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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 719079" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>I apologize. Yes, looking back at my post, I overstated my case. Elk are LARGE animals. 500-600 yard shots ON ELK are fairly easy IF YOU PRACTICE and both you and your equipment are capable. I carried neither a weather station nor a ballistics program on either of my last two elk hunts because shots over 600 yards were VERY unlikely and because I got there a day early & did quite a bit of practicing in my hunting conditions.</p><p></p><p>Weather stations and ballistics software is important to account for changes from how you practiced. Being in a 15 mph crosswind at 7,000 feet, 34° and 16% relative humidity can make a huge difference if you have been practicing in still air at 1,100 feet, 60° and 75% relative humidity. That may not be critical inside 500 or 600 yards, but stretching shots to 700 or more and it can make a large difference — even on something the size of an elk.</p><p></p><p>The problem I have on "misses" when hunting elk is that they may not be misses. Elk will often stand without showing any reaction after being shot. A poorly placed bullet can easily be chalked up to being a miss because the animal showed no signs of being hit & wandered off with the herd — only to die 6 days later. For that reason I "aim small to miss small" and encourage others to do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 719079, member: 21641"] I apologize. Yes, looking back at my post, I overstated my case. Elk are LARGE animals. 500-600 yard shots ON ELK are fairly easy IF YOU PRACTICE and both you and your equipment are capable. I carried neither a weather station nor a ballistics program on either of my last two elk hunts because shots over 600 yards were VERY unlikely and because I got there a day early & did quite a bit of practicing in my hunting conditions. Weather stations and ballistics software is important to account for changes from how you practiced. Being in a 15 mph crosswind at 7,000 feet, 34° and 16% relative humidity can make a huge difference if you have been practicing in still air at 1,100 feet, 60° and 75% relative humidity. That may not be critical inside 500 or 600 yards, but stretching shots to 700 or more and it can make a large difference — even on something the size of an elk. The problem I have on "misses" when hunting elk is that they may not be misses. Elk will often stand without showing any reaction after being shot. A poorly placed bullet can easily be chalked up to being a miss because the animal showed no signs of being hit & wandered off with the herd — only to die 6 days later. For that reason I "aim small to miss small" and encourage others to do the same. [/QUOTE]
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