03-07-2019, 05:15 PM
Sounds like my father's rifle except he had a 2.5x Weaver and a Mannlicher (full-length) stock. When I was a teenager my 30-06 didn't have a scope so I borrowed his to go hunting with two uncles one day over by Mesa Verde. The country was loaded with deer that had come down early to their wintering grounds. I shot up all my ammo but no deer were hurt in the making of that hunt as the saying goes. My uncles got no shots. Turned out that my dad had fallen on his rifle and the scope was badly off. The image of two nice bucks bounding down a hill toward me with me blazing ineffectually away is seared into my brain forever. Be sure to practice shooting from all positions and be sure of your zero! Besides, shooting and getting set up to go is half the fun. And believe me, you have plenty of years to make memories of your own. Be sure to scout every chance you can. That's the other half of the fun [
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