What's Your Average Amount Of Shots

What Is Your Average Number Of Shots

  • 1

    Votes: 25 64.1%

  • 2

    Votes: 12 30.8%

  • 3

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 5

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • More Than 5

    Votes: 2 5.1%
  • Total voters
    39
SGM

SGM

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MY buddy in Mississippi did the 270 shell in a 30-06. It does fire but god knows where it landed. I made him a small plaque that looked like a cartridge butt that said 270-06 on it. lucky it did not hurt him or the gun.

As for the poll, big game one shot, if we get to talking wing shooting the number will climb quickly.
 
ScottR

ScottR

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Timberstalker said:
It?s not common to get a second shot unless the first one is a hit. The first shot is the one that counts the most.
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With elk, even if the first hit is solid I will hammer until he falls. Big bulls are tough and there have been a few occasions where I pounded bulls and they would keep moving. I want him down!

My 2017 bull was hit good right behind the shoulder on his left side. He got up and spun around as I tracked him through the scope. Second shot through the right side dropped him.
 
JimP

JimP

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I have always had the philosophy on elk to keep shooting them until they are down. And once they are down be ready to put another round into them.

My last muzzle loader bull took 3 solid hits before he went down with all 3 hits being kill shots but he just stood there. A friend asked me why I kept shooting if the first shot was a kill shot and I just told him that the bull was still on his feed.
 
ivorytip

ivorytip

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Average for deer is one, average for bulls is 2. If they aren't buckled up after first shot another one is on its way. Ive had elk buckle and fall just to get up and take off, so ill keep crosshairs on.
 
Gr8bawana

Gr8bawana

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On deer and antelope my average is 1.
On elk it is 2 or 3 because I'm of the mindset that if an elk is still on it's feet after it's been hit I shoot til it's down.
 
Timberstalker

Timberstalker

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ScottR said:
With elk, even if the first hit is solid I will hammer until he falls. Big bulls are tough and there have been a few occasions where I pounded bulls and they would keep moving. I want him down!

My 2017 bull was hit good right behind the shoulder on his left side. He got up and spun around as I tracked him through the scope. Second shot through the right side dropped him.
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Very true in many cases. I guess I was thinking my experiences in thick country. I will keep shooting till they are down but rarely do I get a second shot in the thick stuff. Hell rarely do I get a first shot!
 
Hilltop

Hilltop

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Before the age of 30... my average was likely close to 3. Since then, I can only remember shooting more than one bullet on one occasion- a rag horn bull that just didn't want to quit. He took 3 through the lungs before piling up.
 
Umpqua Hunter

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ScottR said:
With elk, even if the first hit is solid I will hammer until he falls. Big bulls are tough and there have been a few occasions where I pounded bulls and they would keep moving. I want him down!.
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That is definitely the way to do it Scott! Keep shooting an elk until he's down for good.

That kind of plays into something I have been pondering, how can 60% of those that replied to the poll have a 1 shot "average". Maybe not too many successful elk hunters. :)
 
JimP

JimP

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Umpqua Hunter said:
That kind of plays into something I have been pondering, how can 60% of those that replied to the poll have a 1 shot "average". Maybe not too many successful elk hunters. :)
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The first few elk that I killed I did with one shot.....................but then those others that were 3 or 4 shots drove my average up a little.
 
go_deep

go_deep

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Not to get technical, but by the time I'm done at the range multiple times before season, its way more than 5, even if I only shoot the targeted animal once.
 
RICMIC

RICMIC

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Feb 21, 2012
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I am one of those guys who responded with "one shot." However in retrospect the last two bull elk that I killed were each shot 3X, they were DOA with the 1st BOOM, but were still moving, so BOOM, BOOM continued. Added to the number of singles, that scews the average to 1.3397485.
 
Hilltop

Hilltop

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Hunting terrain has to have some impact on this. In heavy timber it is more difficult to get follow up shots. In open country I could see where guys would feel compelled to use follow up shots more frequently. A good majority of my elk were one shot kills where a follow up just wasn't possible due to the timber/terrain.
 
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