ppro
Well-Known Member
All right, you long range shootists...how the heck do you do it.
I was sitting on a hillside waiting to ambush some deer the other day....and there were plenty of them.....I had gone in to the area the day before and set up my range card with all the probable points of intersect for shooting from where I was sitting (i.e. lazered and maped the area)
All that works fine...THE REAL PROBLEM IS...the majority of the time I am NEVER in what I would call a truly good position to take that really long shot. Either I am hanging onto a hill side with my heals or could NEVER hope to get prone sling wrapped do to grass logs or steep inclines and what have you.
And the thought of trying to pack a rifle with the long leg bipod....well...that sounds like a real pain, if your in rough terrain. Plus, it seems like I am half the time shooting off angle on the side of some hill and the bipod WOULD be a pain in that case.
So about all I can muster on a good day, is about 400 out to 500 yards sling wrapped sitting and that's tough for me.
I keep reading posts of guys building this or that and intending to go kill something or other at 500 to 700 yards. Sound good to me........but possibly you could talk about how you are approaching your specific hunts such that you actually ARE set up in a good position.....The process you use.
My problem is I keep finding game in the most improbable places for good long shot positions.
So........how are YOU approaching your hunt to accomodate the position you need for the really long shot, and still actually getting to the game with out waiting to ambush them till you wet your pants, or give up and go home ?
I think this would greatly benefit shooters new to long range hunting especially before they get out there and turn all thumbs trying to make it happen...i.e. a game plan or two.
thanks
Paul
I was sitting on a hillside waiting to ambush some deer the other day....and there were plenty of them.....I had gone in to the area the day before and set up my range card with all the probable points of intersect for shooting from where I was sitting (i.e. lazered and maped the area)
All that works fine...THE REAL PROBLEM IS...the majority of the time I am NEVER in what I would call a truly good position to take that really long shot. Either I am hanging onto a hill side with my heals or could NEVER hope to get prone sling wrapped do to grass logs or steep inclines and what have you.
And the thought of trying to pack a rifle with the long leg bipod....well...that sounds like a real pain, if your in rough terrain. Plus, it seems like I am half the time shooting off angle on the side of some hill and the bipod WOULD be a pain in that case.
So about all I can muster on a good day, is about 400 out to 500 yards sling wrapped sitting and that's tough for me.
I keep reading posts of guys building this or that and intending to go kill something or other at 500 to 700 yards. Sound good to me........but possibly you could talk about how you are approaching your specific hunts such that you actually ARE set up in a good position.....The process you use.
My problem is I keep finding game in the most improbable places for good long shot positions.
So........how are YOU approaching your hunt to accomodate the position you need for the really long shot, and still actually getting to the game with out waiting to ambush them till you wet your pants, or give up and go home ?
I think this would greatly benefit shooters new to long range hunting especially before they get out there and turn all thumbs trying to make it happen...i.e. a game plan or two.
thanks
Paul