Thread: How to calculate shooting angle?

Greetings once more, @TimC from your number of posts and your query I suspect that you may be newish to this hunting thing. I should say right now that I am no great hunter but one thing that I have learnt over the years is that setting up for longer range shooting needs to adhere to the KISS principal KISS stands for "Keep It Simple Stupid". In practise the means keeping the steps needed for taking a shot as simple as possible. Out to 250 metres or so you should be able to take a shot without the need to range and dial if your scope is zeroed for 200 metres. You just need to know that the shot actually is 250 metres or less. You can do this using your scopes reticle to bracket the deer's body. Once you get past that you will need to range and adjust for that. For this you need to be able to do it with a minimum of kit and faffing around. If you have a TBR range finder and better still one that spits out the correction use that. If you want to make calculated corrections at even longer range by all means do that. Dry practice is good for getting the time needed to make adjustments and practice shooting at range even better. Practice really does make perfect or a least a lot better in the hills.
A long time ago a friend related a tale of woe. He had spotted a deer in a shootable position and had got out his drop chart, measured the angle and ranged it but by the time he had his rifle set up the deer had gone. Range 130 yards. I kid you not.
Regards Grandpamac.