Thread: Longer Range Shots

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 shooting location and at target. Take a look at @Norway website THLR.com for some super practical how too video. Windcalls are a skill that need practice and can always be improved...

Originally Posted by Hunty1

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 shooting location and at target. Take a look at @Norway website THLR.com for some super practical how too video. Windcalls are a skill that need practice and can always be improved...

This makes sense- wind accelerates uphill. But even if the gully is lined with trees?

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

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Originally Posted by Eat Meater

This makes sense- wind accelerates uphill. But even if the gully is lined with trees?

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

@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 generally invisible in empty space this can be hard to gauge. Basically the higher the bullet travels obove the ground the higher the windspeed is likely to be effecting it.
Hopefully makes sense?