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

Cheers for the advice from all .
No doubt it was a bad shot but just wanted to gauge if shooting down hill like that would play into why i missed.

Back to the range i go i think .

Thanks again

Presuming you're zeroed for the horizontal distance or TBR then I've found that I need to aim higher on the animal so that the bullet passes through the vitals rather than skimming the underbelly. I had this problem a number of times. I've since focused on the exit point for downhill shots and aimed through the animal for that. Often that means a high shoulder shot which helps to drop the animal plus it goes out the bottom opposite side lung.

I have my 308 sighted in for 180m which means for bush stalking it hits zero at 30m which is my usual distance for the bush, then 100m it's 2 inches or so high and bang on at 180m. Most of the time I'm either up close and personal or 150-250 away.