I went shooting on some farm land in Kansas this past weekend. It was low 50’s, sunny and 80% humidity. We set out a target at 600 yards to start.
The mirage was horizontal and fast moving as if the wind was heavy, but after taking the gator down towards the target, it never felt faster than 5-7mph. You could see the mirage even with the naked eye.
Instead of shooting from the ground, I suggested we shoot from the back of the SUV to elevate our position and hopefully alleviate some of the mirage. It improved a little bit.
Then we moved the target back to 920 yards. I tied a small rag to the target hangar for wind guidance on direction and speed. The whole time we were there it was barely a head wind. On the way back to the shooting position, there was a small wind tornado at the 500y spot.
I managed to get 2/3 at 920 with my 18.5” 308 bolt gun. The first shot was a head wind and then the second & third hits the wind changed from left to right and used Franks wind technique which seemed to work.
Has anyone else seen a fast horizontal mirage but the wind speed doesn’t reflect that? It was my first time shooting in Kansas and on that land. Just seemed odd to me.
The mirage was horizontal and fast moving as if the wind was heavy, but after taking the gator down towards the target, it never felt faster than 5-7mph. You could see the mirage even with the naked eye.
Instead of shooting from the ground, I suggested we shoot from the back of the SUV to elevate our position and hopefully alleviate some of the mirage. It improved a little bit.
Then we moved the target back to 920 yards. I tied a small rag to the target hangar for wind guidance on direction and speed. The whole time we were there it was barely a head wind. On the way back to the shooting position, there was a small wind tornado at the 500y spot.
I managed to get 2/3 at 920 with my 18.5” 308 bolt gun. The first shot was a head wind and then the second & third hits the wind changed from left to right and used Franks wind technique which seemed to work.
Has anyone else seen a fast horizontal mirage but the wind speed doesn’t reflect that? It was my first time shooting in Kansas and on that land. Just seemed odd to me.
