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<blockquote data-quote="del2les" data-source="post: 1616477" data-attributes="member: 9299"><p>Living and hunting in the Rockies of CO, I and others encounter these more often than most. Goats, sheep, elk, deer and even marmots can be encountered at long ranges and high angles. A few of my past kills have been 599 to 890 yards at angles from 30 to 55 degrees. It is not uncommon for me to step out on a mtn rock outcropping to be overlooking a deep valley or across a steep canyon with elk grazing beyond 1,000 and at fairly steep angles, or to be glassing for sheep at angles well exceeding 60 degrees up.</p><p></p><p> One area I regularly hunt has a valley with a creek and vegetation that routinely attracts game, and the angles can exceed 60 degrees. Then there are the elk wintering sage brush areas around Gunnison where one can see for miles from the numerous high hills (short mtns to most) and can encounter many steep angles at long to ELR.</p><p></p><p>So, it depends on where one hunts as to what angles may be encountered and how long the shots can be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="del2les, post: 1616477, member: 9299"] Living and hunting in the Rockies of CO, I and others encounter these more often than most. Goats, sheep, elk, deer and even marmots can be encountered at long ranges and high angles. A few of my past kills have been 599 to 890 yards at angles from 30 to 55 degrees. It is not uncommon for me to step out on a mtn rock outcropping to be overlooking a deep valley or across a steep canyon with elk grazing beyond 1,000 and at fairly steep angles, or to be glassing for sheep at angles well exceeding 60 degrees up. One area I regularly hunt has a valley with a creek and vegetation that routinely attracts game, and the angles can exceed 60 degrees. Then there are the elk wintering sage brush areas around Gunnison where one can see for miles from the numerous high hills (short mtns to most) and can encounter many steep angles at long to ELR. So, it depends on where one hunts as to what angles may be encountered and how long the shots can be. [/QUOTE]
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