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<blockquote data-quote="shaughn" data-source="post: 1540841"><p>LR spotting of a bullet impact....is as much of a skill as shooting that far in the first place.</p><p></p><p>A lot of terrain in hunting season is very poor for spotting bullet splash and quite often 2 or 3 shots may be needed to actually determine where the bullet struck...larger calibers can be easier to spot...but terrain alone can make it near impossible grass/sage/low lying scrub can hide the strike, snow, wet ground..light/shadow..even how a persons brain works or a particular persons blink pattern...I work with a spotter a lot and we spend time every year well before and sometimes after season shooting so that we can practice locating the bullet splash.. I have a 18-36X Bushnell spotter nothing special and he has a Meopta...don't remember which model or power off the top of my head..we will spend several shooting sessions in similar terrain or the actual terrain we will hunt shooting at various ranges.</p><p></p><p>Communication....that is a good skill to develop between a spotter and shooter...by telling the spotter you are ready to fire, gets him/her on target and ready... they respond..then a count down or like I say...package on the way...the spotter isn't startled when the rifle goes off...much easier to stay focused..</p><p></p><p>More magnification?...may help...I use 27 - 36x most of the time...and still don't see every bullet splash at range...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shaughn, post: 1540841"] LR spotting of a bullet impact....is as much of a skill as shooting that far in the first place. A lot of terrain in hunting season is very poor for spotting bullet splash and quite often 2 or 3 shots may be needed to actually determine where the bullet struck...larger calibers can be easier to spot...but terrain alone can make it near impossible grass/sage/low lying scrub can hide the strike, snow, wet ground..light/shadow..even how a persons brain works or a particular persons blink pattern...I work with a spotter a lot and we spend time every year well before and sometimes after season shooting so that we can practice locating the bullet splash.. I have a 18-36X Bushnell spotter nothing special and he has a Meopta...don't remember which model or power off the top of my head..we will spend several shooting sessions in similar terrain or the actual terrain we will hunt shooting at various ranges. Communication....that is a good skill to develop between a spotter and shooter...by telling the spotter you are ready to fire, gets him/her on target and ready... they respond..then a count down or like I say...package on the way...the spotter isn't startled when the rifle goes off...much easier to stay focused.. More magnification?...may help...I use 27 - 36x most of the time...and still don't see every bullet splash at range... [/QUOTE]
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