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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1611357" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>It depends on many things for my situations, mostly hunting or shooting steel inside 1 mile. </p><p></p><p>While pronghorn hunting there are many times where you will be shooting across big, flat, open plains. I have found wind to be very consistent across areas like this, so as long as there aren't any hills, draws, or other terrain between myself and the target, I will use the kestrel to verify the mirage I'm seeing, and also look at grass, sagebrush, and dust coming up from the animal as it walks. </p><p></p><p>In the majority of cases though where there is some terrain between myself and the target, my kestrel is of little use, though I still keep it out, and will explain why later. In these cases, I use my spotting scope to read mirage, this gives me pretty good data usually and is my first go to, then I start to look for anything the environment decides to give me. If there is something blooming, different pollens or any other air pollutants are great. I have taken many shots in light snow, which is about the best wind meter you can get, you get real time visuals of exactly what is happening from one second to the next. As I stated, dust the animal kicks up is great if there is any. Look at trees, grass or bruch between you and the target. One of my last methods, is feel, and by that I don't mean guessing, or mojo or anything. Literally feel. How the air is on my face, I have my kestrel out while down on the gun, and I relate how the air feels on my face to the numbers I get from my kestrel, and wait for the feeling of the wind to line up with the dope I have dialed in my optic, and when it lines up, if the mirage still looks good and nothing looks different environmentally, that is when I send it. </p><p></p><p>Also, I usually have my cousin as a spotter to continue watching the wind and tell me when it's good. I have hunted long range solo before, but much prefer to have a trusted spotter right next to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1611357, member: 87243"] It depends on many things for my situations, mostly hunting or shooting steel inside 1 mile. While pronghorn hunting there are many times where you will be shooting across big, flat, open plains. I have found wind to be very consistent across areas like this, so as long as there aren't any hills, draws, or other terrain between myself and the target, I will use the kestrel to verify the mirage I'm seeing, and also look at grass, sagebrush, and dust coming up from the animal as it walks. In the majority of cases though where there is some terrain between myself and the target, my kestrel is of little use, though I still keep it out, and will explain why later. In these cases, I use my spotting scope to read mirage, this gives me pretty good data usually and is my first go to, then I start to look for anything the environment decides to give me. If there is something blooming, different pollens or any other air pollutants are great. I have taken many shots in light snow, which is about the best wind meter you can get, you get real time visuals of exactly what is happening from one second to the next. As I stated, dust the animal kicks up is great if there is any. Look at trees, grass or bruch between you and the target. One of my last methods, is feel, and by that I don't mean guessing, or mojo or anything. Literally feel. How the air is on my face, I have my kestrel out while down on the gun, and I relate how the air feels on my face to the numbers I get from my kestrel, and wait for the feeling of the wind to line up with the dope I have dialed in my optic, and when it lines up, if the mirage still looks good and nothing looks different environmentally, that is when I send it. Also, I usually have my cousin as a spotter to continue watching the wind and tell me when it's good. I have hunted long range solo before, but much prefer to have a trusted spotter right next to me. [/QUOTE]
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