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40 mm or 50 mm scope for 7mmSTW
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<blockquote data-quote="Coues Sniper" data-source="post: 213427" data-attributes="member: 9377"><p>Along the lines with what BB said, I found a monster (110"+) Coues deer a few years back, right at dark. He was about 375 yards out, and I put my spotting scope on him and could tell right away he needed to die. I didn't have time to move, and the grass was high enough that I couldn't shoot prone, so I took the scope of the tripod, put on my "shooter" to shoot off the tripod and tried to find the buck. I had hold over dots on that scope so i needed to be on full power for them to work, and i couldn't find the deer. Put the spotting scope back on, found the buck, hurried to put the gun back up, no buck. This little circus went on for a while and eventually it got too dark to see and the buck walked. This was the last day of season. Now hindsight being what it is and the fact that this was a few years ago I think i would have killed that deer today (dialed the scope down and figured the drop, I also use turrets now so i could have dialed down and dialed in and whacked him) but i just couldn't see him in my rifle scope. I'm not sure if an extra 10mm would have gotten that buck killed doing it the way I did back then, but it sure does sit in the back of my mind a lot. Nowadays I figure better safe than sorry <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coues Sniper, post: 213427, member: 9377"] Along the lines with what BB said, I found a monster (110"+) Coues deer a few years back, right at dark. He was about 375 yards out, and I put my spotting scope on him and could tell right away he needed to die. I didn't have time to move, and the grass was high enough that I couldn't shoot prone, so I took the scope of the tripod, put on my "shooter" to shoot off the tripod and tried to find the buck. I had hold over dots on that scope so i needed to be on full power for them to work, and i couldn't find the deer. Put the spotting scope back on, found the buck, hurried to put the gun back up, no buck. This little circus went on for a while and eventually it got too dark to see and the buck walked. This was the last day of season. Now hindsight being what it is and the fact that this was a few years ago I think i would have killed that deer today (dialed the scope down and figured the drop, I also use turrets now so i could have dialed down and dialed in and whacked him) but i just couldn't see him in my rifle scope. I'm not sure if an extra 10mm would have gotten that buck killed doing it the way I did back then, but it sure does sit in the back of my mind a lot. Nowadays I figure better safe than sorry :D [/QUOTE]
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