Hunting Tips; New Additions to your Rifle and Backpack

Tip #1 Ok, so you missed a nice buck last season. Why? The new scope being a 50 mm lens is on the high side but your cheek is low and you cant align your eye with the scope. In fact your head wobbled too and fro on the shot.  What is wrong here? It happens to the Pro’s too.

Answer: Poor eye alignment to scope and poor cheek weld to the stock.

Fix: Purchase a slip-on or strap-on cheek riser. There are cheek risers that are simply that, just a cheek riser. Beartooth Products among many others are well liked and very cost effective. There are cheek risers with storage and ammo holders too. Get a good one!

Tip#2- You are hunting and the sweat is dripping off you. You stink and your eyes are salty!  How do you refresh? There are inexpensive wipes out there that can aid greatly. I just purchased some hunt wipes that are odor free and biodegradable. Put some in your day pack, you’ll be glad you did! Wear a bandanna too!

Tip #3 Third, your knife dulled significantly while gutting. Take a hand held carbide knife sharpener in your day pack.

Remember to oil your rifle sling swivels. The squeak can give you away!

Go on-line and check these products out.

Good Hunting!

 

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.