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<blockquote data-quote="buffalorancher" data-source="post: 167371" data-attributes="member: 5771"><p><strong>What do you use to see a 2 mile P. Dog?</strong></p><p></p><p>This may be ignorance on my part but how do you see a prarie dog at 2 miles. I was Antelope hunting the other day on my neighbors ranch and I couldn't find any in the town that we thought was about 2 miles away. There was bright sun with what seemed like minimal mirage as it was in the morning. Granted, I was looking at a tan background. I use a Swaro spotting scope with the big objective and at 60x I wouldn't have been much help to anyone shooting that far. I've found that if you get a whitetail buck over about 1200 yds. or so you can only tell if he "looks" like a good one. With limited lighting the range gets much shorter. The difference between a 140 and 160 inch buck would be very difficult if not impossible at 1 K so I have to assume a P. dog at 3500 + yards would be even harder. Kirby, Shawn, whoever, how do they do it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buffalorancher, post: 167371, member: 5771"] [b]What do you use to see a 2 mile P. Dog?[/b] This may be ignorance on my part but how do you see a prarie dog at 2 miles. I was Antelope hunting the other day on my neighbors ranch and I couldn't find any in the town that we thought was about 2 miles away. There was bright sun with what seemed like minimal mirage as it was in the morning. Granted, I was looking at a tan background. I use a Swaro spotting scope with the big objective and at 60x I wouldn't have been much help to anyone shooting that far. I've found that if you get a whitetail buck over about 1200 yds. or so you can only tell if he "looks" like a good one. With limited lighting the range gets much shorter. The difference between a 140 and 160 inch buck would be very difficult if not impossible at 1 K so I have to assume a P. dog at 3500 + yards would be even harder. Kirby, Shawn, whoever, how do they do it? [/QUOTE]
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