05-24-2012, 01:47 PM
Hydrotech:
My apologies for taking so long to reply, the plains where we hunt are pretty open but the terrain is uneven enough that I use the contours to mask my stalk on a herd (too bad I'm old and fat enough that low crawling is not very much fun any more). In this case, we had driven by a waterhole and spotted this herd. I guessed on their most likely exit path drove around, dismounted, and made the shot. This was two weeks into the season and several folks had already tagged out from the hunting camp so the animals were pretty gunny. In previous years, my Grendel shots have been in the 250 yd. ballpark although I would trust it out to 600 yds. with a stable position and a good wind dope. My furthest prairie goat shot so far was 494 yds. (my rangefinder said 492; another guy's said 496) but that was with a .308 bolt gun.
I went to SIU too and lived in 'the Cape' for about three years in the late 70s so I have good memories. VASCAR2, sarge19_8, and I all live over by the Indiana line now. I'd be interested in how the 6.5 G works on Missouri deer. Good shooting and good luck!
V/R
pkcorc30
My apologies for taking so long to reply, the plains where we hunt are pretty open but the terrain is uneven enough that I use the contours to mask my stalk on a herd (too bad I'm old and fat enough that low crawling is not very much fun any more). In this case, we had driven by a waterhole and spotted this herd. I guessed on their most likely exit path drove around, dismounted, and made the shot. This was two weeks into the season and several folks had already tagged out from the hunting camp so the animals were pretty gunny. In previous years, my Grendel shots have been in the 250 yd. ballpark although I would trust it out to 600 yds. with a stable position and a good wind dope. My furthest prairie goat shot so far was 494 yds. (my rangefinder said 492; another guy's said 496) but that was with a .308 bolt gun.
I went to SIU too and lived in 'the Cape' for about three years in the late 70s so I have good memories. VASCAR2, sarge19_8, and I all live over by the Indiana line now. I'd be interested in how the 6.5 G works on Missouri deer. Good shooting and good luck!
V/R
pkcorc30