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What's your shot placement choice on this nice 6 point bull?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rymart" data-source="post: 1412955" data-attributes="member: 3688"><p>Assume your normally expected shot distance...which is?: <u>350 - 1100 yards</u></p><p></p><p>Pick a shot placement number that is closest to your choice. (1 to 7): <u>Just left of the bottom of number 2</u></p><p></p><p><strong>Feel free to explain your shot placement choice...or not... : </strong>Preferably would wait for the bull to lower his head/neck slightly until it was inline with the point of aim (seems to be a natural/neutral position), giving the maximum margin of error for windage. This POA/POI has always resulted in quick, clean kills, with lots of 'data' points generated over the years between myself and family members. On a big bull like that, meat damage would be the last thing on my mind. Lose a little bit of shoulder meat (hamburger), verses aim further back trying to 'save' meat, miss a wind call, resulting in a hit too far back, and lose all the meat...</p><p></p><p>What cartridge and bullet combo would you likely use? <u>338 Lapua, 285 gr ELD-M / 338 LM, 300 gr Berger Hybrid / 260 Rem, 143 gr ELD-X</u></p><p></p><p>At what initial velocity? <u>2880 fps (285 ELD-M), 2840 fps (300 Hybrid), 2820 fps (143 ELD-X)</u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rymart, post: 1412955, member: 3688"] Assume your normally expected shot distance...which is?: [U]350 - 1100 yards[/U] Pick a shot placement number that is closest to your choice. (1 to 7): [U]Just left of the bottom of number 2[/U] [B]Feel free to explain your shot placement choice...or not... : [/B]Preferably would wait for the bull to lower his head/neck slightly until it was inline with the point of aim (seems to be a natural/neutral position), giving the maximum margin of error for windage. This POA/POI has always resulted in quick, clean kills, with lots of 'data' points generated over the years between myself and family members. On a big bull like that, meat damage would be the last thing on my mind. Lose a little bit of shoulder meat (hamburger), verses aim further back trying to 'save' meat, miss a wind call, resulting in a hit too far back, and lose all the meat... What cartridge and bullet combo would you likely use? [U]338 Lapua, 285 gr ELD-M / 338 LM, 300 gr Berger Hybrid / 260 Rem, 143 gr ELD-X[/U] At what initial velocity? [U]2880 fps (285 ELD-M), 2840 fps (300 Hybrid), 2820 fps (143 ELD-X)[/U] [/QUOTE]
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