My nominations:
One, smaller caliburs are under-rated, and with the excpetion of Dangerous Game, bigger caliburs are over-rated.

Two: Reloading will save money.

A bigger, higher magnification, scope will automatically make you a better shot?

Deer inevitably bed down in the wind or rain.

I'd have to agree with 8MM, most guys I know are way over scoped. What they really need is to practice more, and not just at 100 yards either.

If you loose game you've shot then you obviously need a bigger gun.

Get a bigger gun and you don't have to pick your shot so well.

I can shoot well off the bench so I'm ready to hunt...offhand, laying in a mud puddle, shaking and breathing hard from running.

A bad hit with a large caliber is no more effective than a bad hit with a small caliber.

If you have a magnum, you don't need to know your trajectory-"it's shoots as flat as a laser"

A bad hit with a larger cailber is more effective than a bad hit with a smaller caliber.

Notorious Double myth:

a) Pressure signs are visible.

b) If you don't see them, it's safe.

C.

The 30.06 won't work, I need somthing else....JJ

The 30-06 will bounce off a dear skull.

I did not tell this to the first deer I killed when I shot it through the eye out the back of its head I must have only imagined the kill.

Take your pick of the zillion or so bullet myths.
My favourite being the... use a great big bullet.. heavy for the cal type on everything then you have no worrys.

I just submitted a story on this topic that will appear in July.

A bullet's trajectory is only affected by the "horizontal" distance when shooting up/downhill. Time of flight always matters.

And the biggest myth of all (and the one with which I closed my story on the biggest shooting myths): Gun writers are always right.

Good closing line AZ

A little humbleness is a meal we should all share occasionally.

Myth: Adrenaline protects your ears. Adrenaline protects you from pain. That's about it.

Biggest Myths?

The people who "Brag" the most about their equipment or kills actually know what they are talking about.

Buddy tried to tell me that barrels with a right hand twist will gradually drift to the right (if you only shoot them far enough).

My second favorite is currently published in a half dozen gun mags on the shelf in the grocery store today;

"Short fat cartridges generate less felt recoil than long skinny cartridges (even though they shoot the same weight bullet at the same velocity from the same length barrel out of the same weight gun.)"

My .270 won't kill an elk- I need a 30-06.

Myth: Weatherby is better.

The instaneous kill.. or perhaps "it's the bang which kills them."

quote:

Myth: Weatherby is better.

I think Weatherby is better

We hunt to commune with nature...the kill is only a secondary thing...

1) You have to be rich to hunt big game!

2) Magnums are better!

Elkman, that's a good one!

Another myth, wolves only kill the weak and the sick!

Wolves don't affect big game numbers!

1.CZ makes a good action 2.Accurate double rifle 3.Taylors Knock out value

1) Mortally wounded animals don't run uphill.

2) Hound hunting is easy.

3) Residents of a state are always more ethical than the Non-Residents.

If you shoot a bigfoot (Sasquatch) in the rut, the meat's no good.

Garrett

Never knew that about bigfoots (feets?)

My favorite myth is : Large, slow bullets 'bust brush' better than small bullets. So just blaze into that brush w/ that 35 Remington, it'll make it through to the deer.

A 100gr bonded bullet from a .243 Winchester won't kill a black bear.

Bullets rise above the line of bore before they start to fall

MYTH: a double lung shot behind the shoulder with a bullet prevents the game from running as far as a properly placed arrow in the same place.

MYTH: a heavier bullet is always good insurance for a pass-through, no matter what the range.

MYTH: Ruger rifle actions are not built well enough to be tack drivers. (not my first choice of course but most definitely a MYTH).

"Keep shooting, anyone can get used to heavy recoil"

Long range shooters have normal testosterone levels

If you shoot a Magnum hit a deer anywhere and he will go down.

That a big game animal can be knocked down by bullet.

Jeff

quote:

Originally posted by NRC:
Buddy tried to tell me that barrels with a right hand twist will gradually drift to the right (if you only shoot them far enough).

This is not a myth.

Actually, the BARREL won't drift , but the bullet will drift to the right. A left hand twist will cause the bullet to drift to the left.

This has long been known, Elmer wrote about it many years ago. Here's a very technical discussion of the phenomenon:
http://www.horusvision.com/hv.cfm?pg=ballistics#jump7

Real deer hunters set on their stand from "Dark to Dark".

As passionate as this sounds, it's ussually said by folks who can't figure out when/if the deer are comming or going.

I hunt because i save money on meat.

One of these days my reloading equipment will start paying for itself ( IF I quit buying more, and IF I live long enough )

DGK

Great thread by the way

Myth's:

Handloading is fun.
A short barrel needs fast powder.

The two worst myths, among the many that affect shooting, are, IMHO.

1. It don't matter what ya shoot, long as ya kin shoot it.

2. Someone (anyone) is a "natural" rifleshot.