#535900 - 09/09/09 10:03 AM
Re: Distance
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Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
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Loc: McCleary, WA
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I have a range finder. Actually, I use a range finder after estimating distances. It has helped a lot. The funny thing is that I've only shot three big game animals with a scoped rifle, which makes 26 animals I've shot with open sights at ranges under 75 yards.
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#535938 - 09/09/09 01:28 PM
Re: Distance
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Registered: 02/09/07
Posts: 1422
Loc: Your monitor
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Similar to Salmo g. I started with arcehry and became real familiar with my pace. A long stride for me is approximate to a yard. After a while I got better and better at judging yardage by guessing first then pacing the distance. Playing golf and construction work also helped. The longer the distance the harder it is to judge. The faster and flater the rifle/bow the more room for error.
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#535940 - 09/09/09 01:40 PM
Re: Distance
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River Nutrients
Registered: 02/14/06
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Loc: Elma
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Either you are good at guessing distances, you measure different areas that you are hunting and remember the reference points, or you get a rangefinder.
I have a couple of tricks I use. I know that the front sight on my ML will cover/blot out a human head at 100 yards. So I look for another hunter and point at him and if his head is showing a little on either side of the sight then I know he is less than 100 yards away.
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#535945 - 09/09/09 01:56 PM
Re: Distance
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 04/29/06
Posts: 1740
Loc: Offshore
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I have a couple of tricks I use. I know that the front sight on my ML will cover/blot out a human head at 100 yards. So I look for another hunter and point at him and if his head is showing a little on either side of the sight then I know he is less than 100 yards away. Seriously? What's the other trick?
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#535948 - 09/09/09 02:03 PM
Re: Distance
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Spawner
Registered: 01/22/07
Posts: 763
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Rocket Red - - ---> LMAO
Go to a shooting range or hang out at a football field. There's a high school FB field on the way to the store and right before the season I take a gander that direction.
Edited by GreenRiver (09/09/09 02:06 PM)
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#535962 - 09/09/09 02:21 PM
Re: Distance
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River Nutrients
Registered: 02/14/06
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Loc: Elma
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[quote=Rocket Red]
What's the other trick? I got the I-phone app.
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#536007 - 09/09/09 04:21 PM
Re: Distance
[Re: Rocket Red]
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Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 10979
Loc: McCleary, WA
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I have a couple of tricks I use. I know that the front sight on my ML will cover/blot out a human head at 100 yards. So I look for another hunter and point at him and if his head is showing a little on either side of the sight then I know he is less than 100 yards away.
Full of win!
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#536195 - 09/10/09 03:20 AM
Re: Distance
[Re: Rocket Red]
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 06/18/03
Posts: 1060
Loc: north sound
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I know that the front sight on my ML will cover/blot out a human head at 100 yards. So I look for another hunter and point at him and if his head is showing a little on either side of the sight then I know he is less than 100 yards away. That's pretty good, I'll have to remember it. I've studied my rifle's ballistics and know how much my bullet drops at a given distance. With that in mind, I'll eyeball the distance to a stop sign and then judge my estimate by how far my bullet drops below the center of the O in STOP. Shooting from the truck in the dark really helps to keep me sharp for when there's hair in the scope.
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#536249 - 09/10/09 11:55 AM
Re: Distance
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River Nutrients
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 2540
Loc: Elma
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LMAO.
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#536303 - 09/10/09 03:53 PM
Re: Distance
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River Nutrients
Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 2540
Loc: Elma
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The hard part is getting your target practice buddy to hold still long enough to figure out the yardages.
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#536352 - 09/10/09 06:16 PM
Re: Distance
[Re: Coho]
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"Sasquatch on Land"
Registered: 06/18/09
Posts: 988
Loc: Paradise,AK.
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Known values are never a concession.
LRF or bust.
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