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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 485169" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>one 5 day prairie dog hunt certainly dosent make me an expert on the subject.</p><p>god willing i'll be making another trip this year. </p><p>being an eastern hunter ive had experience with groundhogs. also about 40 years experience long range deer hunting. </p><p>holding for wind is something im very familiar with. it does make it easier when you get follow up shots.</p><p>hunting a prairie dog town is a little different in my opinion.</p><p>shots are at many different angles covering up to possibly a 180 deg. ark.</p><p>a dog standing over his hole will usually give you 1 shot. a 4" miss due to wind and its over. next shot is in a completly different direction where the same thing could happen.</p><p>i quickly found i was more succesful with heavier bullets. </p><p>i could care less about what some program says is best cartridge or bullet.</p><p>ill not be taking anything less than 50 gr. bullets on my next trip.</p><p> </p><p>as for 6mms on large game, location and type of terrain as well as distance are certainly things to consider.</p><p>i will admitt to being very conservative as to what i consider acceptable.</p><p>some of that comes from watching animals walk off after being hit.</p><p>id rather be overgunned than undergunned or even marjionaly gunned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 485169, member: 12443"] one 5 day prairie dog hunt certainly dosent make me an expert on the subject. god willing i'll be making another trip this year. being an eastern hunter ive had experience with groundhogs. also about 40 years experience long range deer hunting. holding for wind is something im very familiar with. it does make it easier when you get follow up shots. hunting a prairie dog town is a little different in my opinion. shots are at many different angles covering up to possibly a 180 deg. ark. a dog standing over his hole will usually give you 1 shot. a 4" miss due to wind and its over. next shot is in a completly different direction where the same thing could happen. i quickly found i was more succesful with heavier bullets. i could care less about what some program says is best cartridge or bullet. ill not be taking anything less than 50 gr. bullets on my next trip. as for 6mms on large game, location and type of terrain as well as distance are certainly things to consider. i will admitt to being very conservative as to what i consider acceptable. some of that comes from watching animals walk off after being hit. id rather be overgunned than undergunned or even marjionaly gunned. [/QUOTE]
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