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Saddle gun, full size or carbine?

Loopwing said:
Full size Savage 110 in 30.06. if I need to reach out 300-400 yards I can. I like killing deer and not limiting myself when rifle season is in. Savage 220 when in shotgun territory. CVA MR X during muzzleloader season. None of my guns are short and I have never had a problem shooting from the saddle 20-400 yards. They all drop dead.
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I’m really looking at the savage 110 high country in 30.06. Heavy doesn’t bother me yet anyway.
 
Loopwing said:
Full size Savage 110 in 30.06. if I need to reach out 300-400 yards I can. I like killing deer and not limiting myself when rifle season is in. Savage 220 when in shotgun territory. CVA MR X during muzzleloader season. None of my guns are short and I have never had a problem shooting from the saddle 20-400 yards. They all drop dead.
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400 yards is a seriously long poke from a saddle. I do that at the range but it's from a concrete bench and $500 rest :D
 
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EricS said:
I keep ear muffs with me most of the time and usually put them on before pulling the trigger. For the times I don’t feel comfortable putting them on my ears prefer 24-26 inch barrels over 30” barrels.
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Have you tried electronic ear muffs? I've used them for years and they work really well. No hearing damage and being able to hear stuff in the woods you would otherwise miss is pretty cool.
 
brydan said:
Have you tried electronic ear muffs? I've used them for years and they work really well. No hearing damage and being able to hear stuff in the woods you would otherwise miss is pretty cool.
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I got some earlier this year and they are great. Haven’t worn them hunting but you totally could. Nice being able to leave them on at the range and still able to hear people. They weren’t super expensive either. They are Walker’s and we’re like $30-$40.
 
@brydan I have a lower end set of walkers that the battery is usually dead in. I have worn them hunting. They do help me to hear stuff but not so much where the sound is coming from. I even borrowed a higher end pair with dual mics and speakers that were supposed to help with the directional part but they still left me spinning like a ballerina trying to find the source of sounds. I’m considering the in ear style but I’ve never tried them.
 
brydan said:
400 yards is a seriously long poke from a saddle. I do that at the range but it's from a concrete bench and $500 rest :D
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It is not an everyday occasion, but with conditions being right, NO wind, calm feeding deer, a rest screwed into the tree, 400 yards is nothing. The tree can be just as locked down as a concrete rest, if it is not I don't pull the trigger. Back to, I am using a mission, not a ring of steps or some other rinky dink platform. I am rock solid in my tree and set up.
 
brydan said:
Have you tried electronic ear muffs? I've used them for years and they work really well. No hearing damage and being able to hear stuff in the woods you would otherwise miss is pretty cool.
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Look carefully at your health insurance policy and talk to your doctor. I know a few people who got prescription ear pro "hearing aids" with a minimal co-pay. They have different health insurance than I do so I haven't pursued this option personally. I did get prescription safety glasses; my eye doc has taxidermy in her office and was more than happy to help me fine-tune my scrip to focus on the front sight of a pistol, which also works great for pin sights.
 
EricS said:
@brydan I have a lower end set of walkers that the battery is usually dead in. I have worn them hunting. They do help me to hear stuff but not so much where the sound is coming from. I even borrowed a higher end pair with dual mics and speakers that were supposed to help with the directional part but they still left me spinning like a ballerina trying to find the source of sounds. I’m considering the in ear style but I’ve never tried them.
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Done my fair share of ballerina spinning too :D. I've found higher volume makes it worse.

Edit....I bought a pair of Walker x-trn's at Sam's yesterday for my range bag but used them in the woods this morning...holy smokes the sound quality is trash! I'm sure it'll be fine at the range but in the woods it sounded like I had my head inside a metal pipe :D After 4 hours I was starting to sense some directionally but that was the first and last time I'll use those in the woods. I've gone through a couple pairs of the Howard Leights and the sound quality is quite a bit better. Still a budget emuff so there's times where it's difficult to tell where the sound's coming from but not as frequent
 
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