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That time of year again - Colorado hunt planning
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<blockquote data-quote="slymule" data-source="post: 4090" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>QuietHunter,</p><p>Using the target knobs WILL extend your range, whereas when you have the dots installed your placing a limit on how far you can shoot. I never found this to be a detriment as my abilities to consistently detect where my bullet hit when practising seems to be around 800 yds. anyway, even if I have a spotter beside me. I don't usually have a spotter when hunting so the 800 yard restriction is not that big of a deal - I know I can make a killing shot at 800 yards in field conditions, and I always have the option of riding closer. If I was just going to be setting up a permanent shooting site to hunt from, and knew I was going to have a spotter there with me, then I'd put the target knobs back on my scope, along with adding more dots, and I'd no doubt be shooting a different gun also. With my style of hunting I've found that my setup works better for me. I'll use the mules to ride out from camp before the sun comes up and I'll have me a good area to watch early in the morning where I'll sit for about 3 hours, which is both my patience and my butt limit. If I haven't seen any elk I'll climb back on my mule and start covering alot of country trying to find where their at. I may walk a real promising patch of timber that I come upon or I may ride the rest of the day until the last hour or so of daylight. That last hour will find me sitting once again in a promising location glassing for game. I found having the target knobs had several disadvantages - one being able to carry my gun easily in a scabbard, and the other being alot of times when you spot elk their moving thru the country and not completely stationary. This made for an extra "thing" to have to contend with, so your not just having to range them for distance which is always changing when they're moving, but your often times moving your shooting position to keep them in sight, plus your having to deal with making knob adjustments constantly. I found for myself that it got a little too confusing, just too much to deal with for my style of hunting. If I had the patience to sit in one spot all day long I'd have both the target knobs and the dots, then I'd use the knobs for precise distances between the dots, which I think makes things even easier yet. But to each his own - you gotta go with what works for you.</p><p></p><p>sscoyote,</p><p>Thanks for the warm welcome and yes, I may be one of a kind. I think when God made this child he probably took one look and decided he better not do that again! <img src="http://images/icons/shocked.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slymule, post: 4090, member: 1169"] QuietHunter, Using the target knobs WILL extend your range, whereas when you have the dots installed your placing a limit on how far you can shoot. I never found this to be a detriment as my abilities to consistently detect where my bullet hit when practising seems to be around 800 yds. anyway, even if I have a spotter beside me. I don't usually have a spotter when hunting so the 800 yard restriction is not that big of a deal - I know I can make a killing shot at 800 yards in field conditions, and I always have the option of riding closer. If I was just going to be setting up a permanent shooting site to hunt from, and knew I was going to have a spotter there with me, then I'd put the target knobs back on my scope, along with adding more dots, and I'd no doubt be shooting a different gun also. With my style of hunting I've found that my setup works better for me. I'll use the mules to ride out from camp before the sun comes up and I'll have me a good area to watch early in the morning where I'll sit for about 3 hours, which is both my patience and my butt limit. If I haven't seen any elk I'll climb back on my mule and start covering alot of country trying to find where their at. I may walk a real promising patch of timber that I come upon or I may ride the rest of the day until the last hour or so of daylight. That last hour will find me sitting once again in a promising location glassing for game. I found having the target knobs had several disadvantages - one being able to carry my gun easily in a scabbard, and the other being alot of times when you spot elk their moving thru the country and not completely stationary. This made for an extra "thing" to have to contend with, so your not just having to range them for distance which is always changing when they're moving, but your often times moving your shooting position to keep them in sight, plus your having to deal with making knob adjustments constantly. I found for myself that it got a little too confusing, just too much to deal with for my style of hunting. If I had the patience to sit in one spot all day long I'd have both the target knobs and the dots, then I'd use the knobs for precise distances between the dots, which I think makes things even easier yet. But to each his own - you gotta go with what works for you. sscoyote, Thanks for the warm welcome and yes, I may be one of a kind. I think when God made this child he probably took one look and decided he better not do that again! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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