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    Sorry to bring up old stuff, but one thing that I think is very important for taking a long range shot or not is the demeanor of the animal. I have personally killed a couple of animals further than 80 yds with my bow. Last year I had an elk tag that I didn't fill because I was wanting something big. I had the herd bull at 85 yds a couple of times but something was not right, either the cows were moving all around him or one time I felt that I might hit some branches on the way up. For a long shot you have to feel the situation is perfect along with the conditions. If the situation would have presented itself, I am sure I could have dotted him, but I felt the situation never presented itself.

     

    I definitely think that shooting long range whether you have the equipment or not, is not for everyone. Who ever wants to shoot long range need to be very familiar with that weapon. Those Best of the West guys do a lot of practice to include windy days or better said especially on windy days. These guys also advocate a high shoulder shot, which gives you a large margin of error and also shooting Berger bullets. They put down a lot of animals.

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    I have to say my 30-06 in a Wby Mark V action. The rifle is about 30 yrs old, but it drives tacks. 1/2" groups at 100yds with Fed Premium ammo.

     

    I also have a 270 Wby Mag in a synthetic stock that is coming up on a close second. I haven't nailed anything with it but I have been taking some long shots and nailing stuff with it.

     

    I put in for NM for Coues. If I get drawn that 270 will see some action!!

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    Right now I'm shooting Axis 300's out of my bow. These arrows shoot great, penetrate awesome, and have pretty good arrow to arrow consistency. Like I stated before, past 60 yds is where you see the difference. As stated earlier, if you're shooting long range in practice those closer shots seem like a chip shot so at the moment of truth you are thinking about aiming instead of whether or not you're actually going to make a good shot.

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    I was curious as to the quality of these scopes. I was kind of hoping that someone could inform me of the tracking ability. I heard that they track fine, but the amount they move isn't quite there. The guy doing the review said that after his testing that the scope moved 4.5 moa instead of the intended 5 moa. Any help would be greatly appreciated! ;)

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    :lol:

    Hi,

     

    I recently entered a contest with SWFA and I was hoping hunters can help me out. Its a photo contest with some pretty cool stuff as prizes.

     

    Here is the link to vote for me. It will take 30 seconds and it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to read the story, I'll give that link also.

     

    http://www.riflescopes.com/vote.asp?contest=5&entry=241

     

    http://www.riflescopes.com/gallery/entry241.htm

     

    Thanks in advance!!!

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