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<blockquote data-quote="sendero72" data-source="post: 662635" data-attributes="member: 23285"><p>scsims,</p><p> </p><p>First thing you do is pull up Google Earth and search for large row crop fields. Then go to that farmer and simple tell him what you would like to do. 99% of the farmers have never seen anyone shoot 800 yds +/! To them anything around the 300 yd mark is extremely long and they would not even attempt that. Generally this will peak their interest and you then offer them the opportunity to shoot your rifle and explain how long range game works. I now have a 1100 yd field in which to practice. This in turn led to a husband-wife team who were friends with this farmer that wanted to learn how to shoot in the 3 to 4 hundred yd range. The wife was by far the best shooter. They were so excited while we were shooting, that they called a friend who was manager of a 8,000 acre plantation. She set up a hunt for the following day and I spotted for her and coached her thru the shot. A cull doe at 342 yds. The plantation manager was impressed and invited me to hunt this up coming season. They have a field that's just over 1200 yds. And to top that, another plantation manager heard of this and he too has invited me for the fall season to see what I can do. The two plantation comprise some 45,000 acres and average 1,000 to 1300 deer taken each year. I far as I know, no one in the entire county shoots long range. This approached worked for me, so you have nothing to lose. Give it a try and good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sendero72, post: 662635, member: 23285"] scsims, First thing you do is pull up Google Earth and search for large row crop fields. Then go to that farmer and simple tell him what you would like to do. 99% of the farmers have never seen anyone shoot 800 yds +/! To them anything around the 300 yd mark is extremely long and they would not even attempt that. Generally this will peak their interest and you then offer them the opportunity to shoot your rifle and explain how long range game works. I now have a 1100 yd field in which to practice. This in turn led to a husband-wife team who were friends with this farmer that wanted to learn how to shoot in the 3 to 4 hundred yd range. The wife was by far the best shooter. They were so excited while we were shooting, that they called a friend who was manager of a 8,000 acre plantation. She set up a hunt for the following day and I spotted for her and coached her thru the shot. A cull doe at 342 yds. The plantation manager was impressed and invited me to hunt this up coming season. They have a field that's just over 1200 yds. And to top that, another plantation manager heard of this and he too has invited me for the fall season to see what I can do. The two plantation comprise some 45,000 acres and average 1,000 to 1300 deer taken each year. I far as I know, no one in the entire county shoots long range. This approached worked for me, so you have nothing to lose. Give it a try and good luck! [/QUOTE]
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