Have You ever done anything plain Stupid while Hunting with your MLer?
11-15-2010, 12:06 PM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 124
one time i was hunting, i had been in the stand maybe an hour or two. looked down and opened my breach ( its a quirk) no primer. good thing i never saw a deer, or this story would be way more embarassing. now i make sure i have a primer in as soon as im set up.
11-15-2010, 12:54 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Anne Arrundle County, Maryland
Posts: 1,672
To be prepared and avoid any chance of a click.I've hunted with it that way for some 25 years or so and that was the only incident I ever had with it.
Last edited by pluckit; 11-15-2010 at 12:56 PM.
11-15-2010, 01:03 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Anne Arrundle County, Maryland
Posts: 1,672
Good call Dave, I'd have done the same thing. Try this next time, as the Deer's walking away give a soft whistle, the Deer will usually stop and turn, or at least turn his head to try and hear what he heard, thus giving you a shot. I had this happen once and it worked. I have also stopped a-lot of Deer with a whistle that I would have never got a shot at.
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Last edited by pluckit; 11-15-2010 at 01:08 PM.
I can't get a whistle out in that situation either Pluckit. I just say "hey deer" in a normal voice. It usually does the trick.
11-15-2010, 01:19 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Nashville, Ohio
Posts: 1,109
I agree that the set trigger on a Hawkin has an click to it, but I can't say that I have ever scared a deer with it. But yea it could happen. But to be honest I haven't used it that much in hunting situations.