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Thread: Missed a shot 150 m shooting straight down a hill . Need opinions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Canty View Post
    Looking for opinions on a hunt i just came back from .

    I missed a shot on a deer 180m away on a fairly sharp downward slope.

    Should i have aimed low because of the slope ?Or at that distance would i be okay aiming dead on target ?

    Looking for thoughts on this or tips for downward slope shooting.

    For reference , im using a 308 with a 3-9-40 scope .
    Probably should consider that sometimes we just plain miss. For no other reason than operator error.
    Overkill is still dead.

 

 

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