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Selecting the Right Telescopic Sight for Your Rifle Part 2

Posted by – December 24, 2009

The only thing more important than a deer rifle scope that works with a deer hunting rifle, the chosen hunting environment, and the shooting style of the hunter, is the actual rifle itself. To get the scope on your deer rifle set-up properly read these deer hunting tips.

If you want to shoot from long range, you should invest as much money as you can in your scope, so you can ensure accuracy. Adjustable magnification scopes are preferred for combining the abilities of general observation, closer range shooting and long range marksmanship. Theses adjustable rifle scopes for deer hunting rifles will be listed with the magnification variance from the minimum distance to the maximum, as well as the objective lens diameter. For example: a “3x9x42″ scope will be listed with a minimum magnification of 3 power, a maximum magnification of 9 power, and a 40 millimeter objective lens diameter.

The Importance of the Scope’s Light Transmission Qualities.

Each time you up the magnification of your scope, you will be decreasing the light you get to your eyepiece. The larger the objective lens, the more you get through your eyepiece. Scopes transmit available light through the lenses to your eye, always losing a bit in the process. If you purchase the very finest and most expensive scopes, you will only get as much as 98% light transmission. Anytime you can find a scope with 95% or higher, you have a great scope. The typical scope only transmits about 90%.

Understanding The Lenses and The Coatings On Scopes

Most of the quality scopes you can find today are fogproof, waterproof, and have lenses that are coated. There is a wide range of coatings available. You can definitely get a single coated lens scope that can blow most multicoated lenses out of the water. How well they function depends on what quality the glass and coatings are. The coatings reduce glare and also prevent reflection from causing you to lose light, but these higher quality coatings will come with higher pricetags. Normally a coating will allow for better light transmission and sharper contrast in what you are looking at.

Scope Field of View

How much you see out of your scope in terms of its entire area, 100 yards in front of you, is called field of view. It is important to remember that scopes with higher magnifications will have lower fields of view. As magnification is decreased, field of view goes up. For example: Let’s consider a 3×9 variable scope. At 3 power, you should have a little over 30 feet in your field of view. However, at 9 power your field of view will only be approximately 14 feet. The field of view is not affected by the size of the objective lens diameter.

Your hunting experience can be ruined or made incredible through the simple application of a scope that befits your style of shooting.

Selecting the Right Telescopic Sight for Your Rifle Part 1

Posted by – December 24, 2009

When you go out deer hunting, it’s so important to choose the best telescopic rifle you can possibly get considering your shooting style and weapon, that the only thing more important is choosing a deer hunting rifle itself.

If the deer hunter is going to hunt in an area where long range shots are required, it is vital that he/she purchases the best possible scope possible. Adjustable magnification scopes are preferred for combining the abilities of general observation, closer range shooting and long range marksmanship. When you look for adjustable rifle scope, you can see the lens diameter, as well as the minimum and maximum magnifications. If your scope is 3x9x42, it’ll magnify at a minimum of 3x and a maximum of 9x, and the lens diameter will be around 40 millimeters in size.  To get the scope on your deer rifle set-up properly read these deer hunting tips.

Understanding the Magnification Range of a Scope

For deer hunting, it is typical to find a a scope with a 3×9 magnification range. You can even get a 4x scope if you won’t be shooting further than fifty yards, due to the density of the brush. When hunting in areas where longer shots are required, where you will be making shots that average several hundred yards, you will do better with a 4×12 or a 4.5×14. On the plains or in open country you can often leave your scope at a higher power. This is because your visibility is not obstructed, so you can usually see the entire area and will not be surprised by a deer or other animal. In some cases you might have to shoot from hilltop to hilltop, or mountain to mountain.

The  Objective Lens Size  of a Scope

Typical medium variable rifle scopes have an objective lens that’s 40 to 44 mm in size, when you’re working with deer hunting scopes. However, you can purchase larger objective lenses that can go up to 75 mm. In most all situations these jumbo objective lenses are not advantageous. You’d have to set these bigger objective lenses at the highest power to get enough light through them to do any good. Unfortunately, they can be quite uncomfortable and are hard to align with the eye. With a properly mounted scope, you should be able to close your eyes, shoulder your gun with a proper, repeatable stock weld (a stock weld is the firm but comfortable and repeatable position of your face on the gun stock), open your eyes, and look directly through the center of your scope every time. Large objective lenses prevent this from happening because of the mounting height required to keep the ring of such a large lens off your gun barrel. Having to mount your scope this high will cause you to have a rifle that is heavier, clumsier, less balanced, slower, and uncomfortable to shoot.

The choice of a proper scope to match your hunting environment and shooting style can make or break your hunting effort. This article can help you find out what scope is right for you, on your next hunting excursion.

Get The Best Telescopic Deer Hunting Rifle Scope Available Part 3

Posted by – December 18, 2009

Bushnell Elite 3200 Rifle ScopesThe only thing more important than a telescopic scope that works with a deer hunting rifle, the chosen hunting environment, and the shooting style of the hunter, is the actual rifle itself.

If you want to shoot from long range, you should invest as much money as you can in your scope, so you can ensure accuracy. Most hunters prefer to get an adjustable magnification scope so that he/she is able to preform general observation, closer range shots, and long range shots, all with one scope. Theses adjustable rifle scopes for deer hunting rifles will be listed with the magnification variance from the minimum distance to the maximum, as well as the objective lens diameter. A “3 x 9 x 42″ scope will have a minimum magnification of 3 power, a maximum magnification of 9 power and an objective lens diameter of 40 millimeters.

How To Mount Your Scope

Here are some valuable deer hunting tips regarding the magnification range of your scope.
Your shooting system is only as good as your scope mount. A poor mount, means a poor system. Your scope, and therefore your deer hunting rifle, will wind up being absolutely useless to you in the field if the mounting is not a good quality. Often, a problem is not foreseen and results in a miss, or even worse, a wounded animal. Installing bases and rings incorrectly leads to wasted ammunition, and you can often get flustered when you consider how easy the target would have been to hit if you had a properly aligned scope.

And this is in a best case scenario. Damage to both rifle and scope can occur, often leading to the shooter getting hurt as well. It is well worth the money to have a gunsmith install the rings and bases as you will be ensured not only of accuracy but also of the safety of the shooter and anyone who may be around the shooter. Even when amateurs get the mounting secured safely, they still often wind up wasting expensive ammunition as they get the scope sighted in. This can be frustrating as well as expensive. Shooting is supposed to be fun and a great way to relieve stress, not a source of frustration.

When your mounting system is done properly, your scope will be as close to your rifle as it can be. The more parts you have to use, the more likely something will go wrong with the system. While solid steel mounts are the strongest made, the aluminum ones will work perfectly well. You need to know that the see through rings are known to be weak and that while carrying your rifle or bumping it you may change how your scope is sited in. In most hunting situations, using the minimum power on your scope should prevent you from having to rely on the iron sights on your gun anyway.

Your hunting experience can be ruined or made incredible through the simple application of a scope that befits your style of shooting. To make sure your scope is a match for your needs review a complete selection of recommend rifle scopes at Basspro.com

How to Choose The Best Deer Hunting Rifle

Posted by – December 10, 2009

rifles_deer_mydecoysOne of the most important decisions for you to make in your hunting career is what is the best deer hunting rifle you should purchase. The keys to achieving your deer hunting goals come in the form of the best firearm for you.  When you go to pick out a firearm, you want the one with the best style, action, sighting, size, and ballistics for  your hunting area and physical capabilities. Your final success is dependent on having a deer hunting rifle that matches all these criteria.

Where Will You Be Hunting?

The two main types of deer hunting environments are the deep woods/dense brush and open range country. Some areas contain a mixture of both environments. Every hunting environment has different styles of shooting and require rifles with different characteristics.

Deep Woods/Dense Brush Best Deer Hunting Rifles

The best deer hunting rifles to use  in the woods are rifles made for medium or short range shooting. The average distance you will be shooting in this environment  runs from twenty-five to two hundred yards. It is to your advantage that your deep woods deer hunting rifle be relatively light (less than nine pounds with the scope), and be relatively short in length with a barrel length of twenty two inches or shorter. It’s important to be able to move quickly and easily through densely wooded areas. The best deer hunting rifle is one that offers fast reload -  automatics or lever action would be best; you might have to do a quick follow shot when you’re deer hunting in rough terrain. I would recommend using heavy bullet cartridges, .270 caliber or greater, with at least a 120 grain bullet, in order to penetrate any brush that might be in the way of your intended target.   Calibers/cartridges that travel at over 2200 feet per second are not recommended to minimize bullet deflection by the brush. If your hunting terrain only allows shots to be taken within 50 yards or less of the intended target, you may want to consider using an open sight.  If not, I would recommend a scope with four power, or a variable scope that can get down to 3X. If you want to find out if open site shooting works for you, test it out at the range.

Open Range Deer Hunting Rifles

The best deer Hunting Rifles that work well in open areas are optimized for longer range shooting, up to three hundred yards (or farther!). Rifle portability is not as important as accuracy and velocity in long shot situations and the rifles will be heavier and with longer barrel lengths than deep woods rifles. The best calibers and cartridges for open range deer hunting, are flat shooting, and high velocity. Calibers in the 6MM (.243) range or higher will be satisfactory and bullets from 100 grain up will perform well. When shooting larger caliber rifles, heavier bullets are generally best for accurate shooting. Typically, you’ll need at least a 6×9 variable power scope in order to shoot accurately.

Find What You Want

When choosing a deer hunting rifle, follow the recommendations above as they best suit your hunting situation and consider your degree of comfort in using high caliber or magnum powered rifles. How willing are you to lug around ten to twelve pounds long rifle across your hunting terrain.

Visit a nearby hunting rifle dealer and test out various models, kinds, and sizes from different makers of deer hunting rifles to see what feels good. Whenever you can ask a successful hunters what type of rifle they use and why. See if friends will let you handle their rifles, so that you can get a feel for what kind of weapon you are comfortable hunting with.

If you want to know about what deer hunting rifle to use, and what deer hunting tips can help you, check out www.Deer-HuntingTips.com/DeerHuntingRifle.

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Deer Hunting Tips – The Giant-Racked Deer : Rare And Elusive

Posted by – December 9, 2009

No matter how satisfied you may be now with the size of the bucks you get from hunting, you’ll want to snag the big ones at some point. Please read the following advanced deer hunting tips to help understand what is involved in hunting the real monster bucks.

When you want to move up to getting the monster bucks, it takes quite a bit more learning, but you can read more to learn the deer hunting tips you need to succeed. The techniques needed to hunt mature bucks with giant antlers were not the same as the ones I’d used to hunt regular bucks. After a lot of hit and miss, I discovered the true secrets to locating the great deer, and my productivity has grown from year to year.

Is your overall hunting area populated with big bucks? Most very large bucks remain largely unseen. But even if there have been no reports of sightings of big bucks in an area, it does not have to follow that they are not there. Keeping that in mind, there are areas which do seem to be centers of activity for these monster deer. To give yourself the opportunity of taking one of these shy creatures, you must take your deer hunting to where the big deer are. It’s often frustrating to learn that many areas won’t have any big bucks at all, least of all one you can find. You can, however, increase your chances of finding big bucks if they’re in the area you’re hunting in.

The first thing you should do to find out if there are large bucks around is to ask local hunters. Ask around with all the career hunters and game wardens in your area; even ranchers and farmers can help you, as can feed store owners, to tell you where sightings of big deer have been made, so you may know where to go. Even the local coffee shop or diner can be a place to find information on local deer population. Your objective is to see if there are any large bucks locally, and where most of them have been sighted. Just ask about the sightings of extremely large bucks instead of overall population count. You won’t get anywhere finding a large population of average sized deer. You’re after a trophy rack. Talk to other hunters in your area if you’re already committed to one specific hunting ground and find out which stands or blinds are best to find the largest bucks, and ask others about their specific experiences. This is a good place to begin. Be cautious : just like fishermen, deer hunters may want to exaggerate their hunts, so double check your stories.

We hope that you use these deer hunting tips and techniques during deer hunting season to enjoy help you locate the true monster bucks.

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How Badly Do You Want To Get that Once In A Lifetime Buck?

Posted by – December 6, 2009

big_buckAre you deer hunting to take that once-in-a-lifetime deer with the giant rack? If your desire is to corral a deer that most people would absolutely kill for, I can provide assistance if you are willing to pay the price in terms of revamping your approach and settling in for the long haul with tremendous perseverance and determination. Here are some valuable advanced deer hunting tips to help you understand the effort required to successfully hunt monster bucks.
Except for the occasion when you may get very lucky, the productive hunting of a huge whitetail or mule deer is an undertaking that may involve a complete year or more of planning, scouting, and hunting. I have personally scouted out and pursued specific deer for years before I could make that kill I was looking for, to give you an idea of the commitment required. The huge “war hosses” have a singular characteristic of never being caught in a position where a man could shoot them. Often, the reason these bucks get so big is because they’re clever enough to survive several years of hunting.

Fortunately, you can typically predict how the bigger, older bucks will move, and you have to strategize and anticipate how they will move to succeed. Their behavior patterns and movements are so different from doe and smaller bucks, that you can’t approach them the same way. Together with their being older and bigger, they are smarter, more skittish, and much more considered in their behavior. If a trophy deer has lived to the age of six, that fact alone is self defining as a statement of his survival instincts that have allowed him to elude capture. These giant deer generally will not panic when danger lurks nearby, but will often hunker down in a safe location and wait for the trouble to pass. I have watched bucks hold firm in cover taking advantage of their natural stealth and incredible camouflage, and then slip, crawl or swim away in avoidance of the most seasoned hunters.

Your tactics have to change if you want to have a chance at bagging a large buck. In the same way that a law enforcement investigator must carry out an interminable amount of routine legwork in order to make an important arrest, you must plot a specific long term strategy to outsmart that deer.

Please visit deer-hunting tips.com to find out additional deer hunting tips, techniques and tricks. Also here is a recommended book called 500 Deer Hunting Tips. You can also download an eBook completely free : “Secrets of Finding the Monster Bucks Exposed” at Secrets of Finding Monster Bucks Exposed.
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