Have you ever unintentionally dialed your scope on a hunt or otherwise?

[Qholum37]

It has never happened to me thankfully, but I have seen others forget to dial back down after dialing for long shots and then miss up close.

 

[canyonhunter47]

Does a kid reaching over from his car seat to twist the windage a mil or two count?

 

[voltage]

Does a kid reaching over from his car seat to twist the windage a mil or two count?

I only let my child play with guns without scopes in his car seat.

 

[voltage]

I have never had a dial turn unintentionally. There was a time I shot a whitetail at 650 in Missouri. Following that shot, I put the rifle into the case, took it to Montana, hunted for a couple days, and then shot at a mulie buck at 225. I missed it three times. Fortunately for me, he was significantly more interested in the couple hotties he was hanging out with. After the third miss, I realized the problem, and dialed back to 0. That buck made it back to Missouri with me. I’m very grateful for that experience as it was a good lesson learned with no consequences besides a couple wasted rounds.

 

[actionshooter]

Yes.... Brooks Range float trip for moose/caribou. When I am rowing, the rifle stays tucked between my seat and a dry bag, barrel pointed down toward the front. We had already been on the river for over a week (17 day trip) and had taken 3 caribou previously. As we rounded a bend there was a herd of 20 or so crossing the river but only had 2 bulls, got to the bank and my buddy was out shooting 1st, took an awesome bull. I jumped out, layed over the bow and shot a smaller bull at about 80 yds.... or so I thought. Our other hunting partner was a few hundred yards down river in a raft solo and heard him shot a minute later, I thought there must have been another bull that we hadn't seen. Nope, I looked for blood for a bit while following the direction the heard went and it took me straight to my partner who was downstream with my bull.... well actually it was his. I missed it clean and couldn't believe it, I was 100% sure I hit it. Took me a few minutes but I figured out my VX3 4.5-14 dial had spun a full revolution pulling it out..... that was the LAST time I have hunted with a dial without a lock.