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<blockquote data-quote="longrangebob" data-source="post: 400264" data-attributes="member: 3744"><p>Thnx for your reply ....</p><p>Point well taken; made me reflect back on the Antelope where I repeatedly checked size of Buck's chest against my "mildots and crosshairs" such that one location was 700 yds and the other was 800 -- and he was moving back and forth ... between the two distances -- but then I had lots of time to wait -- as with the wind -- I had to wait for him to be on the complete other side of the herd -- such that if the wind failed I would miss all of them, and not hit an unwanted doe!!!{As I would have risked had I taken the shot when he was on the otherside of the herd -- had the wind abated!! Well the wind stayed strong and shot placement was spot on ...</p><p></p><p>With this particular scope I am limited to 800 yd. max. (sight in for main crosshair is 300 yds. exact -- with dots at 4, 5, 6, 7, & 800 yds. respectively // I have mildots horizontally and mildots and a fine crosshair 1 mil above the main horizontal for ranging and windage) -- I have shot boxes at 830 yds consistantly hitting the small metal plate -- just adjusting for windage over a bipod ... so I was ready and comfortably confident </p><p></p><p>I take your point with what would be the size of the critter's chest at 1000 -- and if one assumed 18" chest for a really big buck and in actuality it was 14" (or even 16") cause he had good headgear and was assumed bigger than reality -- 2" off increasing over a thousand yards could make him all the more difficult for a fatal hit ... </p><p>Further to the video ... I think I would have preferred the slow walk of a contented deer than one standing still that could move at anytime ... thanx again, LRB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longrangebob, post: 400264, member: 3744"] Thnx for your reply .... Point well taken; made me reflect back on the Antelope where I repeatedly checked size of Buck's chest against my "mildots and crosshairs" such that one location was 700 yds and the other was 800 -- and he was moving back and forth ... between the two distances -- but then I had lots of time to wait -- as with the wind -- I had to wait for him to be on the complete other side of the herd -- such that if the wind failed I would miss all of them, and not hit an unwanted doe!!!{As I would have risked had I taken the shot when he was on the otherside of the herd -- had the wind abated!! Well the wind stayed strong and shot placement was spot on ... With this particular scope I am limited to 800 yd. max. (sight in for main crosshair is 300 yds. exact -- with dots at 4, 5, 6, 7, & 800 yds. respectively // I have mildots horizontally and mildots and a fine crosshair 1 mil above the main horizontal for ranging and windage) -- I have shot boxes at 830 yds consistantly hitting the small metal plate -- just adjusting for windage over a bipod ... so I was ready and comfortably confident I take your point with what would be the size of the critter's chest at 1000 -- and if one assumed 18" chest for a really big buck and in actuality it was 14" (or even 16") cause he had good headgear and was assumed bigger than reality -- 2" off increasing over a thousand yards could make him all the more difficult for a fatal hit ... Further to the video ... I think I would have preferred the slow walk of a contented deer than one standing still that could move at anytime ... thanx again, LRB [/QUOTE]
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