Every time you want to make a precision shot beyond your zero. That's why NF (and others) have a zero-stop that let you go back to your saved zero after dialing for elevation.
Scope zero
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I cant talk shit. I turn into a bumbling idiot as soon as I see a deer. I yank on the trigger like it's 100 pound pull.
Me too. I actually think the tunnel vision helps on focusing on a single spot to shoot, at least that's what I tell myself. Thinking back at shots taken when hunting, I don't remember much of a cognitive process going on, just reptilian brain level instinct. I think it's actually harder to shoot paper for that reason sometimes.
I've never got a deer. Ran out of shirt tails so I took up motorcycles instead.
I always make a better shot when I dont have time to think about it. Those 2 bucks I had less than 10 seconds each.
For relatively close, instinctive shots this makes sense for sure.
I don’t understand OP’s question.
You hit the turret, the settings stayed the same, but your POI has shifted?
or
You hit the turret, which caused the turret adjustment to move off of your zero to something else, and now you’re wondering why it hit somewhere else?
In regards to the size of the group in the pic, no one can tell if that’s a good group or not without knowing all the factors. What the rifle is capable of, how good the ammo is, how good the shooter is, how good your rest was (was your ATV still running when you used it as a rest), etc. It’s possible that it’s a stellar group for the conditions involved. Good thing is, the center of the group is in the center of the target.
You hit the turret, the settings stayed the same, but your POI has shifted?
or
You hit the turret, which caused the turret adjustment to move off of your zero to something else, and now you’re wondering why it hit somewhere else?
In regards to the size of the group in the pic, no one can tell if that’s a good group or not without knowing all the factors. What the rifle is capable of, how good the ammo is, how good the shooter is, how good your rest was (was your ATV still running when you used it as a rest), etc. It’s possible that it’s a stellar group for the conditions involved. Good thing is, the center of the group is in the center of the target.
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I know that I bumped the top turret by a couple of clicks, but unless I bumped the others to push the poi to top left of the target. 8 clicks down and 8 clicks right I was back center mass. The gun probably shoots way better than I can. So unless I bumped both turrets than the scope lost zero. I now have it set back to stop zero. Just hoping it was the turrets getting bumped and not the scope losing zero. I guess time will tell.
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Sounds like scope lost zero. Try sending it back, but cheap scopes tend to do this.
After you shot with that scope and obtained your Zero, did you record that data? Did you slip the turrets back to 0 and record your stadia lines?
If I’m understanding what happened correctly, the scope did what it’s supposed to do and you failed to obtain/record the proper data to allow you to go back to your Zero.
Otherwise, you could have lost Zero due to an issue with scope/rings/base/mount.