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Seems kinda like using a 12” ruler to try to measure something 8 feet long by guessing after the first foot.



Unless everything you measure is a foot or less

I bet that made perfect sense last night.

You, uhhhhh, ever hunted east of the Mississippi?

The OP is the guy who watches a dozen rutting bucks mosey into a privet hedge thicket while he is fiddling with his scope.

Context is pretty important when making a statement like that.

I honestly can’t remember the last buck i shot that wasn’t moving at at least a fast walk.

Longest shot on an elk I’ve ever made I had 10-15 seconds to make the shot from the time I saw him.

Lol……

Based on the last 30 plus years of hunting I am pretty sure I'd do fine with a set and forget scope. I don't own any as I do like dialing in most western situations. So whatever I guess. Sure has been a long winter.

Wait til he learns you can hit something with open sights, the OG set and forget. Those little fuggers are a bitch to dial when deer are pouring through inside 40 yards...

I've made one-shot kills from 400 yards in to less than 20 yards with the same rifle with a "set and forget" scope. I guess some of us can manage with that 12" ruler.

That’s about 12 seconds more than the whitetail buck I shot at about 80 yards this past November as it snuck through a slough full of button willows.

I've set my Leupold VarX-III 2.5x8 on my 30/06 at 3" high 40 years ago. It's killed everything I shot at. Never had to reset or adjust. Use the same 180 grain load for everything. Simple

A 12" ruler is all that is needed to kill stacks a critters in Missouri

30 big game animals so far and numerous coyotes with this particular rifle
Closest was 19 yards, furthest 372.
Haven't touched the scope since dialing it at 200 meters years ago, and it has been on and off the rifle several times, because I like to use the irons as well.
Cat

I set my rifles up for 3-31/2” high (depending on cartridge/load). It’s worked for 40years. Most of the shots have been 3-400yds. I’ve never had an issue at closer ranges even though bullets can be 4-5” high at their zenith. As I think about my hunting, particularly out west, time to range, read the wind and dial would have prevented a majority of my shots. I know my trajectories and wind drifts, but at the ranges I find myself most comfortable with, I find Kentucky windage has worked just fine. While I’ve killed deer, antelope and elk at 600yds plus, i choose not to shoot unwounded animals at those ranges because of difficulty gauging different wind currents, and more importantly, that an animal might move as I squeeze off a shot. Just my experience.

I do own a number of scopes that have the mechanics to dial reliably but have only used them on the range or on prairie dogs.

The wife's 300 win has a Leupold VX3 6x42, with a LRD reticle, on it. The only load shot through this gun is factory Nosler Custom 200 grain accubonds. She has run it for the last 20+ years on elk, bear, and many deer. Our daughter has used it on occasion, as have myself. The gun has not missed a season.

In those 20+ years, during preseason sight verification of a 200 yard zero, the windage cap has been off the scope once....for an adjustment of 2 clicks. The elevation cap has not been removed. This gun cuts holes at 100 yards, everytime.

Her favorite hayfield is 497 yards to the far fence line. The other side of the fence is the bedding area, and owned by someone who allows no hunting OR deer recovery. Any deer along that fence, must be anchored in it's tracks, requiring high shoulder shots. She is 100% on about a dozen deer, along that fence.

Simple scope, simple reticle, and no fussing with knobs or power settings....just a killing machine out to 500 yards.

Andy3

Always a lot of painting with a broad brush on the fire. Where I hunt while not impossible to have a chance to dial but there is generally no time or need.

Translation: “I have a hard time getting within 400 yards of a game animal”

The bigger question is how many holes will it cut...everytime?