retiredcoasty
New member
When hunting season approaches, we always take the shotgun out and make sure it is still sighted in properly. To do otherwise disrespects the animals and those with whom one hunts. We built a small ‘range’ at hunting camp so everyone can shoot when they arrive. That said, I was hunting with a friend and we saw a wounded buck at about 65 yards. He pulled up and shot and the buck didn’t move. So he shot again… and again. He was getting pretty angry and told me to shoot. After I put the buck down, we did a quick sighting in (yes, he did sight in before going into the woods). He was low by about 5 feet at around 30 yards. He is an excellent shot so I asked him what was wrong. It was then that he recalled smacking his firearm against a tree. He never thought of re-sighting after the incident. It just goes to show you that you need to sight in anytime you think your scope might have been disturbed in anyway.