Choosing the Right Weapon For Deer Hunting
In any profession or sport, the tools that are used have a lot of importance and unless you have the best, the possibilities of your success will not increase. Therefore even in deer and elk hunting, you need tools like a rifle that will fit to your shoulder, the weight, the sights, its action and caliber will suit you the best. You should always choose the gun that has the right weight that can help you shoot accurately.
� Things to remember while purchasing a rifle –
There are certain that you need to remember before investing on your precious rifle. Check out the length of the stock very minutely because different manufacturers produce rifles having different stock lengths. The long ones can give you some problem and the short stocks can result in the scope striking your eyebrow. Consult a gunsmith if you don’t have proper stock length. Another problem that arises, generally for the larger men is the “”drop”” which is the distance between your cheek and the stock. Basically you need to press your cheek against the stock of the rifle so that your shooting eyes remain in the same line with the site and too much drop prevents you from doing so. As a result of the recoil the stock can even smack you in the face.
� Weight of the rifle –
Generally rifles weigh between six to nine pounds. The lighter ones are easy to carry around when you are out for a longer amount of time but then the shooting is not accurate. With the heavier rifles you can hold it steady and it produces accurate results during stand hunting or shooting long range but it has less thrust when it is fired. You are not permitted to use rifles in densely populated areas and the alternatives are shotguns and slugs. For your advantage some states offer you to use shotguns having buckshot. The shotguns that have a rifled barrel and special sights or a scope along with it are ideal for deer hunting. Since rifling makes the slugs to spin and stabilize, Rifled barrels shoot slugs are better and more accurate than smooth bore shotguns. This allows you to take shots at deer from a distance of 100 yards. For your benefit, you should not use anything smaller than a 20 gauge shotgun for deer hunting and use the 12 gauge ones which are more popular.