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Author Topic: Shoot through mesh??????  (Read 255 times)

Offline Bullfrog 1

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Shoot through mesh??????
« on: September 16, 2013, 09:32:00 AM »
Can this really be done without affecting accuracy?  Thanks.   BILL

Offline snakebit40

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 09:41:00 AM »
I killed two turkeys in one shot shooting through the mesh. I've also missed a few but that was not due to the mesh. I don't think you'll notice any effect.
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Offline K.S.TRAPPER

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 09:47:00 AM »
Yes, I've shot a bunch of animals and watched several buddy's do it to.

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Offline SAVIOUR68

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 10:08:00 AM »
Just make sure to shoot at a straight on position through mesh,angle shoots through the mesh will affect impact.

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 10:25:00 AM »
Every one of my ground blinds at my lease has mesh in the windows. I have shot a ton of critters thru the mesh. I have only encountered two bad things about the mesh:

1) Do not shoot at an extreme angle to the mesh. The fletching can catch the netting and throw off your shot. You do not have to be perfectly perpendicular, just no REAL HARD angles.

2) You have to be careful about how you set your blind. If you end up facing the sun, there will be a time when you cannot see for squat from the glare on the netting.

I have learned these things from experience and now have no problems because I know how to get things right. I also believe the advantages of the netting outweigh the negatives. That is why it is in every blind I have.

I also use a string tracker and shoot thru the netting and it works great. I just found out you could do this last year so I have only shot a couple critters with the string tracker thru the netting, but it works great.

One more thing; if you are going to put the netting in your blind, then practice out of it a bit. The netting can mess with your depth perception if you are not used to it. No different than you should practice out of an elevated position if you are going to hunt from a treestand.

Bisch

Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 11:13:00 AM »
Be sure you fletching is very smooth where the foward quill engages the shaft. If it is not perfectly smooth and does not have a dab of glue on it the quill can get caught by the mesh. Also, adding to what Bisch said, if the sunlight comes into the blind via a roof vent or side panel being open it will spotlight you in the blind. Always wear black everything.
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Online Gordon Jabben

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Re: Shoot through mesh??????
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2013, 10:36:00 AM »
Set up a target and try it out.  That's what I did and found that I could shoot very well though the mesh.

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