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<blockquote data-quote="JustMe2" data-source="post: 1744502" data-attributes="member: 42494"><p>I started with a BB gun in South Dakota. Never really defined it as "Long Range" then, just another target to challenge me. I used to elevate my BB gun about 30 degrees above the bird I was aiming at and most of the time hit it with the first shot. I really knew that BB gun and I could actually see the BB on it's arcing trajectory sometimes. My buddy and I used to go camping and shoot our meals with a BB gun; birds, frogs, snakes, we ate it all and thought it was a great adventure. At about 7, I hunted rabbits and squirrels with my dad with a Marlin lever action and a single shot until that got too easy and we switched to 22 pistols. Then at about 9 years old, my dad graduated me to a 222 for deer and antelope hunting. To get ready, he took me prairie dog hunting and we competed with each other for the longest shot, sometimes only having the head visible above their mound. Farmers loved us. This was way before laser range finders, dialing scopes and mildot reticles. We used Kentucky windage only. Surprisingly, we seldom missed the first shot estimating very long ranges. Always hit on the second shot if that was required. We really knew our rifles as we only owned one. Now at over 70, I bought a laser rangefinder to shoot Florida deer at less than 500 yards. Seems like a chip shot after hunting the prairies of SD. In the last 2 years, they built a range about a 2-hr drive away that's longer than 100 yards and stretches out to 875 yards and have started shooting steel. If I ever go elk or antelope hunting again, at least now I'll know how far they are and be confident in taking the longer shots with all the ballistic calculators, scopes, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustMe2, post: 1744502, member: 42494"] I started with a BB gun in South Dakota. Never really defined it as "Long Range" then, just another target to challenge me. I used to elevate my BB gun about 30 degrees above the bird I was aiming at and most of the time hit it with the first shot. I really knew that BB gun and I could actually see the BB on it's arcing trajectory sometimes. My buddy and I used to go camping and shoot our meals with a BB gun; birds, frogs, snakes, we ate it all and thought it was a great adventure. At about 7, I hunted rabbits and squirrels with my dad with a Marlin lever action and a single shot until that got too easy and we switched to 22 pistols. Then at about 9 years old, my dad graduated me to a 222 for deer and antelope hunting. To get ready, he took me prairie dog hunting and we competed with each other for the longest shot, sometimes only having the head visible above their mound. Farmers loved us. This was way before laser range finders, dialing scopes and mildot reticles. We used Kentucky windage only. Surprisingly, we seldom missed the first shot estimating very long ranges. Always hit on the second shot if that was required. We really knew our rifles as we only owned one. Now at over 70, I bought a laser rangefinder to shoot Florida deer at less than 500 yards. Seems like a chip shot after hunting the prairies of SD. In the last 2 years, they built a range about a 2-hr drive away that's longer than 100 yards and stretches out to 875 yards and have started shooting steel. If I ever go elk or antelope hunting again, at least now I'll know how far they are and be confident in taking the longer shots with all the ballistic calculators, scopes, etc. [/QUOTE]
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