I love Prairie Dog shooting. After about 8 years I have found what I think is a great combination for consistant dogs from 50-450 Yards with a .223. The scope makes all the difference.
Let me preface this by telling you that my brother in law and I are each similarly rigged as we always go together. The scope we use, and we now have a total of 5 of them on our rifles, is the Burris Eliminator II. This scope has reduced our ammo usage by 75% is not more. It is a laser rangefinding scope that has a light on the vertical crosshair that indicates the proper hold for the exact cartridge you are shooting. Touch the button, you get a read out in yards or meters similar to 376y. Put the little light on the dog and he is flipped off the mound. Our single shot kills are higher than 90% when we do our part.
Windage isnt a big factor in our shooting because we set up with the wind in our face or at our back. For crosswind shots, we get the correct windage hold pretty fast. The newest Eliminator III has a windage feature and some improvements but the cost difference isnt worth it to me.
We shoot a lot of dogs. We reload to afford it and it is still expensive. We are so consistant with hits that we most often let the other guy also range the shot and watch our hits. If there are more than one dog, we shoot simultaneously.
This scope is the most fun I have had shooting in many years. Give it a look!
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