Wounding Your Quarry

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

good thread here lads, it unfortunately does happen to all of us at some point. for me its a 50/50 choice on the next action, reload and shoot again, or run over.. either way its a clean follow up kill to end any suffering.

[villaman 9,983]

Cracking pictures of the heart there! It's life, it happens, its not nice but if deal with it quickly then that's all you can do. It always gives me a sick feeling when I miss judge a shot or something out of my control happens such as gust of wind, vermin moving at last second or unseen obstacle, really ruins my day.

 

The only time I do get angry is when I see or hear someone purposely taking pot shots at any living creature just to hit it!

 

No ones perfect, even the best shots on here must from time to time miss judge a shot.

 

Mawders

Well said , I think that goes with the majority of us .

[Craig Fosse 286]

you know when i have looked back after a couple of shots and realised what the main problem was when i was starting out, i trained and trained on a small 25mm target, but when yo get a rabbit in your sights its much bigger, so in some ways i guess i relax thinking that because its a bigger target i will hit it, which resulted in a miss. alot of people use the phrase aim small miss small and it wasnt until i had missed, not necassarily wounded anything that this phrase really did mean something.

[bunnyman 68]

It happens to all and sundry ,its how quick you can react to end any suffering that matters

i do take a as is needed for the bunny to be in the right position but

some times they move as you squeeze the trigger , its where a mulishot gun comes into its own.

well done to the OP for bringing up a difficult subject.

atb brian

Edited April 5, 2013 by bunnyman

[Conrad94 5]

when we go out we sit at diffrent locations and who ever is the closest if a rabbit has been injured and not killed the closet one necks it or finished it off with a clean shot, always works out quicker for the animal:) it happens mate not ever shot is perfect but practice makes perfect;)

[WoodsmanJim 160]

Out on my permission myself and my shooting partner use springers. For this very reason we only ever hunt together, if one of us fluffs the first shot the other is loaded, ready and usually already aimed on the same animal to make a quick second shot if needed. It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen. I'm considering going PCP for hunting now, not only for the wounding situation, but quick second shots can be useful for other quarry that don't run or fly far once the first one has gone down, and reloading requires much less movement which is better for hunting too.

 

Good post, a subject that should never be shied away from, it's real life hunting not Hollywood!!

 

Jim

[RiverRomper 15]

Have to follow the blood trail as best as possible. On small game you can deliver a coup-de grace with the flat of a hatchet. Some deer hunters use a .22" revolver.

Cheers,

RiverRomper

[j j m 6,563]

every one has wounded ther quarry at some time,as long as you dispatch it and kill it with the second shot i think its all you can do

[The one 8,511]

More your out more chance of it happening but as long as your quick with the follow up kill shot thats the best you can hope for

[ghillies 209]

i have an area that i shoot out to yards for a warm up..then i nip off and about. helps me to see where i'm at on the day basically. (and how the gun and pellets are doing.).

 

edit, keeps a check on where your eyes are at too...

Edited April 6, 2013 by ghillies

[mhopton 807]

I've turd away from some shots thinking the worst ' must be getting soft with old age but if no one made mistakes what kind of world would we live in

[ghillies 209]

getting old.. not hungry.. not confident? all valid reasons.

[Danny Fireblade 66]

Unfortunately this happens to us all at some point, sometimes through misjudgement of distance and sometimes through external factors but I would like to think that anyone on here, or any other site for that matter, does not just shoot to wound at any time.

I must admit sometimes I've had a shot lined up for ages but never taken it because something just didn't feel right? Couldn't put my finger on it at the time either? The quarry will always be around again at some time:-)

It may all be different if I was hunting to survive and not for sport? That's another debate altogether though, lol.

[EVO HUNTSMAN 13]

got to be honest, but sub 12ft lb this is one of the main reasons i will not attempt to shoot live quarry further than 40 yrds,

 

I practice all the time on paper targets in the garden(which is 55yrds long) but most importantly out in the field aswell because in the garden in perfect conditions i can punch paper targets and get groups of 10mm with 10 pellets at 55 yrds but it is a totally different story out in the field what with wind and temps etc.

 

personally i know woundings will happen but i do think that some people do try to exceed their capabilities in the exitement of seeing a bunny hopping around in front of them,This is the one thing i think some hunters should hold back on,

 

Find the right pellet that suits your rifle,practice with it constantly,ensure your groupings are very tight and then and ONLY then should you take your shooting out into the field on live quarry

 

thats how i do things and to be honest IMO you will see your live quarry shooting improve 10 fold

 

all the best E H

[milegajo 595]

Excellent post. I couldn't agree more either, its a sad and unpleasant aspect, but what counts is how you deal with it.

 

Bravo eat4peace.