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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 224037" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Ditch Exbal and ditch the PDA.</p><p></p><p>Use Google Earth to find the elevation that you will spend most of your time hunting at. Find the average early morning temperature for that elevation for the time you will be hunting. Run those conditions in JBM and then change the elevation by increasing it 1000 feet and run it again. Change the elevation by decreasing it 1000 feet and run it again. From these three runs you will know the approximate change in bullet path for a 1000' elevation increase or decrease. Now do the same type of thing with temperature by changing it up and down 10 degrees Fahrehiet and you will have information that tells you the effect of a 10 degree change in temprature. If you are inclined to ponder the more important mysteries in life google up "adiabatic lapse rate" and make it your friend.</p><p></p><p>When you have done all of that you should print out your drop chart for the "expected conditions" and print something like this at the bottom.</p><p></p><p> @1000 yards -</p><p>10 Degrees = 0.1 inches drop</p><p>1000 ft elevation = 0.2 inches of drop</p><p></p><p>Take the money I have saved you and send me half and take the rest and buy a Cabelas shooting stick. It has a thread that will fit the Bushnell rangefinder and you can get about 300-500 more yards out of it in range once it is real steady. Take the money I have saved you for not having to buy a Swaro and send me half. Take the remainder and get a windmeter as advised. </p><p></p><p>Use the Cabelas Shooting stick to steady your binoculars also and out of gratitude for actually being able to see an elk at 1K once your binoculars are steady, come and pack out my elk for me being as you are young enough to pack out two and not complain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 224037, member: 8"] Ditch Exbal and ditch the PDA. Use Google Earth to find the elevation that you will spend most of your time hunting at. Find the average early morning temperature for that elevation for the time you will be hunting. Run those conditions in JBM and then change the elevation by increasing it 1000 feet and run it again. Change the elevation by decreasing it 1000 feet and run it again. From these three runs you will know the approximate change in bullet path for a 1000' elevation increase or decrease. Now do the same type of thing with temperature by changing it up and down 10 degrees Fahrehiet and you will have information that tells you the effect of a 10 degree change in temprature. If you are inclined to ponder the more important mysteries in life google up "adiabatic lapse rate" and make it your friend. When you have done all of that you should print out your drop chart for the "expected conditions" and print something like this at the bottom. @1000 yards - 10 Degrees = 0.1 inches drop 1000 ft elevation = 0.2 inches of drop Take the money I have saved you and send me half and take the rest and buy a Cabelas shooting stick. It has a thread that will fit the Bushnell rangefinder and you can get about 300-500 more yards out of it in range once it is real steady. Take the money I have saved you for not having to buy a Swaro and send me half. Take the remainder and get a windmeter as advised. Use the Cabelas Shooting stick to steady your binoculars also and out of gratitude for actually being able to see an elk at 1K once your binoculars are steady, come and pack out my elk for me being as you are young enough to pack out two and not complain. [/QUOTE]
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