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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 137849" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Like Chawlston, I too love Hood's flags. I have 5 of them with 1/2 oz. tails on them. They really work well because they show wind vectors with the stripes on them. I highly recommend them.</p><p></p><p>I usually set up all five when shooting for groups at 100 yards or 200 yards and when shooting long range I will set up as many as I have time for. I will also set them up in strategic places if I can when shooting long range like next to a burm that I think might be doing weird things to the overall wind pattern. Or next to a tree to see if the tree is blocking wind in an irregular way and so forth.</p><p></p><p>If I only have time to set up one flag(setting up 5 flags and tripods over uneven terrain takes some time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) then I try and set it up near the shooter.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As for the type of stand, I like tripods staked down but there are places where a simple monopod works much better. Ideally, it would be best to have a few of both.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif</p><p></p><p>And by the way, I think getting wind flags to help you learn wind right from the get go is one of the smartest things one can do. I wish I would have bought my flags before I ever bought my first gun.</p><p></p><p>Here's a pic of the flags:</p><p> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/evening.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 137849, member: 2852"] Like Chawlston, I too love Hood's flags. I have 5 of them with 1/2 oz. tails on them. They really work well because they show wind vectors with the stripes on them. I highly recommend them. I usually set up all five when shooting for groups at 100 yards or 200 yards and when shooting long range I will set up as many as I have time for. I will also set them up in strategic places if I can when shooting long range like next to a burm that I think might be doing weird things to the overall wind pattern. Or next to a tree to see if the tree is blocking wind in an irregular way and so forth. If I only have time to set up one flag(setting up 5 flags and tripods over uneven terrain takes some time [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]) then I try and set it up near the shooter. As for the type of stand, I like tripods staked down but there are places where a simple monopod works much better. Ideally, it would be best to have a few of both. Hope this helps. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] And by the way, I think getting wind flags to help you learn wind right from the get go is one of the smartest things one can do. I wish I would have bought my flags before I ever bought my first gun. Here's a pic of the flags: [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/evening.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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