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<blockquote data-quote="Rimfire" data-source="post: 218132" data-attributes="member: 8839"><p>Roy </p><p>I agree with most of your post, most of all not shooting beyond what you have shot on paper under similar conditions. Under field conditions if anything I might pass a closer shot that I can make at the range 10 out of 10 times due to bad cross wind, canyons etc. </p><p>I don't agree with a time period on what it takes to make a clean long range shot, and I'll explain. Again I dont believe in long range hunting by yourself. Have I done it, yes. Have I picked my shots more carefully yes. Did it limit me you bet. There are times when I had a deer in the open and watched it for 20 minutes and let it walk, due to no spotter, didn't like the way it was acting. If I had a spotter I would have taken the shot. As stated before some watch for the animal to stop for a 1/2 second or so. On my rifle 750 yards starts putting me into the 1+ second of flight time. I know how far a deer can move in a 1/2 second. I shot a goat in 2005 at a little over 550 yards after the shot, all I heard was great shot etc. The first thing I thought to myself was AVERAGE shot, GREAT SPOTTER! That goat was spotted hauling ***, Ran to the truck for the rifle dropped in the dirt got out my range card and started dialing. because Chris Matthews was already on the ground ranging. All I had to do was listen and adjust. Three of the same range readings 556 556 556 I went hot heard hold, hold, hold send it. Dead goat it all lasted less than a minute. With out a spotter it would never of happened. I wont knock anyone who goes out by them self. But after you've been out with a good spotter that you trust and knows animal behavior you will be changed. Again not knocking anyone I just feel the shooter should be shooting and the spotter should be spotting and feeding info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rimfire, post: 218132, member: 8839"] Roy I agree with most of your post, most of all not shooting beyond what you have shot on paper under similar conditions. Under field conditions if anything I might pass a closer shot that I can make at the range 10 out of 10 times due to bad cross wind, canyons etc. I don't agree with a time period on what it takes to make a clean long range shot, and I'll explain. Again I dont believe in long range hunting by yourself. Have I done it, yes. Have I picked my shots more carefully yes. Did it limit me you bet. There are times when I had a deer in the open and watched it for 20 minutes and let it walk, due to no spotter, didn't like the way it was acting. If I had a spotter I would have taken the shot. As stated before some watch for the animal to stop for a 1/2 second or so. On my rifle 750 yards starts putting me into the 1+ second of flight time. I know how far a deer can move in a 1/2 second. I shot a goat in 2005 at a little over 550 yards after the shot, all I heard was great shot etc. The first thing I thought to myself was AVERAGE shot, GREAT SPOTTER! That goat was spotted hauling ***, Ran to the truck for the rifle dropped in the dirt got out my range card and started dialing. because Chris Matthews was already on the ground ranging. All I had to do was listen and adjust. Three of the same range readings 556 556 556 I went hot heard hold, hold, hold send it. Dead goat it all lasted less than a minute. With out a spotter it would never of happened. I wont knock anyone who goes out by them self. But after you've been out with a good spotter that you trust and knows animal behavior you will be changed. Again not knocking anyone I just feel the shooter should be shooting and the spotter should be spotting and feeding info. [/QUOTE]
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