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TFinalshot
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Is there anyway to logically estimate bullet drift over known distance's and wind speeds? I wonder what a 30 MPH cross wind would do to a 150 gr. bullet shot from a 300 WSM at 250, 300, 350, and 400 yards?
I deliberately did not shoot a very nice mule deer buck this weekend because I did not want to wound him. I estimated him to be about 300+ and directly accross canyon. The distance was not a problem, but the 30 mph cross wind, with gusts to 45 was!
As it turned out, I sat on him for more than 3 hours thinking he would get up and move down off the cliff. Well, he got up fed around for about 10-15 minutes and some joker started blazing away at what I thought was at least 400 yard shot, could have been more, (with a 30mph cross wind) and wounded him. I'm not sure they ever found the buck. Last I saw the buck was moving up hill and into the next basin like he'd not been hit. Only problem is I know he was hit cause he went down like a tone of bricks, stayed down for about 2 minutes and then sprang to life and ran off like nothing had happened, go figure!
Finalshot
I deliberately did not shoot a very nice mule deer buck this weekend because I did not want to wound him. I estimated him to be about 300+ and directly accross canyon. The distance was not a problem, but the 30 mph cross wind, with gusts to 45 was!
As it turned out, I sat on him for more than 3 hours thinking he would get up and move down off the cliff. Well, he got up fed around for about 10-15 minutes and some joker started blazing away at what I thought was at least 400 yard shot, could have been more, (with a 30mph cross wind) and wounded him. I'm not sure they ever found the buck. Last I saw the buck was moving up hill and into the next basin like he'd not been hit. Only problem is I know he was hit cause he went down like a tone of bricks, stayed down for about 2 minutes and then sprang to life and ran off like nothing had happened, go figure!
Finalshot