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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1482765" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>Like Canhunter stated, under like conditions it's a few inches difference. Start changing environmentals and the answer is definitely! Add those few inches of drop difference to the couple-few from a big temp change and then a couple-few more to a change in altitude (baro pressure) and you have a missed opportunity or wounded animal. At 500 I don't worry so much unless I have some major changes, but past that I really pay attention...to everything.</p><p>You are right about the wind, it is the biggest obstacle you will face. To me the drop should be a given and easy to adjust for so why not take that into account, then just focus on the one thing that can change at any given second. Would you rather be off the mark a little right or left, or off high/low plus a left/right? Or at least take one variable off the table. The more variables you take off the table the more your probability of a hit goes up, no matter what form of rest or position you are taking. If you do not have a steady position and are unsure of the shot then that, to me, is when you don't fire a round at game. If I'm unsure of a shot I don't take it, no matter the range. Like I've state in previous posts, I've turned down shots at less than 50 yards on an animal (perfectly still) because didn't like the shot. And I've killed animals well past 1,000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1482765, member: 8873"] Like Canhunter stated, under like conditions it's a few inches difference. Start changing environmentals and the answer is definitely! Add those few inches of drop difference to the couple-few from a big temp change and then a couple-few more to a change in altitude (baro pressure) and you have a missed opportunity or wounded animal. At 500 I don't worry so much unless I have some major changes, but past that I really pay attention...to everything. You are right about the wind, it is the biggest obstacle you will face. To me the drop should be a given and easy to adjust for so why not take that into account, then just focus on the one thing that can change at any given second. Would you rather be off the mark a little right or left, or off high/low plus a left/right? Or at least take one variable off the table. The more variables you take off the table the more your probability of a hit goes up, no matter what form of rest or position you are taking. If you do not have a steady position and are unsure of the shot then that, to me, is when you don't fire a round at game. If I'm unsure of a shot I don't take it, no matter the range. Like I've state in previous posts, I've turned down shots at less than 50 yards on an animal (perfectly still) because didn't like the shot. And I've killed animals well past 1,000. [/QUOTE]
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