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<blockquote data-quote="nomadhunter" data-source="post: 1141583" data-attributes="member: 93353"><p>Very good article, honest and real- I like it because of all three assessments. I am one of those hunters who fills his tags with bucks taken from 100 - 200 yards with an early model 70 chambered for .30-06, mounted with an early Leupold VX-1 3-9x40.</p><p></p><p>I learned to hunt by playing the thermals, lay of the land, cutting sign ,etc. so creeping up within that range is typical for me, BUT, on a particular hunt this season I was in open country - high desert, we spotted a decent buck about 400 yards out and it was my turn. I played the environment but the environment ran out of play ground and I had no cover or concealment and the buck was, in my estimate while using my duplex reticle, to be 300 yards out. Subsequently I lost my window.</p><p></p><p>Later it was my partners turn and he took his buck at 350 yards; the difference? A high power scope, his zero and bipod. Otherwise same "off the shelf" caliber rifle. There are different kinds of rifle hunters: road hunters, stand hunters, blind hunters, post and snipe hunters (LR/ELR), spot and stalk hunters, and still hunters-they're all hunters in my book and it's all good. BUT, now I am sold on reaching out with a "borne for the hunt" .270 and it's faster & flatter cartridge along with a Leuplod FX-II 6x36. that combo will reach out to 500-provided I can develop the skills.</p><p></p><p>I'll still hunt the way I do, yet, i'll have the option of LR and that's why I joined this site - to learn what I may.</p><p>Happy hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomadhunter, post: 1141583, member: 93353"] Very good article, honest and real- I like it because of all three assessments. I am one of those hunters who fills his tags with bucks taken from 100 - 200 yards with an early model 70 chambered for .30-06, mounted with an early Leupold VX-1 3-9x40. I learned to hunt by playing the thermals, lay of the land, cutting sign ,etc. so creeping up within that range is typical for me, BUT, on a particular hunt this season I was in open country - high desert, we spotted a decent buck about 400 yards out and it was my turn. I played the environment but the environment ran out of play ground and I had no cover or concealment and the buck was, in my estimate while using my duplex reticle, to be 300 yards out. Subsequently I lost my window. Later it was my partners turn and he took his buck at 350 yards; the difference? A high power scope, his zero and bipod. Otherwise same "off the shelf" caliber rifle. There are different kinds of rifle hunters: road hunters, stand hunters, blind hunters, post and snipe hunters (LR/ELR), spot and stalk hunters, and still hunters-they're all hunters in my book and it's all good. BUT, now I am sold on reaching out with a "borne for the hunt" .270 and it's faster & flatter cartridge along with a Leuplod FX-II 6x36. that combo will reach out to 500-provided I can develop the skills. I'll still hunt the way I do, yet, i'll have the option of LR and that's why I joined this site - to learn what I may. Happy hunting. [/QUOTE]
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