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Firing Solutions-- Skeletons in the closet?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="bruce_ventura" data-source="post: 1086471" data-attributes="member: 34084"><p>+1^</p><p></p><p>Reminds me of my last deer hunt in Nebraska. I saw a nice meat mulie just standing against the skyline at dusk, about 350 yds from our vehicle. There's was a hill behind him to the left, but no backstop from the angle I was at. We were hunting large land parcels, but I didn't know how far the next road or building was behind the buck. My hunting buddies expected me to take the shot. They thought I was a bit crazy when I asked the driver to move us another 100 yds FURTHER away and to the right so that the hill was behind the buck. He was about 450 yds away at that point, just sniffing the air and watching a herd of deer about a half mile behind us. </p><p></p><p>I set up my daypack as a rest, got in a good position for the shot and checked my scope magnification. Then I set the rifle down and took another three minutes to ping the buck with my rangefinder and calculate the firing solution using Ballistic on my iPhone. My hunting buddies were astonished how calmly I checked and rechecked my dope. They didn't know that the week before, I had measured my bullet drops out to 600 yds at the same altitude (3200ft) in California. I had dialed in the BC and was completely confident in the software. </p><p></p><p>I held off on the BDC reticle and dropped the buck with the first shot from my 270. I aimed for a spot behind the shoulder and missed the wind call, severing the spine 4-5 inches to the left. The land owner was happy to see the deer hanging in his pole barn that night. </p><p></p><p>Moral of the story: confirm your bullet drops and take your time to calculate a good firing solution. And don't forget to double-check the wind before you shoot! Good software won't make up for a marginal shot, but it can prevent a marginal shot from becoming a bad one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bruce_ventura, post: 1086471, member: 34084"] +1^ Reminds me of my last deer hunt in Nebraska. I saw a nice meat mulie just standing against the skyline at dusk, about 350 yds from our vehicle. There's was a hill behind him to the left, but no backstop from the angle I was at. We were hunting large land parcels, but I didn't know how far the next road or building was behind the buck. My hunting buddies expected me to take the shot. They thought I was a bit crazy when I asked the driver to move us another 100 yds FURTHER away and to the right so that the hill was behind the buck. He was about 450 yds away at that point, just sniffing the air and watching a herd of deer about a half mile behind us. I set up my daypack as a rest, got in a good position for the shot and checked my scope magnification. Then I set the rifle down and took another three minutes to ping the buck with my rangefinder and calculate the firing solution using Ballistic on my iPhone. My hunting buddies were astonished how calmly I checked and rechecked my dope. They didn't know that the week before, I had measured my bullet drops out to 600 yds at the same altitude (3200ft) in California. I had dialed in the BC and was completely confident in the software. I held off on the BDC reticle and dropped the buck with the first shot from my 270. I aimed for a spot behind the shoulder and missed the wind call, severing the spine 4-5 inches to the left. The land owner was happy to see the deer hanging in his pole barn that night. Moral of the story: confirm your bullet drops and take your time to calculate a good firing solution. And don't forget to double-check the wind before you shoot! Good software won't make up for a marginal shot, but it can prevent a marginal shot from becoming a bad one. [/QUOTE]
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