gusting arournt 20 knots animal at 300 meters

[soundwaves]

early this morning. took a shot at an animal from 300 meters and knocked him down on the spot. in the afternoon the wind was gusting around 20 knots, took a nother shot at an animal from about 320 meters and missed miserebly the animal gave another oportunety at around the saim distance and l missed again. l was shooting at around 35 degrese of angle and the wind blowing that strong. l first was gonna blame the gun, because when the gun went off the crosshair was on target so l thought it cant be my fault and hope it wasnt the gun but l made a BİG mistake for not compansateing for the wind much ( l held 5 inches right of the shoulder ) ( wind blowing from right to left and animal faceing left ) my buddy said he saw blood on the animals neck so must have just nicked him :/ so l think l learnt my lesson today. stop hunting in gale force winds. and go windsurfing instead. right ?

 

[Jaxdialation]

What caliber & bullet were you using?

 

[soundwaves]

What caliber & bullet were you using?

7mm rem mag PMC AMMO 175 grain PSP at 2860 fps ( shooting at ibex )

 

[WildRose]

early this morning. took a shot at an animal from 300 meters and knocked him down on the spot. in the afternoon the wind was gusting around 20 knots, took a nother shot at an animal from about 320 meters and missed miserebly the animal gave another oportunety at around the saim distance and l missed again. l was shooting at around 35 degrese of angle and the wind blowing that strong. l first was gonna blame the gun, because when the gun went off the crosshair was on target so l thought it cant be my fault and hope it wasnt the gun but l made a BİG mistake for not compansateing for the wind much ( l held 5 inches right of the shoulder ) ( wind blowing from right to left and animal faceing left ) my buddy said he saw blood on the animals neck so must have just nicked him :/ so l think l learnt my lesson today. stop hunting in gale force winds. and go windsurfing instead. right ?

We all get humbled at some point by the wind my friend.

You need to download a ballistic app for your phone or on a dedicated device so you can dope the wind correctly. If that was a full value wind crossing at 90 deg you were likely off by over a foot.

 

[ShtrRdy]

How many MPH is 20 knots?

 

[Barrelnut]

How many MPH is 20 knots?

Just guessing, but being from the "High Plains" bet ya don't deal with knots much do ya?

Just messing with you. But there are all kinds of converters for this stuff on the net. Below is a link to one.

Knots to Miles per hour

 

[Jaxdialation]

How many MPH is 20 knots?

Multiply by 1.15 I think. When I flew a lot I figgered 1.2 to make it easy.
I'd call that a stiff wind

 

[soundwaves]

l do alot of sailing and winsurfing so always refer to wind speed in the corect mesurement ( knots ) so 20 knots is around 23 mph