« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2015, 12:22:53 PM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.
I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.
I will definitely keep this in mind next time thank you! like I said earlier it was definitely a buck fever mistake from all the excitement. I honestly was more excited about getting him this buck then the buck I shot. Its crazy how exciting it is helping friends or family get there deer or at least getting them a chance at a buck
Really steep incline/decline means aim for less yardage than line of sight. 45° calls for right about 71% of the line of sight. So 225x.71=160 yards.
A little saying that's real easy to remember and very useful to keep oneself in check. "If you aren't aiming at hair, your wrong, don't shoot".
Or you could just buy range finder binos that do that for you so you dont have to perform math in the field
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