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<blockquote data-quote="Crockett12" data-source="post: 1498463" data-attributes="member: 35100"><p>How far will I take a shot is a 'depends' question!</p><p>First -- if we do our job right -- it should only take one shot to harvest a game animal. I strongly feel we owe it to the animal to make sure we make a clean, one shot kill! Anything that would compromise that means we shouldn't take the shot!</p><p>Second -- I have 2 rifles in 270WSM. Both are hunting weight rifles but one is a little heavier than the other and from the bench at 100 yards -- they both will group 3 shots into about 3/4 inch. I've shot both at targets at 400 yards in the desert and in those conditions the heavier rifle is easier to keep on target for about a 4 inch group. I don't feel comfortable shooting at game animals much further than that -- depending on conditions. Guys talk about shooting in the wind but what they don't talk about is how the wind can affect blowing the actual rifle around while trying to take a shot! This is why I say "depending on conditions" because the heavier rifle is easier to hold steady in the wind while trying to take the shot.</p><p>Therefore -- in windy conditions (depending on what those conditions do the rifle and which rifle I'm hunting with) I will limit the distance of my shots. That might be to 100 yards if it's extremely windy and I'm hunting with the light rifle! If conditions are calm, I might stretch my shot to about 500 yards because that's not that much further from the 400 yards where I can get a 4 inch group -- and if I feel I can make the one shot kill -- I'll take it!</p><p>Third -- It also depends on the terrain. I use shooting sticks from a sitting position and won't take a shot in any position less than the solid position I can get using the sticks and that sitting position. Where I hunt, it's impossible to shoot prone -- not only because of the height of the sagebrush but because of how much it hurts to lay on stickers and sharp rocks. My *** can handle the stickers and sharp rocks but my elbows and chest can't! So -- if I can get to a good solid shooting position, I can take a longer shot than if I can't get a solid shooting position!</p><p>Simple as that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crockett12, post: 1498463, member: 35100"] How far will I take a shot is a 'depends' question! First -- if we do our job right -- it should only take one shot to harvest a game animal. I strongly feel we owe it to the animal to make sure we make a clean, one shot kill! Anything that would compromise that means we shouldn't take the shot! Second -- I have 2 rifles in 270WSM. Both are hunting weight rifles but one is a little heavier than the other and from the bench at 100 yards -- they both will group 3 shots into about 3/4 inch. I've shot both at targets at 400 yards in the desert and in those conditions the heavier rifle is easier to keep on target for about a 4 inch group. I don't feel comfortable shooting at game animals much further than that -- depending on conditions. Guys talk about shooting in the wind but what they don't talk about is how the wind can affect blowing the actual rifle around while trying to take a shot! This is why I say "depending on conditions" because the heavier rifle is easier to hold steady in the wind while trying to take the shot. Therefore -- in windy conditions (depending on what those conditions do the rifle and which rifle I'm hunting with) I will limit the distance of my shots. That might be to 100 yards if it's extremely windy and I'm hunting with the light rifle! If conditions are calm, I might stretch my shot to about 500 yards because that's not that much further from the 400 yards where I can get a 4 inch group -- and if I feel I can make the one shot kill -- I'll take it! Third -- It also depends on the terrain. I use shooting sticks from a sitting position and won't take a shot in any position less than the solid position I can get using the sticks and that sitting position. Where I hunt, it's impossible to shoot prone -- not only because of the height of the sagebrush but because of how much it hurts to lay on stickers and sharp rocks. My *** can handle the stickers and sharp rocks but my elbows and chest can't! So -- if I can get to a good solid shooting position, I can take a longer shot than if I can't get a solid shooting position! Simple as that! [/QUOTE]
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