Generally if sitting a fence watching multiple crossing they cross from thick to thick. Allot of time there leaving a pinch sneaking across to head over to feeders or from feeders.
From experience that is all you will see them is in the crossing generally.
Once the deer crosses there is no chance of seeing it. Were i hunt an elephant could cross once its in the thick there no chance.
This is what i call sniping i am not hunting like archery. I am harvesting deer. I pays off generally for me i usually harvest 4-6 deer a year by this time. Most from gun season.
I simply enjoy being in the outdoors with a gun, whether I bag something or not. I don't hunt for the meat or trophy and have let more have a pass than I've shot, guess maybe it's being lazy, didn't want to drag, field dress,butcher,freezer wrap,cook,whatever. I get pleasure from planning hunting strategy, daydreaming or that nap in the woods while a deer is eating your lunch. while bird hunting I get as much excitement with a miss as a kill, again unless it's a real good shot or a double or tripple. as far as predicting animal patterns and movements you can't apply human logic to animals. sure you can say they will travel from cover to cover, never come out in the open, have gone nocturnal, travel with the wind in their face etc etc, some, MAYBE most will be somewhat prdictable, then you see them where they're not supposed to be when they're not supposed to be there moving the wrong way for the wind. how many you killed doen't impress me. i'm more impressed by your knowledge, marksmanship and ethics.
For me it depends upon the area, cover, type of hunt (still, stalk, or stand), and big game species I'm after. I have about 8-10 different types of rifles and shotguns I hunt with and shoot well, some with scopes at 4X, adjustable 3.5-10, 1.5-5, 3-9, etc. some have 28MM objectives, some have 56MM objectives and some have open sights for the different types of area, cover, type of hunt (still, stalk, or stand), and big game species. I'm 42 and the eyes are working fine, therefore I don't have any of the vision issues, not yet anyway. Grew up with open sights only and that's how I learned to shoot a rifle and shotgun with slugs, no scopes. Alot of it is preference, and your vision. I could go either way, scope or not...
yea i am 45 and just starting the eye deterioration. Dr said i need 1.5 to 1.75 reading glasses
I guess its kinda what you are use to shooting, In the past I shot nothing without a scope on it. I have shot so many rounds through my iron sited Muzzle loaders the past five years that now a scope seems unnatural to me. I guess to each his own. Whatever gives the most confidence.
