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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2626015" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>The last time I hunter with a guide. I sit down with him on me shooting and talked about shooting. The very first time the guides were hurrying everybody to shoot and I felt to quickly. I end up with a wound animal. and lost him. We spent two days trying track him out. I did two things wrong. The animal was stop in one place so it wasn't running. My scope was on 4 power and not up to 8 power. I was using a shooting tripod shoot from. Not the problem either. It was a couple of hundred yards away. I believe there some brush partly in the way. So I didn't get the shot place where it should have been. The guide was pushing to make the shot. So I hurried. The 2nd hunt I make sure that the guide was not to hurry me when I was going to put an animal down. It work better, but still the guide did kind of trying to hurry me. It seem to go with guides to shoot. </p><p>I know that some people have a hard time sending a round down range, or shooting to quickly. One person I was hunting around in Africa the first time was so tied up in what range he was shooting. It didn't make any different if it was 25yds or 200yds. He had a N.F. scope with all the bells and whistles too. He would dial his scope in for that range. He wound one animal at about 25yds. it move out to 50yds, then on to about 100 yds before not being able to see the animal any longer. He would adjust his scope to that range. My son was with him at that time. I guess the hunter felt that he had to adjust the scope for each distance. He didn't understand point blank range. </p><p>I use a range finder on both trips. I would from the blind get the far range. Very few time the shots were going to be over 200yds. No adjustment needed, point and shoot. At time I feel that "Here Your Sign".</p><p>Bottom line is you need to known your rifle and what is does at difference ranges. If it kicks to hard, then get a lighter caliber. If you miss, it's not the rifle, but you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2626015, member: 101791"] The last time I hunter with a guide. I sit down with him on me shooting and talked about shooting. The very first time the guides were hurrying everybody to shoot and I felt to quickly. I end up with a wound animal. and lost him. We spent two days trying track him out. I did two things wrong. The animal was stop in one place so it wasn't running. My scope was on 4 power and not up to 8 power. I was using a shooting tripod shoot from. Not the problem either. It was a couple of hundred yards away. I believe there some brush partly in the way. So I didn't get the shot place where it should have been. The guide was pushing to make the shot. So I hurried. The 2nd hunt I make sure that the guide was not to hurry me when I was going to put an animal down. It work better, but still the guide did kind of trying to hurry me. It seem to go with guides to shoot. I know that some people have a hard time sending a round down range, or shooting to quickly. One person I was hunting around in Africa the first time was so tied up in what range he was shooting. It didn't make any different if it was 25yds or 200yds. He had a N.F. scope with all the bells and whistles too. He would dial his scope in for that range. He wound one animal at about 25yds. it move out to 50yds, then on to about 100 yds before not being able to see the animal any longer. He would adjust his scope to that range. My son was with him at that time. I guess the hunter felt that he had to adjust the scope for each distance. He didn't understand point blank range. I use a range finder on both trips. I would from the blind get the far range. Very few time the shots were going to be over 200yds. No adjustment needed, point and shoot. At time I feel that "Here Your Sign". Bottom line is you need to known your rifle and what is does at difference ranges. If it kicks to hard, then get a lighter caliber. If you miss, it's not the rifle, but you. [/QUOTE]
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