I figured I'd share my pain from Sunday the 13th.
Today was a day of...incidents. My dad and I hiked in 1/2 hour to a hunting spot, only to find out that the lens of my scope had FALLEN OUT on the way up there...or somewhere. I just happened to check the scope to see how the light transmission was at legal shooting time. Apparently, it sucks with the back lens missing. It wasn't a Leupold, but it wasn't Chinese Wal-Mart scope either.
Well, then we went to my dad's to grab a spare rifle, a Ruger M77 and some -06 ammo. When we got back to the mountains, we found out that the M77 wasn't the one chambered in 30-06. We did get some good views of the Valle in the evening, and we did get some exercise. Thus far, we've seen 1 bull. He was only about 25 yards away! Unfortunately, he didn't have enough points, and wasn't legal. I guess that's why they call it hunting.
Today was a day of...incidents. My dad and I hiked in 1/2 hour to a hunting spot, only to find out that the lens of my scope had FALLEN OUT on the way up there...or somewhere. I just happened to check the scope to see how the light transmission was at legal shooting time. Apparently, it sucks with the back lens missing. It wasn't a Leupold, but it wasn't Chinese Wal-Mart scope either.
Well, then we went to my dad's to grab a spare rifle, a Ruger M77 and some -06 ammo. When we got back to the mountains, we found out that the M77 wasn't the one chambered in 30-06. We did get some good views of the Valle in the evening, and we did get some exercise. Thus far, we've seen 1 bull. He was only about 25 yards away! Unfortunately, he didn't have enough points, and wasn't legal. I guess that's why they call it hunting.