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Long range hunting Q's What's long range?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1158926" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>i also think Bryan Litz's definition of long range is a good one for long range shooting.. He takes the cartridge/ballistics into account, with the primary factor being the need to make bullet flight path corrections. as a result, there is no absolute distance that defines long range. I think the same principal holds true when you move from shooting inanimate targets to hunting game. In addition to Bryan's factors you have to account for additional factors such as terminal performance(energy and bullet construction), mirage, wind, rain, snow, ect, all which have to be layered in. They can radically change distance capabilities. I have had to shorten my distance simply because I was hunting alone and due to thick terrain, taking the shot without a spotter would have made game retrieval difficult or even impossible if the animal didn't drop in its tracks. Some days my long range distance is 400 yards, others it could be over 1000. Ability of the shooter, or rifle is absolute necessary, but alone, doesn't determine long range when hunting.IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1158926, member: 10291"] i also think Bryan Litz's definition of long range is a good one for long range shooting.. He takes the cartridge/ballistics into account, with the primary factor being the need to make bullet flight path corrections. as a result, there is no absolute distance that defines long range. I think the same principal holds true when you move from shooting inanimate targets to hunting game. In addition to Bryan's factors you have to account for additional factors such as terminal performance(energy and bullet construction), mirage, wind, rain, snow, ect, all which have to be layered in. They can radically change distance capabilities. I have had to shorten my distance simply because I was hunting alone and due to thick terrain, taking the shot without a spotter would have made game retrieval difficult or even impossible if the animal didn't drop in its tracks. Some days my long range distance is 400 yards, others it could be over 1000. Ability of the shooter, or rifle is absolute necessary, but alone, doesn't determine long range when hunting.IMO. [/QUOTE]
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