dan brothers
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Please don't MISS-understand me... I know for a 100% fact that the charts are 100% Math... and once it's taken from the math-program, and into the field... it WILL BE DIFFERENT... because of the elements and human error... which is understandable. But... with my peanut mind, it only makes sense to first learn the math of your total rifle's capabilities first... then take it to the range, and see how close the actual rifle setup and the charts... line up together. Then... take those newly learned skills into field hunting conditions... for more testing of the shooter and the setup, under new and different conditions of the elements and the shooter himself.
Once I get my rifle and bullet combo tuned to it's most accurate point, by working up it's Honey Load. Once I get the Honey Load, I'll need to then learn what it will do in drop and wind drift at different ranges, by comparing the charts to actual range time.
Once that is developed, then it's time to go out into the field and practice in different weather conditions... different shooting positions... at different ranges.
Once you have a handle on all that... then it won't matter if a dog is close or far... it's going down.
Another thing I learned from Lucas... was his ability to tell me how much hold over or drop his rifle needed at different ranges. He knew his rifle, and he knew what it would take to make it shoot effectively... but he started with the chart of that rifle's ability to be effective. A small portion of the chart was on the scope's cap... but it was mostly in his head.
When his daughter and I watched him drop down in the grass and shoot that mule deer right at 800 yds... he didn't need to wonder very much about where to hold off or turn up the turrets.
After knowing the range... reading the wind was the Big Question then.
That my Friends... is where I want to be. It's gotta be second nature shooting... along with chart knowledge as a backup.
When I'm sitting on a hillside glassing or calling for coyotes, and there's one out there at 458 yds... or 567 yds.. or 734 yds... or even 834 yds... I want to have the confidence to take a lethal shot.
If I know my rifle's ability, and develop shooting skills... only then... can I be a Coyote Quigley Down Under.
Once I get my rifle and bullet combo tuned to it's most accurate point, by working up it's Honey Load. Once I get the Honey Load, I'll need to then learn what it will do in drop and wind drift at different ranges, by comparing the charts to actual range time.
Once that is developed, then it's time to go out into the field and practice in different weather conditions... different shooting positions... at different ranges.
Once you have a handle on all that... then it won't matter if a dog is close or far... it's going down.
Another thing I learned from Lucas... was his ability to tell me how much hold over or drop his rifle needed at different ranges. He knew his rifle, and he knew what it would take to make it shoot effectively... but he started with the chart of that rifle's ability to be effective. A small portion of the chart was on the scope's cap... but it was mostly in his head.
When his daughter and I watched him drop down in the grass and shoot that mule deer right at 800 yds... he didn't need to wonder very much about where to hold off or turn up the turrets.
After knowing the range... reading the wind was the Big Question then.
That my Friends... is where I want to be. It's gotta be second nature shooting... along with chart knowledge as a backup.
When I'm sitting on a hillside glassing or calling for coyotes, and there's one out there at 458 yds... or 567 yds.. or 734 yds... or even 834 yds... I want to have the confidence to take a lethal shot.
If I know my rifle's ability, and develop shooting skills... only then... can I be a Coyote Quigley Down Under.
