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I missed another bear, somebody shoot me now!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 154373" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>I dont know if "fun" is exactly the word Im looking for here, more like frustrated!! </p><p></p><p>I didn't think I rushed the shot because it was only 4 pm, we still had 4 hours of light left. We sat there and watched him for a good 5 minutes before I decided to shoot. I couldn't get prone, instead I was sitting with the bipod. It wasn't as steady as prone, but I thought the crosshairs were steady enough to bust that bear.</p><p></p><p>I double checkd my rifle during the week to make sure it was on, and it was. 1" high at 100, is dead on at 200...The rifle is a 7 RM, Rem 700 BDL w/24" barrel and a Holland QD brake, Leupold VX3 LR 6.5-20x50 w/fine duplex, I"m using 175g ULD RBBT's over 66.2g H-1000 for an average of 2850-2875fps...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.tinypic.com/4zc4dap.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I still dont see how I missed the bear when my scope was set for 225 and I should've had it set for what, 200. Thats not enough diference IMO to hit that much higher. In otherwords, I dont think if I woulda left it on 200 yard setting, it wouldn't have made any difference in the shot... I thought I put it low enough on his chest that if I did shoot high for some reason, I woulda hit him in the head or spine. I didn't even think to shoot at a rock afterwards because we didn't want to spook any bears that were still in there. Theres at least 5 bears in this one canyon...</p><p></p><p>I"m still pretty irritated at the whole event of things and the way they turned out. I haven't shot a bear since 05" and this season I get to shoot at 3 all under 400 yards, and come home with big fat ZERO!! I blame 90% of it on the angle though...I surely need to invest in one of those ACI tools, thats for sure.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the words of encouragement though guys. Its still fun getting out there and just seeing bears, let alone getting to shoot at them. I guess I am pretty lucky to even be able to shoot at them. A lot of times there so far away, and theres not enough light left to close the distance...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 154373, member: 1403"] I dont know if "fun" is exactly the word Im looking for here, more like frustrated!! I didn't think I rushed the shot because it was only 4 pm, we still had 4 hours of light left. We sat there and watched him for a good 5 minutes before I decided to shoot. I couldn't get prone, instead I was sitting with the bipod. It wasn't as steady as prone, but I thought the crosshairs were steady enough to bust that bear. I double checkd my rifle during the week to make sure it was on, and it was. 1" high at 100, is dead on at 200...The rifle is a 7 RM, Rem 700 BDL w/24" barrel and a Holland QD brake, Leupold VX3 LR 6.5-20x50 w/fine duplex, I"m using 175g ULD RBBT's over 66.2g H-1000 for an average of 2850-2875fps... [img]http://i17.tinypic.com/4zc4dap.jpg[/img] I still dont see how I missed the bear when my scope was set for 225 and I should've had it set for what, 200. Thats not enough diference IMO to hit that much higher. In otherwords, I dont think if I woulda left it on 200 yard setting, it wouldn't have made any difference in the shot... I thought I put it low enough on his chest that if I did shoot high for some reason, I woulda hit him in the head or spine. I didn't even think to shoot at a rock afterwards because we didn't want to spook any bears that were still in there. Theres at least 5 bears in this one canyon... I"m still pretty irritated at the whole event of things and the way they turned out. I haven't shot a bear since 05" and this season I get to shoot at 3 all under 400 yards, and come home with big fat ZERO!! I blame 90% of it on the angle though...I surely need to invest in one of those ACI tools, thats for sure. Thanks for all the words of encouragement though guys. Its still fun getting out there and just seeing bears, let alone getting to shoot at them. I guess I am pretty lucky to even be able to shoot at them. A lot of times there so far away, and theres not enough light left to close the distance... [/QUOTE]
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