std7mag
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G- All of the above.
Depends upon the situation.
Depends upon the situation.
Im told that there is an even better one called the (cha click).BR4 Rangefinder, click, dial and dead.
Works with crossbows alsoNone of the above. Strap on a Burris Eliminator and pull the trigger.
My question for you would be, do you test your loads and zero your rifles while shooting from a bipod while laying on the ground?Friend has big farm we hunt at least twice a week during deer season. Mega power line cut about 75 yards wide and we can see over a thousand yards in one direction. Another smaller power line cut running diagonally. Lots of deer. We set in a old dodge pickup with the windows rolled down. Its legal! But he said Bill there a huge buck across the creek and ranged him at 802. I'm hunting with my CA Ridgeline in 7-08 120 Hammer Hunter 3140 fsp. I said I'm out of gas at that distance. He informed me that it wasn't about to surrender and we can get Daisy the Bassett hound if needed. So I got out and dropped the bipod legs used my coat as rear bag dialed to 800 , he's spotting for me. When the trigger broke I thought I can't shoot any better! Dan picked up the hammer in flight at about three hundred and later said I was watching it right to the buck. Bullet went about eight inches in front of his chest. I saw it impact into the ground. Buck was on a fairly steep slope. Wind was left to right just enough to make the broom sage move. Maybe 2 mph, He jumped and ran about ten yards and stopped but was facing me now. He went back to chasing the does ,one of which we hadn't seen. And that was that. I now have a bubble on the scope. We had shot steel at the Talladega CMP park and I was confident in the gun. Don't know if rifle cant or wind got me. That's the longest shot I've ever tried on a game animal. My longest kill shot prior was 485 using the same rifle. Not a lot of places in Alabama to get shots on deer at that distance.
Yep, shooting off pod and bags. Deer was facing me down hill. I'd just missed a broad side shot. Before I could do much more than look at him in the scope he's chasing does again and the three of them are in the pine thicket. I was shooting off of a uneven surface, but bipod swivels so I'd gotten it as straight as I could. That's why I have a bubble level on it now. I'm just a slow learner I guess. Like I said, not many really long shot opportunities in Bama land.its thick and thicker. our usual shots are under five hundred, mostly under three hundred. Every couple of years a big crop field is planted in something that's harvested early, corn soybeans. But cotton doesn't get bush hogged until late winter most times. Almost impossible to hunt cotton fields that are still standing with the stalks. That is the only place we can really stretch out a shot and watch out for hit signs. Dan killed one at 775 there three years ago. I'm hoping corn is planted this year.My question for you would be, do you test your loads and zero your rifles while shooting from a bipod while laying on the ground?
Think about the question, and then think about the shot.
A power line is a great place to set up and glass for deer, especially with your glasses on a tripod.
And a great place to shoot the same way you do when testing loads.
Level the portable bench side to side with a small level when you set it up, and dont worry about the scope being level.
If you can drive to the location, the bench wont be heavy to carry.
Be thinking about that shot, and you will know what you need to do to make it next time.
Consider that first shot as having been a sighter shot.
He gave you an opportunity for a kill shot and you passed on it.
WHY?
You know why, and it has nothing to do with a scope level.