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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 877396" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>No question about it, just not possible with this kind of set up.</p><p></p><p>Even with that though trying to dope and dial on a quick shot with a moving target is going to leave you having to make the final adjustments in your head since the distance is continually changing along with possibly the angle should the animal change directions.</p><p></p><p>Once will still need to also work on developing the skill to observe speed, calculate lead and adjust for changes in wind corrections as the animal changes.</p><p></p><p>If you have yourself dialed in though it will certainly reduce the likelihood of compounding errors.</p><p></p><p>For those of us who have been shooting like this for decades it's really second nature to do it this way but for someone who's total experience is in doping and dialing it's really tough learn how to make these sorts of on the fly calculations and adjustments. The latter here of course is why I brought it up. This is something we all need in our box of skills because sooner or later it can make the difference in feeling confident and being able to make those shots on the fly and having to pass on that once in a lifetime shot.</p><p></p><p>Again this is where the value in predator and varmint hunting is enormous because let's face it most of us are not nearly as concerned about being sure we made that "killing shot" in those circumstances and in some case you prefer not to because you want to have them get out of the field before they expire.</p><p></p><p>Log ago when I lived down near Dublin I had a guy who paid a couple of us to go out on "night patrol" in his melon patches with .22mags asking that we'd shoot the hogs and coyotes in such a way that they could make it out of the field before they dropped because he didn't want us in the field removing them or for his pickers to have to pick their way through smelly carcasses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 877396, member: 30902"] No question about it, just not possible with this kind of set up. Even with that though trying to dope and dial on a quick shot with a moving target is going to leave you having to make the final adjustments in your head since the distance is continually changing along with possibly the angle should the animal change directions. Once will still need to also work on developing the skill to observe speed, calculate lead and adjust for changes in wind corrections as the animal changes. If you have yourself dialed in though it will certainly reduce the likelihood of compounding errors. For those of us who have been shooting like this for decades it's really second nature to do it this way but for someone who's total experience is in doping and dialing it's really tough learn how to make these sorts of on the fly calculations and adjustments. The latter here of course is why I brought it up. This is something we all need in our box of skills because sooner or later it can make the difference in feeling confident and being able to make those shots on the fly and having to pass on that once in a lifetime shot. Again this is where the value in predator and varmint hunting is enormous because let's face it most of us are not nearly as concerned about being sure we made that "killing shot" in those circumstances and in some case you prefer not to because you want to have them get out of the field before they expire. Log ago when I lived down near Dublin I had a guy who paid a couple of us to go out on "night patrol" in his melon patches with .22mags asking that we'd shoot the hogs and coyotes in such a way that they could make it out of the field before they dropped because he didn't want us in the field removing them or for his pickers to have to pick their way through smelly carcasses. [/QUOTE]
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