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[Nor-Cal Tom]

[michael.magorian]

I just have a cheep Simmons scope on my 10/22 and it works just fine for me. I sighted it in once and have beat it around pleanty and it is still right on. It has helped pleanty of times when all you can see is an eye reflecting, then you look through and find out the coon is looking out a tiny hole. If a guy were to just use sights, you might never have noticed. For ten dollars those coon can drop dead as a doornail, so why not?

[Big Horn Posse]

For close range shooting like coonhunting and the like, I like good ol tried and true iron sites. I see no purpose in putting a scope on a .22 you are using to shoot at something that is less than 50 yards away much less 50 feet away in a tall tree.

Now I would put one on say a 17HMR for coyote shooting or something where you have a greater distance to reach your target.

[dgarrett]

I scope is a real plus when shooting coons at night. Best to have someone with you get behind you and shine the coon so you can either see your iron sights or through the scope. Lazer sight sounded the best my buddy spent a few hundred dollars on a lazer grip and lost his pistol coonhunting first night out so we didnt get to try it out. If i had to chose between iron sights or a scope Id pick a scope 100% of the time for coon hunting. dgarrett

[Buddyw]

Out here it's definately a plus to have a scope at night. 80- 120 foot fir trees, sometimes you only get one shot if your luck enough to find him.. It cuts down the amount of times I have to re-load in the dark..

Buddy

[Morgan Richard]

#1 it depends on what you feel more comfortable with . #2 how tall you trees are . JMO

[Mike Leonard]

I would hate to say how many coons over the years fell to my little Ruger Bearcat revolver> Not sure , hudreds without a doubt we would skin several hundred a year back then abd a many of them the little gun accounted for. My eyes were no doubt better than and I killed a l;ot of critters with that gun including bobcats, coyotes, red fox, badgers, and various other types of vermin along with disabled or crippled big game and livestock. It still lays as I know on a hill some two miles west of Vernal Utah where it was lost on a wild and wooley catrace many moons ago. Well I bagged a few coon and other since with my trusty Colt Woodsman. Today I find however a 22 Ruger Auto with a BSA Red Dot sight on it pretty awesome for the coon game. Get one and mount it on your rifle or pistol. Play with it a bit, and burn up some cheap ammo, next thing you know at 30 yards or so you are rolling a pepsi can every shot. Fun and low maintanence.

Sure do miss my old Bearcat however. Some folks say a gun is just a tool. Well that may be but that little tool was a lot of fun for me, and bought Christmas gift for kids for a lot of those lean years and also kep me a live one time when some convicts tryed to roll me and take my truck. Don't let Obama take your vote or your guns, because I beleive and armed society is a polite society.

[mike martell]

HEY, OUT WEST WE NEED A SCOPE FOR SURE AS BUDDY STATED HE LIVES TO THE NORTH OF ME AND HUNTS THE SAME TERRAIN. A COUPLE THINGS I FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS USING DUPLEX CROSS HAIRS (AS MY AGE TAKES A TOLL I LOSE THE CROSS HAIRS WHEN SHINING)ALSO PREFER THE LIGHT AHEAD OF THE SCOPE ,AS FROM BEHIND YOU GET TOO MUCH GLARE THROUGH THE RETICLES. I ALSO SHOOT WITH A LIGHTED RETICLE. (CHECK YOUR STATE FOR LEGALITY) DONT SHOOT CHEAP AMMO EITHER ,IF YOU DIAL IN YOUR GUN AT 50 YDS WITH CCI AMMO, AND SAY SWITCH TO REMINGTON GENERIC AMMO, YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT DROP AT 50 YDS . HUNT WITH WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO USE DAILY.CHEAP OR TOP END. I JUST RETURNED FROM HUNTING ,HAD THREE COONS UP. I HAD SO MUCH BRUSH I HAD TO BACK OUT 50 YARDS FROM THE TREE TO SPOT EYES, SO IF I WERE TO TAKE THEM IT WOULD REQUIRE A 50 YARD SHOT. HAVING SHOT A LOT THIS WOULD MAKE FOR A DIFFICULT,ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE IRON SIGHT SHOT. AGAIN DEPENDS ON YOU AREA. I ALSO CARRY STEADY STICK BI-PODS FOR SOLID SHOOTING ACCURACY. ANOTHER THING I DO IS TIE THE DOGS UP, IF YOU SHOOT FROM 50 YARDS AWAY A DOG SOMETIMES WILL PULL TO YOUR GUN SHOT. I DO THIS UNTIL I'M COMFORTABLE WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL DOG. I EXECUTE THE SAME DRILLS. UNTIL THE DOGS/ GUN AND I HAVE IT DOWN.

[johnson]

iron sights are what i use on my .22 pistol cuz no matter what i will always kill the coon on one or two shots it never toke me more then 2 before and ive been hunting since i was 5 years old... and me and my dad had a tested it before i always got the coon and 1 to 2 shot and my dad he had a red dot scope and he'd always have to take 3 to 7 shots to kill the coon and the red dot is sighted in right we had 7 people try it and 2 out 7 didnt even get the coon.... it was the same .22 pistol as mine is so iron sights all the way....