szihn:
Does he use a range finder on the 'lope? And a decent rest?
Pre RFinvention days I accompanied a friend on a 'lope hunt in CO. He was a fair to middlin' competition shooter., but was shooting from a sitting position.
He badly overshot the first three bucks, several times each. On the third one, I could see his bullets hit. What he was guessing 500 yards was hardly over 200, I think.
Finally he took a shot waaaaay out there, and clipped the end of the buck's pecker off. 'Lope went over the hill a few yards and laid down but we didn't know that. In following up to look for blood, we jumped it at about 30 yards and he FINALLY had his tag punched.
I have since myself achieved a pecker shot on caribou, and then bought a rangefinder......
