Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Zero at 100 Yards and Leave Turret at 200 Yards for Hunting?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Ckleeves" data-source="post: 2026739" data-attributes="member: 83259"><p>When I first started I would make dope charts based off that days targets. Then I would go out, quite often to a different location and use the same dope as I "knew" was accurate because it had worked perfect previously.</p><p></p><p>It would frustrate me to no end, how was I absolutely perfect the previous outing and now at 1000 yards I was a minute low? It wasn't until I started to gain experience that it all started to click. Different altitudes, temps, humidity, etc. It all adds up.</p><p></p><p>If I only hunted at 6k', in 68 degree weather with 15% humidity then hard number drops would be great. But I don't.</p><p></p><p>I still verify everything after I arrive just to make sure nothing moved etc.</p><p></p><p>But I'll take that bet all day long. A Kestrel is more accurate then your known drops from one elevation, temp, etc. You can see it easily on a really long target just by leaving a Kestel in the sun for a few minutes. So the question is was it 50 degrees out or 80 when you got those known drops?</p><p></p><p>You can argue it doesn't matter at 600 yards, and I would agree it's not going to make a a lot of difference. I ran the numbers on 2 different locations I hunted this year that were pretty far apart as far as environment and came up with 1/2 minute of change between the two at 600. But why add even 1/2 minute of inaccuracy if you don't have to?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ckleeves, post: 2026739, member: 83259"] When I first started I would make dope charts based off that days targets. Then I would go out, quite often to a different location and use the same dope as I “knew” was accurate because it had worked perfect previously. It would frustrate me to no end, how was I absolutely perfect the previous outing and now at 1000 yards I was a minute low? It wasn’t until I started to gain experience that it all started to click. Different altitudes, temps, humidity, etc. It all adds up. If I only hunted at 6k’, in 68 degree weather with 15% humidity then hard number drops would be great. But I don’t. I still verify everything after I arrive just to make sure nothing moved etc. But I’ll take that bet all day long. A Kestrel is more accurate then your known drops from one elevation, temp, etc. You can see it easily on a really long target just by leaving a Kestel in the sun for a few minutes. So the question is was it 50 degrees out or 80 when you got those known drops? You can argue it doesn’t matter at 600 yards, and I would agree it’s not going to make a a lot of difference. I ran the numbers on 2 different locations I hunted this year that were pretty far apart as far as environment and came up with 1/2 minute of change between the two at 600. But why add even 1/2 minute of inaccuracy if you don’t have to? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
Zero at 100 Yards and Leave Turret at 200 Yards for Hunting?
Top