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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 3091495" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I have three; in order of when they happened:</p><p>1976: Took at shot at a running red squirrel high up in a tree with a single shot .22. Deader than a doornail.</p><p></p><p>1995: first trip to Africa. Wanted a huge kudu. On day five, we saw a monster - he looked at us and took off. I threw the rifle up and pulled the trigger. My PH said, "I think you missed, but let's go have a look." I waded into a mass of wait-a-bit thorns and saw nothing. Then I heard a bush rattle - it was my kudu's leg trembling. I had hit him in the neck. Definitely lucky. My PH looked at me and said, "You can hunt Africa the rest of your life and you might not ever shoot a bigger kudu.</p><p></p><p>About 10 years ago or so...I was on a writer's trip (I wrote for the VARMINT HUNTER Magazine) sponsored by Bushnell. I was shooting with a Bushnell rep at PDs from ranges of 100 to 300 yards. He started glassing off to the right, and said, "Ok, this is ridiculous, but there is a PD way out there. The Bushnell rangefinders we were using would not return a range (imagine that) but I was able to range a lone tree at 340 yards. I guessed the PD was 200 yards farther. I got into a sitting position with the shooting sticks supplied by another sponsor. The Bushnell scope had a mil-dot reticle. I could see mirage left to right, but fairly mild. Not having any idea how much the bullet would drop, I guessed three mils high and held one mil into the wind. I pulled the trigger. The Bushnell rep said, "I think you hit him." I didn't say anything except "no" when he insisted we walk out there and look for it. He insisted, saying I hit it. When we got to the tree we discovered a very deep irrigation canal blocked us. I said, "Well, I guess that is that - we can't reach him."</p><p></p><p>The Bushnell guy said, "Let's get in the truck and drive around - we only have to find that lone tree." He insisted, so we did. When we finally figured out how to drive over there (before OnX) I used the rangefinder to identify where to start looking (200 yards from the tree). It didn't take long to find the PD - hit squarely in the chest. I would argue this is perhaps the luckiest shot ever, since I was using a rifle other than my own, took a complete guess how much farther beyond the tree the dog was, and held 1 MOA into the wind to hit a target that was about 1/2 MOA wide. That night at dinner the Bushnell rep could not stop talking about that shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 3091495, member: 3230"] I have three; in order of when they happened: 1976: Took at shot at a running red squirrel high up in a tree with a single shot .22. Deader than a doornail. 1995: first trip to Africa. Wanted a huge kudu. On day five, we saw a monster - he looked at us and took off. I threw the rifle up and pulled the trigger. My PH said, "I think you missed, but let's go have a look." I waded into a mass of wait-a-bit thorns and saw nothing. Then I heard a bush rattle - it was my kudu's leg trembling. I had hit him in the neck. Definitely lucky. My PH looked at me and said, "You can hunt Africa the rest of your life and you might not ever shoot a bigger kudu. About 10 years ago or so...I was on a writer's trip (I wrote for the VARMINT HUNTER Magazine) sponsored by Bushnell. I was shooting with a Bushnell rep at PDs from ranges of 100 to 300 yards. He started glassing off to the right, and said, "Ok, this is ridiculous, but there is a PD way out there. The Bushnell rangefinders we were using would not return a range (imagine that) but I was able to range a lone tree at 340 yards. I guessed the PD was 200 yards farther. I got into a sitting position with the shooting sticks supplied by another sponsor. The Bushnell scope had a mil-dot reticle. I could see mirage left to right, but fairly mild. Not having any idea how much the bullet would drop, I guessed three mils high and held one mil into the wind. I pulled the trigger. The Bushnell rep said, "I think you hit him." I didn't say anything except "no" when he insisted we walk out there and look for it. He insisted, saying I hit it. When we got to the tree we discovered a very deep irrigation canal blocked us. I said, "Well, I guess that is that - we can't reach him." The Bushnell guy said, "Let's get in the truck and drive around - we only have to find that lone tree." He insisted, so we did. When we finally figured out how to drive over there (before OnX) I used the rangefinder to identify where to start looking (200 yards from the tree). It didn't take long to find the PD - hit squarely in the chest. I would argue this is perhaps the luckiest shot ever, since I was using a rifle other than my own, took a complete guess how much farther beyond the tree the dog was, and held 1 MOA into the wind to hit a target that was about 1/2 MOA wide. That night at dinner the Bushnell rep could not stop talking about that shot. [/QUOTE]
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