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Down draft effects on bullet flight ?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 435377" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Very interesting that there is a program out there that actually has that function, this particular spot is a spot we kill a lot of elk of so I was really watching how the wind moved. We can drive the truck up to 1100yrd and they don't even know it and we can shoot from that point once the 338's are up and running. This spot is a east and west face that is bowl shaped with a sharp ridge on the south side which is on the prevailing wind side, I could see the wind would roll over the top with a harsh down draft but there was almost no wind near the ground so moving up to the base of the bowl I had 836yrds and I think the down draft was cut of by a cross wind. Still kicking myself for not shooting that bull, he was only about 260-270 class but had a bottom half of a 380+bull and a top half of a wiener like he ran out of grub half way though growing. I will shoot an elk in that spot so I really want to figure it out!!</p><p></p><p>Another note on this spot is that the south face is open sage brush and I think the south wind hits it and starts rolling up the face and then whips over the top, maybe something to think about as I shoot a lot of spots that are open on the south side and the elk hang just of the north sides and the air is dead in there so if I don't have to pitch it up to high I can stay in the dead air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 435377, member: 13632"] Very interesting that there is a program out there that actually has that function, this particular spot is a spot we kill a lot of elk of so I was really watching how the wind moved. We can drive the truck up to 1100yrd and they don't even know it and we can shoot from that point once the 338's are up and running. This spot is a east and west face that is bowl shaped with a sharp ridge on the south side which is on the prevailing wind side, I could see the wind would roll over the top with a harsh down draft but there was almost no wind near the ground so moving up to the base of the bowl I had 836yrds and I think the down draft was cut of by a cross wind. Still kicking myself for not shooting that bull, he was only about 260-270 class but had a bottom half of a 380+bull and a top half of a wiener like he ran out of grub half way though growing. I will shoot an elk in that spot so I really want to figure it out!! Another note on this spot is that the south face is open sage brush and I think the south wind hits it and starts rolling up the face and then whips over the top, maybe something to think about as I shoot a lot of spots that are open on the south side and the elk hang just of the north sides and the air is dead in there so if I don't have to pitch it up to high I can stay in the dead air. [/QUOTE]
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