wildcat westerner
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Hello,
At the ridiculous age of 76, after recovering from both Cancer, a Heart attack, with disabilities to my ankle, I have drawn a Barbary sheep hunt around the Mescalero Apache reservation. Since I am retired I shall be on this hunt till succesfull or for the three week period. This 6.5 Sherman rifle I am working with will be ideal in terms of flat trajectory and high resistance to the winds effects.
I see my problems as conditioning and also obtaining a quite small spotting scope of good quality. I already have binocular/rangefinders and simply want greater magnification because I have been told to expect to walk between 5 and 14 miles a day.
I know good "glass" can cost a fortune, if anyone is aware of a good answer to the challenge of size, magnification, and focus and also cost, please feel free to inform me. I have been spoiled by good glass and my spotting scope is battleship binoculars style with a Bogen tripod, so obviously it's not going very far from the pickup!
Thanks, in advance,
Wildcat westerner
At the ridiculous age of 76, after recovering from both Cancer, a Heart attack, with disabilities to my ankle, I have drawn a Barbary sheep hunt around the Mescalero Apache reservation. Since I am retired I shall be on this hunt till succesfull or for the three week period. This 6.5 Sherman rifle I am working with will be ideal in terms of flat trajectory and high resistance to the winds effects.
I see my problems as conditioning and also obtaining a quite small spotting scope of good quality. I already have binocular/rangefinders and simply want greater magnification because I have been told to expect to walk between 5 and 14 miles a day.
I know good "glass" can cost a fortune, if anyone is aware of a good answer to the challenge of size, magnification, and focus and also cost, please feel free to inform me. I have been spoiled by good glass and my spotting scope is battleship binoculars style with a Bogen tripod, so obviously it's not going very far from the pickup!
Thanks, in advance,
Wildcat westerner