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Probably 3-5%. Longest 440. However, I'm ok with having it and not needing it so that I don't find myself needing it and not having it. Then again, I don't mind an extra 8 oz on my rifle. Maybe some of you should trim 8 oz off your ass if weight is a problem, wild to me how the "manly" thing to do on here is whine about scopes because they weigh 28 oz instead of 20 oz.
I jest I jest.
Sorta.
(Ducking) We should definitely take advice on hunting from a Southerner who's been on one Western elk hunt. Great source of quality information.
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Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, Iād rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Aināt easy havin pals.
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Most of my shots are over 150. Just about all my food plots/ag fields/corn piles are closer to 200 yards.
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Probably 3-5%. Longest 440. However, I'm ok with having it and not needing it so that I don't find myself needing it and not having it. Then again, I don't mind an extra 8 oz on my rifle. Maybe some of you should trim 8 oz off your ass if weight is a problem, wild to me how the "manly" thing to do on here is whine about scopes because they weigh 28 oz instead of 20 oz.
I jest I jest.
Sorta.
(Ducking) We should definitely take advice on hunting from a Southerner who's been on one Western elk hunt. Great source of quality information. Edit: My bad for trying to take the thread off the rails, didnāt think itād be that incendiary.
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Funny. So if I take a good crap itās like having a NULA instead of my heavy Ruger M77. Maybe thatās why I never noticed the weight before.
Exlax = Mountain Rifle. LOL
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Keep your powder dry and stay frosty my friends.
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I'd say about less than 5%. If my bullets somehow magically vaporized at 150 yds, it would have little impact on my hunting.
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God, Family, and Country.
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This chit is never not funny. On one side of the fence are the guys that say you are a chitty hunter if you can't sneak closer, and to the others, you are a chitty shot if you can't place a good hit on a buck at or over 500 yards away. Why fight over it? Learn to do both. Easy enough...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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This chit is never not funny. On one side of the fence are the guys that say you are a chitty hunter if you can't sneak closer, and to the others, you are a chitty shot if you can't place a good hit on a buck at or over 500 yards away. Why fight over it? Learn to do both. Easy enough... More fun to fight, maybe? 90% of the critters where I hunt tend to start at 300 yards. Many of you have seen my playground. It may be longer than some of you have experienced, and probably shorter than others have hunted. Itās just where I live and hunt. I didnāt create the frickān landscape. Itās what I grew up with...So, itās normal to me to be looking at a 300-700 yard shot. If I hunted roads then maybe Iād get the 150 yarder... I prefer to hunt away from the orange hats and road warrior crowds. Hiking in several miles provides better hunting and shot opportunities on fur that arenāt pressured by the onslaught of people hitting the woods. When I have gotten a close shot...Itās been great...but I donāt feel like Iāve done anything different than when Iāve taken a critter at 500 yards. Both eat just the same. Some members like to make a lot of noise about shots at distances they have determined is too far - As both unethical or not really hunting...Itās fun for me to read their BS knowing that if they ever saw the size and scope of Western hunting they would understand why they sound like an idiot...š
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog
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I'd say well under 5 percent for me.
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I'd guestimate maybe 15-20% are over 150 yards, which is fine with me. I'm pretty surprised to see how few often have shots over 150.
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Where I currently hunt, only about 10% of my shots are over 150 yards.
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Iād say pretty close to 50% of my kills are 200 yards and in.
Most of the elk I kill are between 300-400 yards. Only a few past 400 and only 1 past 500...
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Most are over because I set up for that. Ed k
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