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<blockquote data-quote="gonehuntingagain" data-source="post: 58351" data-attributes="member: 1206"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>trying to imagine putting a lazer on an animal, checking a drop chart, and then turing and turing a dial to get dialed in. Seems like all of that could take sixty seconds or more, and places I have hunted it doesn't seem that I have had that much time before taking a shot. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>The answer in this case will be a little vague since not all scenarios are the same and animals will react differently given how much pressure they have seen. I have seen mule deer that see you a mile away, and they run a couple of ridges farther away. I have also seen deer (mule deer and whitetail) that will stand there at 50 yards and stare at you. </p><p>Usually the farther away they are, the less they will react to your presence.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To help Greenhorn out here, how long does everyone think it takes, from the time you spot the deer, to range it, look at your drop chart, dial in the elevation, judge the wind and dial it in, then to set yourself for the shot, then the shot itself? I think the time may vary with the distance, so let's designate a range - 500 yards.</p><p></p><p>I would think that with practice, 30 seconds would be about how long it would take me...I'm sure many of you all could do it much faster /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif</p><p>This would be while I am hunting the open sagebrush country of southern Idaho. If I was up in north Idaho in the brush, it would take longer because trying to find a place to shoot from without brush in the way is somewhat a PITA.</p><p></p><p>What kind of terrain are you hunting Greenhorn?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gonehuntingagain, post: 58351, member: 1206"] [ QUOTE ] trying to imagine putting a lazer on an animal, checking a drop chart, and then turing and turing a dial to get dialed in. Seems like all of that could take sixty seconds or more, and places I have hunted it doesn't seem that I have had that much time before taking a shot. [/ QUOTE ] The answer in this case will be a little vague since not all scenarios are the same and animals will react differently given how much pressure they have seen. I have seen mule deer that see you a mile away, and they run a couple of ridges farther away. I have also seen deer (mule deer and whitetail) that will stand there at 50 yards and stare at you. Usually the farther away they are, the less they will react to your presence. To help Greenhorn out here, how long does everyone think it takes, from the time you spot the deer, to range it, look at your drop chart, dial in the elevation, judge the wind and dial it in, then to set yourself for the shot, then the shot itself? I think the time may vary with the distance, so let's designate a range - 500 yards. I would think that with practice, 30 seconds would be about how long it would take me...I'm sure many of you all could do it much faster [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] This would be while I am hunting the open sagebrush country of southern Idaho. If I was up in north Idaho in the brush, it would take longer because trying to find a place to shoot from without brush in the way is somewhat a PITA. What kind of terrain are you hunting Greenhorn? [/QUOTE]
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