Eat Meater as an analogy wind is a bit like water. If you think of your gully as a stream and the wind is the water flow the velocity is lowest at the banks and highest at the middle. As wind is...
Liked On: 03-04-2024, 04:06 PM
Unprepared, uneducated and poorly proficient hunters, such as myself, are also able to make multitudes of cockups at substantially closer ranges too.
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 10:03 PM
I will endeavour to give your question a go with some generalisations - It seems you are doing a lot right and have found sign and deer - now you need to find stags - firstly I would imagine the...
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 05:38 PM
This is a great resource https://defensiveedge.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/READING-THE-WIND.pdf
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 05:22 PM
Before Easter we put up a gong "range" for sighting in. It ran from 200 to 720 yds, there was a swirling light to medium breeze from the left. Almost everyone started applying windage at 300 yds and...
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 05:02 PM
540y is a long shot in a hunting situation and any wind would need to be allowed for. Also remember if shooting over a "gap" eg your gully windspeed will be alot higher than what you observe at...
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 05:00 PM
Shot a hind on Sunday night at 540 yds across a gully with a 143 ELD-X. Elevation was spot on but ended up hitting her bit to far back of the shoulder. Light southerly blowing down the gully but not...
Liked On: 02-04-2024, 05:00 PM
Greetings All, Today is the 61st anniversary of my first ever trip into the Kawekas on which I fired a rifle (at a rock) and saw my first deer in the wild. I have posted about this previously....
Liked On: 01-04-2024, 06:02 PM
Fine. Thaw in fridge overnight.
Liked On: 01-04-2024, 05:29 PM
Another good honest story and congrats on 1st deer. As far as takeaway lessons, number 2 is the most valid and applies to number 1, the 30cm won't all be wind. There are plenty of people who...
Liked On: 01-04-2024, 12:22 PM
kind offer from you Longshot a good bugger
Liked On: 31-03-2024, 11:10 PM
I have Jefferson Outdoor flush hinged bottom metals in stock for both 223 & 6.5G These come complete with mag box, follower & spring, extremely well made
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 02:34 PM
Forgot to put Canada geese on that list
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 02:30 PM
blackbirds...yip they can have all of the bastard things,the sooner they get rid of them the better.
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 02:29 PM
Yup, just imagine if T&T actually fronted up to the FWF and said "youre doing a great job with reducing numbers of deer and running the predator traplines - how can we help, lets join forces for the...
Liked On: 28-03-2024, 12:13 PM