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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1615942" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>You hold wind for the distance covered by the hypotenuse (in your example, 500 yards). Wind is a time of flight dependent adjustment. </p><p></p><p>The fact of the matter is you're getting into the weeds. The question is meaningless in the real world of everyday experience with game animals. High angle shots in the real universe tend to be pretty short range because it's really hard to have a slope a quarter mile long with absolutely zero obstructions.</p><p></p><p>1. You just don't find high angle AND long range shots outside of urban environments that often. It's usually one or the other. </p><p></p><p><strong>2. The average long range shooter (and I mean who's actually reasonably skilled at long range) will make a wind call that will be off by far more than the difference between 100 yards of distance in all but the most horrifyingly strong winds. At 10mph wind speed the difference between wind at 400 and wind at 500 is going to be about 1 click, maybe 2.</strong></p><p></p><p>3. To make a 20% difference in drop range vs. actual horizontal range like that you're looking at a shot taken at nearly 30 degrees of angle. To achieve 30 degrees of angle of fire and have 500 yards to your target on the slope and 400 yards of actual horizontal distance, you're shooting down a slope that's seriously steep, long and rare. </p><p></p><p>Side note: You know the best way to get within 60 yards of the cloven hoofed ruminant of your dreams? Go out prepared to take one at 1000 yards and only look for them at long range. Works like a charm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1615942, member: 96226"] You hold wind for the distance covered by the hypotenuse (in your example, 500 yards). Wind is a time of flight dependent adjustment. The fact of the matter is you're getting into the weeds. The question is meaningless in the real world of everyday experience with game animals. High angle shots in the real universe tend to be pretty short range because it's really hard to have a slope a quarter mile long with absolutely zero obstructions. 1. You just don't find high angle AND long range shots outside of urban environments that often. It's usually one or the other. [B]2. The average long range shooter (and I mean who's actually reasonably skilled at long range) will make a wind call that will be off by far more than the difference between 100 yards of distance in all but the most horrifyingly strong winds. At 10mph wind speed the difference between wind at 400 and wind at 500 is going to be about 1 click, maybe 2.[/B] 3. To make a 20% difference in drop range vs. actual horizontal range like that you're looking at a shot taken at nearly 30 degrees of angle. To achieve 30 degrees of angle of fire and have 500 yards to your target on the slope and 400 yards of actual horizontal distance, you're shooting down a slope that's seriously steep, long and rare. Side note: You know the best way to get within 60 yards of the cloven hoofed ruminant of your dreams? Go out prepared to take one at 1000 yards and only look for them at long range. Works like a charm. [/QUOTE]
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