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JGRaider
I do hunt in windy conditions, but I never said I chose to take longer shots in those conditions. I personally find it irresponsible. I like getting up close and personal if possible....


I was a great pheasant hunter at age 14.
At age 57 in 2007 I went deer and elk hunting with a 270, and killed 5 deer that year out to 500 yards.
I also missed a lot of deer and elk, and probably wounded some.

I really got yelled at for blowing the elk shots at 620 yards when they were walking toward me.

I needed to stop shooting at big game like I shot at pheasants when I was 14.

Since then I have tried to clean up my act.
I practice at long range at the beginning of the season and usually qualify for taking shots out to 400 or 500 yards in wind up to 10 mph.

Since then I have killed 17 more animals, and I have not missed any long range shots.

I find I don't NEED adjustable objective or side focus to reach my 500 yard potential. I just like it for the target practices, so I buy it.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps