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<blockquote data-quote="Scot E" data-source="post: 1017048" data-attributes="member: 10832"><p>I agree with some above posters, I am good to 4-600 yards depending on conditions, angle to target, etc. This works nicely because I don't worry about atmospheric conditions too much inside this range either so it makes for a real simple shooting method if needed. </p><p></p><p>One thing I did which helped my accuracy a lot is to create 3 sizes for each animal. There is a lot of variance in the size of animal you are shooting and/or practicing on so if you aren't careful your starting point of 36 inches for elk for instance is off and before you even get started estimating you are already in trouble. So I do a small, average, and trophy column for each animal. This does mean you have to be better at judging body size but in my experience this is pretty easy to do inside the ranges we are talking about. Realistically most of them will fall inside the average size but the trophy opportunities and the smaller animals will not. And it is these two options that I want to be more critical on anyways. The small ones are harder to hit and the big ones I don't want to mess up! </p><p></p><p>30-32 inches for a mature bull is a big bull in my experience. 28 inches is an average bull and 24 inches are spikes, cows, and even small raghorns. </p><p></p><p>Scot E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scot E, post: 1017048, member: 10832"] I agree with some above posters, I am good to 4-600 yards depending on conditions, angle to target, etc. This works nicely because I don't worry about atmospheric conditions too much inside this range either so it makes for a real simple shooting method if needed. One thing I did which helped my accuracy a lot is to create 3 sizes for each animal. There is a lot of variance in the size of animal you are shooting and/or practicing on so if you aren't careful your starting point of 36 inches for elk for instance is off and before you even get started estimating you are already in trouble. So I do a small, average, and trophy column for each animal. This does mean you have to be better at judging body size but in my experience this is pretty easy to do inside the ranges we are talking about. Realistically most of them will fall inside the average size but the trophy opportunities and the smaller animals will not. And it is these two options that I want to be more critical on anyways. The small ones are harder to hit and the big ones I don't want to mess up! 30-32 inches for a mature bull is a big bull in my experience. 28 inches is an average bull and 24 inches are spikes, cows, and even small raghorns. Scot E. [/QUOTE]
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