Gunners,
For about 4 or 5 years I have taken my Ruger Super Blackhawk along with me on deer hunts just in case one came in close enough; only thing was, when they were in close enough, the movement required to put down my rifle and pick up the revolver would have probably busted me.
However, I have fired twice with the .44 and missed both times.
Well . . .
This year I put an Ultradot on that bad boy and purchased a Primos Trigger Stick; I also had the .30-.30 leaning against a tree with the SBH in-hand as my primary weapon.
I was committed to the handgun.
Opening day, about 8:30 a.m.
I am on top a relatively small ridge on a strip of woods that divides two fields.
Coming across the bean field towards my vicinity are 4 deer.
They enter the hardwoods and come about half way up the ridge a little behind me, turn right and trot along the side of the ridge from my back to in front of me, but too far down the ridge for a good shot, so I figure I will just watch them disappear.
However, they turn and resume coming up hill.
When they crest the ridge, they are directly in front of me, but pretty far away.
The first one stops while the 3 behind it continue walking past the first.
I have the Ruger resting on the trigger stick and the brilliant dot covers about a baseball size area of the deer's torso. It is ROCK STEADY.
Should I shoot?
The distance makes me think they are all doe.
It ain't moving.
BOOM!!!
The SBH leaps skyward and when it returns to the trigger stick the 3 does are highballin' it outta there and I see 4 hooves in the air!
Let me tell ya, the use of that Ultradot and trigger stick turned that 7-1\2" handgun into a hand-held carbine.
Whereas with iron sights at that distance the front blade would have covered far too much of the deer to take a shot and know just where POI would be.
But the Ultradot, with that intense dot made me feel like I was almost playing some kind of video game.
And the Primos Trigger Stick removed all, I mean ALL unsteadiness.
Anyway, I wait about 45 minutes, and the deer has not moved.
I walk up on it and lo and behold, it ain't a doe, it is a 5 pointer, double-lung shot with a Ruger Super Black Hawk .44 magnum at a paced off, PACED OFF . . .
64 LONG STRIDES!
I take no praises on this one; other than the fact that I was a little less stupid than to wait to buy the Ultradot and Primos Trigger Stick.
(I was last year, though).
I guess ya get smarter as ya age!
64 YARDS! ONE SHOT! DRT!
Rmocarsky
For about 4 or 5 years I have taken my Ruger Super Blackhawk along with me on deer hunts just in case one came in close enough; only thing was, when they were in close enough, the movement required to put down my rifle and pick up the revolver would have probably busted me.
However, I have fired twice with the .44 and missed both times.
Well . . .
This year I put an Ultradot on that bad boy and purchased a Primos Trigger Stick; I also had the .30-.30 leaning against a tree with the SBH in-hand as my primary weapon.
I was committed to the handgun.
Opening day, about 8:30 a.m.
I am on top a relatively small ridge on a strip of woods that divides two fields.
Coming across the bean field towards my vicinity are 4 deer.
They enter the hardwoods and come about half way up the ridge a little behind me, turn right and trot along the side of the ridge from my back to in front of me, but too far down the ridge for a good shot, so I figure I will just watch them disappear.
However, they turn and resume coming up hill.
When they crest the ridge, they are directly in front of me, but pretty far away.
The first one stops while the 3 behind it continue walking past the first.
I have the Ruger resting on the trigger stick and the brilliant dot covers about a baseball size area of the deer's torso. It is ROCK STEADY.
Should I shoot?
The distance makes me think they are all doe.
It ain't moving.
BOOM!!!
The SBH leaps skyward and when it returns to the trigger stick the 3 does are highballin' it outta there and I see 4 hooves in the air!
Let me tell ya, the use of that Ultradot and trigger stick turned that 7-1\2" handgun into a hand-held carbine.
Whereas with iron sights at that distance the front blade would have covered far too much of the deer to take a shot and know just where POI would be.
But the Ultradot, with that intense dot made me feel like I was almost playing some kind of video game.
And the Primos Trigger Stick removed all, I mean ALL unsteadiness.
Anyway, I wait about 45 minutes, and the deer has not moved.
I walk up on it and lo and behold, it ain't a doe, it is a 5 pointer, double-lung shot with a Ruger Super Black Hawk .44 magnum at a paced off, PACED OFF . . .
64 LONG STRIDES!
I take no praises on this one; other than the fact that I was a little less stupid than to wait to buy the Ultradot and Primos Trigger Stick.
(I was last year, though).
I guess ya get smarter as ya age!
64 YARDS! ONE SHOT! DRT!
Rmocarsky
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pretty thing thats for sure