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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 224703" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>living, and i assume hunting in the east, i cant see how its possible to avoid some brush. at our camp, in n/c pa. we can shoot from our front yard, to a sidehill across the valley. typical of the area, with distances from about 400 to about 1400 yds. we shoot hundreds of rounds each year at rocks on that hill. but come spring, and thru the summer, its off limits due to foilage. you cant even see the ground over there. come fall of coarse the leaves fall to the ground, but the branches dont. now im not advocating shooting thru pole timber. but fact is weather you are aware of it or not, brush is a problem. try glassing for example without finding a clearing to work from. what your looking thru, is what your shooting thru, on the opposite side. our experience has shown its a bigger problem for some bullets than it is others. so bullet selection for long range hunting involves more than the best accuracy, the best b/c, and even which one shows the best expansion on game. its got to get there first. theres no doubt, some of the near misses are caused by deflection. also some hits not seen by the spotter, are because they didnt arrive. i became involved in this at a time when bullet selection was minimal, and velocity was king. it still is to my mind, but those big bullets just may well be the answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 224703, member: 12443"] living, and i assume hunting in the east, i cant see how its possible to avoid some brush. at our camp, in n/c pa. we can shoot from our front yard, to a sidehill across the valley. typical of the area, with distances from about 400 to about 1400 yds. we shoot hundreds of rounds each year at rocks on that hill. but come spring, and thru the summer, its off limits due to foilage. you cant even see the ground over there. come fall of coarse the leaves fall to the ground, but the branches dont. now im not advocating shooting thru pole timber. but fact is weather you are aware of it or not, brush is a problem. try glassing for example without finding a clearing to work from. what your looking thru, is what your shooting thru, on the opposite side. our experience has shown its a bigger problem for some bullets than it is others. so bullet selection for long range hunting involves more than the best accuracy, the best b/c, and even which one shows the best expansion on game. its got to get there first. theres no doubt, some of the near misses are caused by deflection. also some hits not seen by the spotter, are because they didnt arrive. i became involved in this at a time when bullet selection was minimal, and velocity was king. it still is to my mind, but those big bullets just may well be the answer. [/QUOTE]
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