Shooting software, apps, etc.

[yobuck]

O K Winnie for Hair Boxers benefit, im going to run a simple scenario by you.

Youve had a second job for 3 years saving for a trophy mule deer hunt in Colorado.
Your Savage 338 Lapua is just tearing ragged hole groups with 300 Bergers.
You feel confident out to about 1500 yds if necessary in taking a shot at a trophy.
You have your favorite ipod program, a Kestral wind meter with all the information it produces,
and 2 very good rangefinders. Your information has been set up for the 7000' + elevation you will be hunting in.
Your on the last day of your hunt which so far has produced nothing. But now at 11 am your guide has found a 30" plus
muley laying down in thick oak brush. You can clearly see his head, neck and most of his shoulders. You will be shooting
across a wide deep valley with a large stream. Both your rangefinders say almost the same distance at 1240 yds.
Your Kestral says 10 mph left to right wind. But youve also noted hawks flying above that seemingly never flap their wings.
Also youve noticed some airborne leaves on the opposite side occaisionaly. Your prone/bipod shooting position will be marginaly
comfortable due to the uneven terrain and the bipod will be at full elevation due to that also. Your guide has warned that a close
miss will probably end your oppurtunity. Besides that your heart is pounding much faster than normal and the hair you dont have keeps
getting in your face. Youve grown very confident in you ability in using your equiptment while practicing at home. But for some
reason you dont feel the same right now. Youve already dialed in all the information as gathered from your devices. But your guides
fears of one shot keep entering your mind and this aint no paper target and there aint no tomorrow.
The option you have although not without risk, is to swing say 100' to the left and send a shot at the base of a small tree
just where it touches the ground. It will certainly alert the deer but will it make him run off? The solid information gathered from the shot
might be worth the risk? The guide just shrugs his shoulders on the idea and leaves it as your call.
So Winnie, theres 2 out in the last of the ninth in game 7 and your up. What would you do?

[Hair_Boxers]

What would you do?

I pass on the shot and use every minute of legal hunting time to close the distance and eliminate variables that stand between me and a clean ethical shot that I am comfortable making every time first round.

Worst case Muley and tree both live to see another day, and I go home with great memories and a stalk story from the trip. Best case we pull it off we have an even more epic story about the rack hanging on the wall.

That's just me and how I operate in the field. Others would take that shot on the chance they could make it. I value a clean kill and not having the weight of a potentially wounded animal on my conscience.

[Stockrex]

I pass on the shot and use every minute of legal hunting time to close the distance and eliminate variables that stand between me and a clean ethical shot that I am comfortable making every time first round.

Worst case Muley and tree both live to see another day, and I go home with great memories and a stalk story from the trip. Best case we pull it off we have an even more epic story about the rack hanging on the wall.

That's just me and how I operate in the field. Others would take that shot on the chance they could make it. I value a clean kill and not having the weight of a potentially wounded animal on my conscience.

Here is my perspective being a new hunter

First a fancy wind meter that you hold in your hand is worthless when you are hunting out in rough terrain and shooting 1000 yards.
Any gaming infraction in CO is a felony. If your going to take a shot an animal, you better pray and make sure that you are able to track the darn thing.

Assuming that planets are all lined up in your favor and you take the shot, what happens if the muley moves in the seconds it takes your bullet reach him?
work hard to get close to the animal or have your buddies drive it towards you.

[yobuck]

Here is my perspective being a new hunter

First a fancy wind meter that you hold in your hand is worthless when you are hunting out in rough terrain and shooting 1000 yards.
Any gaming infraction in CO is a felony. If your going to take a shot an animal, you better pray and make sure that you are able to track the darn thing.

Assuming that planets are all lined up in your favor and you take the shot, what happens if the muley moves in the seconds it takes your bullet reach him?
work hard to get close to the animal or have your buddies drive it towards you.

Well then the whole thing wouldnt apply to you because you wouldnt have placed youself in that situation anyway.
And thats fine, its your call how you go about hunting.
You know what, i dont own a windmeter and i dont know anybody else who does.