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How many of you hunters have scopes on your rifles?
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MuleyMadness
I do!
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hound_hunter
me

next rifle i get i'm keepin just iron sights to have some fun with and test my skill with some rabbits and yotes

but for big game hunting.. I like the scope
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I do. And I put a scope on my .223 so I could see the look on the jackrabbit's face just before the hollowpoint hits. #-o
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I do as well, but i would venture to guess that if i owned a vintage firearms or a replica of some sort from an era where scopes were unavailable i would not scope it.
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I do. My cousin shoots a 30-30 and he uses open sights.
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AGCHAWK
I have scopes on most of my rifles but my old open site 30-30 is a blast to shoot.

Below is a picture I posted earlier of my nephew with his Idaho whitetail he got this past Thanksgiving weekend. He dropped it on the run with his open site 30-30...awesome shot!
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kadejones2
i dont have one scope on my .223 but that is my only gun
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Rileyhunter
great buck your nephew got thanks
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I do as well, the first year I hunted I did not use a scope and that was the last year I didn't use a scope.

Scout
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Got a scope on all my hunting guns, why not be precise where you are shooting at two and three hundred yards, play with open sites.
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i got a scope on my rifle
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I got old eyes!
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Deserthunter
I'm pushing 60 now and my eyes simply aren't what they used to be. I put the finest glass I can afford on all my rifles.

The last glass I purchased was for my Savage 12FLV in .308win. It's been modified slightly, with a Choate stock and a few other goodies. I saved for nearly a year to purchase a Leupold 6.5-20x50 LR/T with varmint reticle. Next to NightForce, it's the clearest scope I've found.
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NONYA
My new Rem Genesis .50 cal is the most accurate Ml i have ever seen,i can shoot it more accuratly at 100 yards than i can my cva with a scope,I cant wait to do my doe huntin with it this year,out to 200 yards I should have no problem taking down a deer with open sites,i can hit a 6x6" plate consistently at 100 and a 12"x12" @200.I rig my MLs just like the old buffalo hunters used to do,i drill a hole in the stock where your forehand grips the stock and I use the ramrod as a monopod while sitting.
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bigbuck92
i never heard of that nonya. its a good idea though
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killerbee
ya me either, great idea, i've done a few ml hunts and that would have been a great option!
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The Ox
all but my ar15 my 450 marlin my ruger 22 and my muzzy and i have my 44 mag superredhawk scoped but the rest of my handguns are open sight.
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The Ox
nonya thats a great idea. i may have to try that sometime.
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bigbuck92
i dont think i would do it with my wood stocks though. that would just make me cringe
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are u sure thats in idaho looks like bc i always figured hunting in the states was on ranches cause thats all they show on tha outdoor network besides of my favourite eastmans outdoors those guys dont b>s and thats what i like too see fair c

hase crown land
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Utahbowhunter
my dad does. lol. i dont have a gun. i have a bow!
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southwind
I use scopes on most my rifles. But, once a year I take out grandpa's Savage 1895 in 303 savage on a doe hunt. It is a blast to hunt with.
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DeadI
Interesting idea useing the ram rod as a monopod. I actualy put a bipod on my muzz. problem is that the animals i have taken with my muzz are all to fast of shots to be able to worry about the pod.

I do have a cross hair scope on my rifle and my muzz.
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dahlmer
Other than my 22, I've scoped everything. I just puchased a muzzleloader that I'll shoot with open sites though.
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TheGreatwhitehunter
Every rifle but the lever guns
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TheGreatwhitehunter
Every rifle but the lever guns :1
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brn2hunt
got scopes on all of my rifles here
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1/2 my guns do :thumb
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younggun
7mm weatherby with a leupold scope. tinkered and fired till this bullet but 5 shots through the same hole at 150 yards
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Wapiti
All my rifles have scopes on them except my Marlin 47-70. :)
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badgersniper
being from Idaho and growing up hunting mule deer and elk. I have always used a scope and come to think of it....a scope is a must have for the long range shooting done out west. 300 yards is close and my eyes are not nearly good enough to have ever used open sights.
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joesigep
all except my muzzle loader
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TheGreatwhitehunter
All my rifles are except for my lever guns and my muzzle laoder
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younggun
sold the 7mm now got the sako finlight in 300. win mag with a zeiss scope ontop. Probably gonna be the only gun i use for the rest of my life. 3 bullets in a 1 inch space at 200 yards. The 7mm was a little light.
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From the looks of it, maybe the question should have been- "who DOESN'T use a scope on their rifles?", the list would have been much shorter!!
But while we're on it....everything i own has one.
Matter of fact, i'm headed to Cabela's tonight to get one for my new muzzle loader :thumb
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