How to lead a running boar.
- Thread starter A Guy Out West
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Having had a thoroughly enjoyable day last Saturday in mid-France, I was (and am) struck by the danger of trying to over-analyse things.
I fired 4 shots, got two boar (each with the first shot), and missed a roe.
For both boar I was very interested (after the event) by how I didn't even think about the rifle or sights: I just swung through, both eyes open, focusing on the boar as they ran. The rifle did the rest.
But I probably thought too much about leading the roe, and complicated it all.
I fired 4 shots, got two boar (each with the first shot), and missed a roe.
For both boar I was very interested (after the event) by how I didn't even think about the rifle or sights: I just swung through, both eyes open, focusing on the boar as they ran. The rifle did the rest.
But I probably thought too much about leading the roe, and complicated it all.
This is something I've stated over and over again when people ask me how much lead to give.
My answer is always the same " I cant honestly tell you" it's instinctive not something that you need to analyse or have time to in the moment.
Looking at the charts posted on here is all well and good but when you have a train of Boar either running past or at you at a fair old pace, you don't have time to bring up a mental picture of distance, speed,angle,size and then calculate how much lead to give the one out of the sounder that you're going to take.
McKenzie
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I always imagined that it would be about half the distance for a clay pigeon shot with a shotgun as a bullet from a rifle is travelling at roughly twice the speed. Is that theory way off?
Out of interest I strapped an Aimpoint to a walking stick recently & took my dog (large GWP) for a walk in the woods & tried to 'shoot' him with the walking stick. Apart from feeling a bit awkward about doing this, it was a very interesting exercise. I rarely miss a clay rabbit so I was treating it like that & I would say that I could have shot about 9 out of 10 when he was running on the flat. Of course woods aren't often completely flat & it was the twisting through trees, jumping fallen trees & dipping into hollows that was where the problems lay. On uneven ground I would be impressed by a 50% ratio.
Out of interest I strapped an Aimpoint to a walking stick recently & took my dog (large GWP) for a walk in the woods & tried to 'shoot' him with the walking stick. Apart from feeling a bit awkward about doing this, it was a very interesting exercise. I rarely miss a clay rabbit so I was treating it like that & I would say that I could have shot about 9 out of 10 when he was running on the flat. Of course woods aren't often completely flat & it was the twisting through trees, jumping fallen trees & dipping into hollows that was where the problems lay. On uneven ground I would be impressed by a 50% ratio.
What's your dog called Lucky.!!
YES: I really think you are over-analysing! Keep the same lead as for pigeon/and you will be fine!
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