way over 50% were moving, some flat out. Like Miles and NoKnees, I grew up hunting deer in drives or with hounds. A standing shot was a luxury you very seldom enjoyed. Learned to lead game a LOT. One of my best blacktail was at full throttle about 150 yards away. I put the crosshairs on his nose and hit him just in front of his tail TWICE. Not my best shooting...
When hunting brush, I learned to shoot the deer in the air. Why? Because they can't changed direction once they leave the ground and are on a predictable arc. Just like shooting quail.
Since I hunt on stands now and usually by myself most are standing these days.
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
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Way over 50% were moving, some flat out. Like Miles and NoKnees, I grew up hunting deer in drives or with hounds. A standing shot was a luxury you very seldom enjoyed. Learned to lead game a LOT. One of my best blacktail was at full throttle about 150 yards away. I put the crosshairs on his nose and hit him just in front of his tail TWICE. Not my best shooting...
When hunting brush, I learned to shoot the deer in the air. Why? Because they can't changed direction once they leave the ground and are on a predictable arc. Just like shooting quail.
Since I hunt on stands now and usually by myself most are standing these days. "When hunting brush, I learned to shoot the deer in the air. Why? Because they can't changed direction once they leave the ground and are on a predictable arc." The above is correct. ie: don't shoot when their front feet hit the ground.
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And 50% of the deer I've killed in the past few years have been shot using my wrong hand/shoulder.
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D. Grew up pushing deer out of tree-rows, cattails, CRP, and buckbrush. Have and still do shoot quite a few coyotes on the run.
It's made me expediant, sometimes to a fault. If I don't "think" about slowing down and taking my time on an unaware stationary animal, I sometimes place the bullet poorly or just outright miss.
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That's a pretty broad question. "Moving" can be anything from a step at a time while feeding to a flat out run. If we're talking shots with a rifle, I would be a B minus (less than 15%) and that would only be on a feeding or slow moving animal where I have a clear field of view and appropriate distance.
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D. Grew up pushing deer out of tree-rows, cattails, CRP, and buckbrush. Have and still do shoot quite a few coyotes on the run.
It's made me expediant, sometimes to a fault. If I don't "think" about slowing down and taking my time on an unaware stationary animal, I sometimes place the bullet poorly or just outright miss. That sounds familiar. I also find I have to slow myself down at times.
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Over 75%. Very difficult to sneak up on a bedded, 4 yr. old class buck. E
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if you hunt here in va. where they run dogs you will have to learn to hit a moving target.
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If taking bow kills out of the question, definitely close to 50%.
Have predominantly hunted wooded terrain most of life, and most times you have to pick a hole...rarely do they stop in that hole.
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If you count a slow walk as they feed as "moving" then pretty close to all of them....
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When guiding in Alaska all your shots are at fleeing game. It's kinda interesting to watch a moose or brown bear go ass over teakettle with a well placed shot from a big bore!
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The older Blacktail bucks hold tight until you step on them, so it's almost always a running shot, the way I hunt. Rarely will they be up walking around during daylight hours, so you flush 'em. Practice on jackrabbits is the best thing to prepare. 75%'ish. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z371/Weather223/DSC_0031.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z371/Weather223/035_zps0f7b221c.jpg)
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I only shoot if I"m 110% sure. I don't have a way to practice running shots with a rifle so I don't.
Walking is about as fancy as I'm going to get, and to be honest, I don't recall any shot at any moving deer.
Pigs on the ohter hand, after the first shot I"m trying to ding as many as possible since they are pests... But just from seeing misplaced shots on them, I won't try it on deer or other such things.
And its just the way I roll. Anyone can do whatever they want.
OTOH off side shots, wrong sided IE left for me, no big deal. PUt it up and bang.
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At risk of wearing thin the queries, here's another… What percentage of shots do you estimate you've taken at moving (big game) animals? a. - 0% ; never b. - 0<25%c. - 25<50% d. - 50<75% (Moving can be anything from a very casual walk to a head-down, full on dash.) Feel free to anecdote-ize as much as you wish.  Deer & Moose; never at more than a comfortable walk !
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B.
A walk or slow trot at close range is okay for me. At longer range for me they need to be stationary. I haven't shot at any game animals with a rifle or handgun on a flat out run-I just don't have the confidence I need to feel comfortable but don't fault those who practice this and do feel comfortable.
I do most of my whitetail hunting with a handgun due to my state's ridiculous regulations and because of this I am probably even more conservative. Last year I busted a very nice buck out at about 20 yards quartering away and couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger.
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More than A. but less than B.
Most animals are usually walking, but will usually stop. I have shot deer that were walking, but it is rarely done with the preference on a "stopped" animal. The few that have been shot walking were at close range (30-50 yards).
When I was starting out hunting medium game, I made the mistake of attempting to shoot at running game and quickly gave up on it for safety and ethical reasons.
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