ss7mm
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usmcjarhead:
Check Dave's post above for deer shot in a herd, which one to shoot and their reactions.
You know, it's kind or ironic that we are talking about reactions to shots and also the use of sighter shots...........
Gunny Hathcock talked about using sighter shots on "hamburgers" at long ranges. One case, at extreme range, was where he fired a shot to test his calculations and hold, at the same range as his intended target but quite a ways off to the side. The "hamburgers" noticed but paid no real attention to the first shot. Same for the second shot. That put him right on for the third shot which rapidly dispatched the intended "hamburger". One more quick shot at those that came running at the drop of their comrad and he quickly left. One shot generally is very difficult to pinpoint. A second shot makes it a little easier and a third shot makes it dangerous for the shooter, so he left.
As with Gunny's thinking and experience, I would also think that animals can't immediately pinpoint a single shot at long ranges, so the result is the same as what he had. Take a sighter shot, adjust for range and conditions and then.....bang, flop.
Check Dave's post above for deer shot in a herd, which one to shoot and their reactions.
You know, it's kind or ironic that we are talking about reactions to shots and also the use of sighter shots...........
Gunny Hathcock talked about using sighter shots on "hamburgers" at long ranges. One case, at extreme range, was where he fired a shot to test his calculations and hold, at the same range as his intended target but quite a ways off to the side. The "hamburgers" noticed but paid no real attention to the first shot. Same for the second shot. That put him right on for the third shot which rapidly dispatched the intended "hamburger". One more quick shot at those that came running at the drop of their comrad and he quickly left. One shot generally is very difficult to pinpoint. A second shot makes it a little easier and a third shot makes it dangerous for the shooter, so he left.
As with Gunny's thinking and experience, I would also think that animals can't immediately pinpoint a single shot at long ranges, so the result is the same as what he had. Take a sighter shot, adjust for range and conditions and then.....bang, flop.