Thread: Off for a ride...

Originally Posted by Dundee

Sweet did it wear earmuffs?

Horses tend to pick up on deer before you do so are facing directly at them with their head held high and ears up and forward making a shot over the head a bit tricky. A high powered rifle will literally flatten them, I as sure as hell wouldn't fire my STW over the horses head...using flat-bang rifles like 30-30, .375, 44 mag, .357 or something similar wont startle them as much...I have yet to see someone take a crack with a muzzle brake from the saddle. Most times I use the horse to get me to my hunting area and then tie it up and go for a stalk.

Originally Posted by Spook

Horses tend to pick up on deer before you do so are facing directly at them with their head held high and ears up and forward making a shot over the head a bit tricky. A high powered rifle will literally flatten them, I as sure as hell wouldn't fire my STW over the horses head...using flat-bang rifles like 30-30, .375, 44 mag, .357 or something similar wont startle them as much...I have yet to see someone take a crack with a muzzle brake from the saddle. Most times I use the horse to get me to my hunting area and then tie it up and go for a stalk.

Yes dam true, they sure no where deer are.
I wouldn't try shoot a deer with a big gun from a horse, I used a little 7.62, we never actively hunted from the horse, it was more deer and pigs shot while mustering most deer Ive ever seen in one mob was from a horse in 1998, counted 65 in one gully