Iron Sights

[Muddyboots]

So @bamban posted a photo of him with kill in 1974 with rifle with iron sights.

So interesting question: have you ever killed a big game animal with iron sights and how long ago?

Me? I killed young buck with good old thurta thurta in a deer camp near @adk hunter. Year? 1970! And best part of that is I left new Case knife on a rock at kill site. I bet @adk hunter found it.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Yes my first 4 years of whitetail deer hunting in the early 70's.
First 2 years a Model 94 in 44 Magnum.
Next 2 years a model 70 in 270 Win.
Those 2 rifles got sold off years ago by my dad.
For small game hunting my granddad let me use his Remington model 521T bolt action with 6 round clip in 22LR.
He eventually put a scope on it.
I have this rifle.
Back in those days most everything was open site.

 

[memtb]

So @bamban posted a photo of him with kill in 1974 with rifle with iron sights.

So interesting question: have you ever killed a big game animal with iron sights and how long ago?

Me? I killed young buck with good old thurta thurta in a deer camp near @adk hunter. Year? 1970! And best part of that is I left new Case knife on a rock at kill site. I bet @adk hunter found it.

Been a while, but several Whitetails with a rifle and an Antelope and a Black Bear with an open sighted S&W 629. memtb

 

[Hand Skills]

Most recently, white tail doe in 2013 (or 14?) for me. Lee Enfield in 303 British, head shot at close range (15ish yards?)

No more decisive than a .223, but a whole lot more gruesome!!

 

[akdad]

Shot a lot of moose with iron sights 30-06, 270 probably at least 5 or so last one maybe 2017?? Hunted a lot in the winter and scopes are just a pain in real cold.

 

[Southpaw Tikka]

2015, 35 rem. Marlin 336, 6-7 yards - love sick 8 pointer

 

[s3silver]

Good topic. Not too many iron sights on rifles these days. I shot a blacktail buck about 10 years ago with a Savage hog hunter 308 with iron sights. Shot was about 70 yards. He was a decent 2x2 and good eating.

 

[crashlanding]

1974, hickory run state park, Pennsylvania, 17 years old, Marlin 336, 30.30, biggest buck anyone in our family had ever killed at that point, my dads policy was no scope until you killed your first one with iron sites.