04-29-2008, 10:19 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Washington
Posts: 2,597
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Originally Posted by bwaites
Things we learned:
1) Trust yourself to make the shot.
2) EVERYONE misses sometime! (I'll NEVER believe the 600 yard running deer shot where the guy held it just on the upper shoulder and the wind was blowing 20 MPH again!)
3) Communication is king!
4) Knowing your scope is important.
5) Doping wind is an art and science all in one.
6) Even I can make 700 yard shots, and 380 yard shots CAN be routine!
7) Practice is good, GOOD practice is better, instructed practice is BEST!
8) There are LOTS of good people out there!
9) Young eyes and steady hands learn fast!
10) I enjoyed myself immensely!
Thanks to LR1955 for the invite, and, if you have a chance, go to Boomershoot 2009!
Bill
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Bill:
Excellent and very accurate AAR. Bill understated the conditions on Friday. I never used my anemometer more than that day -- mostly out of curiosity. We got a real bad ice pellet storm at about 1300 with full value winds from 15 - 35 mph but mostly hovering around 25. Almost a white out. The ice pellet storms let off by 1500 but we were still using four to six minutes right wind for hits at 380. Saturday was cool but clear. Sunday was warm with very little wind.
I couldn't have written this AAR any better and it was a great pleasure to have worked with Bill and his sons.
LR1955
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