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Animals reactions to spotting shots, your experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 441320" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>Never said they weren't an option where I hunt. I only said I don't choose to use them. </p><p></p><p>I see you're in Virginia. Sometime you need to come out west where you may be shooting across 2 or 3 canyons with winds twitching in all different directions and changing faster than you can keep track of. Then you might better understand my position.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I fully understand the concept and purpose of spotting shots and probably knew what they were before you had even heard of them. I never mentioned "flailing attempts" I simply gave personal experience and personal hunting conditions. It's simply a matter of choice for me given the conditions that can exist where I hunt.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, it's just my decision and opinion. No wind stays exactly the same and if it's a wind that we know will vary, then especially at 1200 yards and farther, for me, it's not worth the risk to the animal. You mentioned the "potential for wounding an animal at ranges where 1mph error can put you near the edge of the vitals". Where I hunt winds can, and do, vary by 5-10 mph and I've seen them vary more than that. Hope that helps explain my reasoning for not using them. If you hunt where the winds stay steady and never vary more than 1mph then you're extremely lucky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 441320, member: 5"] Never said they weren't an option where I hunt. I only said I don't choose to use them. I see you're in Virginia. Sometime you need to come out west where you may be shooting across 2 or 3 canyons with winds twitching in all different directions and changing faster than you can keep track of. Then you might better understand my position. I fully understand the concept and purpose of spotting shots and probably knew what they were before you had even heard of them. I never mentioned "flailing attempts" I simply gave personal experience and personal hunting conditions. It's simply a matter of choice for me given the conditions that can exist where I hunt. Again, it's just my decision and opinion. No wind stays exactly the same and if it's a wind that we know will vary, then especially at 1200 yards and farther, for me, it's not worth the risk to the animal. You mentioned the "potential for wounding an animal at ranges where 1mph error can put you near the edge of the vitals". Where I hunt winds can, and do, vary by 5-10 mph and I've seen them vary more than that. Hope that helps explain my reasoning for not using them. If you hunt where the winds stay steady and never vary more than 1mph then you're extremely lucky. [/QUOTE]
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