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First deer and later, my largest buck ever with my dad’s 25-20 Winchester, open sites.
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My last remaining uncle gifted me his Marlin 336 in 32-20 recently though I've yet to shoot it. Thought about bloodying it next season.Mine was with a Win 94 30-30,iron sights. 1972.
My uncle Dave had taught me to shoot with his Win. 32/20, and I used his 30/30.
Had it in the leather scabbard tied to my bike. Rode to the forest boundary and hiked up a hill.
Shot a little 3 pointer and dragged it down the hill and put it in the shade.
Walked 1/4 mile to the Nature Center and called David. I had it gutted when he showed up with a pick up and we broke it down in my folks garage.
A year later I was manning a duece and my rifle was a M16.
He gave the 32/20 before he died.
I think everyone should start on iron sight's and work their way up to scopes. I've run into a good number of hunter's over the years that have never shot open sight's. Scope goes down and they are pretty much finished!Well, I shot my first deer this year, with a scoped rifle, at 32. Been at it since I turned 30, so definitely an adult onset hunter.
My thoughts on it are that you can make a more precise shot with a scoped rifle, as that crosshair will be smaller than any bead. A more precise shot is a more humane kill, provided you know where to make it.
Insisting that someone use iron sights increases the risk of wounding, I’d think. If that were to happen, that’s not likely to be a great first experience.
And all 13 bears I’ve killed were with open sight rifles.first deer/big game animal was with a hawken musket with a home-drilled scope mount and 3x9 scope.
but, my first elk was with an open sight musket in CO