But lessons learned!
I could probably have posted this in a couple of the other forums but since the day started out as 1000m shooting im gona post here.
firstly a side note, iv been shooting a few years now and have been using a kestral wind meter for over a year now, when i first got it i said id use it as an aid and not totaly rely on it ie. id judge the wind by observation first and use the windmeter to check or verify my judgment , just as i use my lrf. this i stuck to for quite a while and my wind judging skills improved for it , however i slowly slipped into a lazy habit of just using the meter and today i realised that by doing this my skills have somewhat degraded.anyway this is what happened.
yesterday i set up some targets near my house at a distance of 1000 to 1050m, i put up some groups of clays and some white painted pieces of timber like falling plates,(i dont really punch paper or shoot groups i prefer re active targets much more fun imho). so i was set up and ready to go, i took out my wind meter and lo behold it was broke (the little wheel had some how fallen out and i could not fix it) so no big worrys, i judged the wind dialed my scope and fired.i was off to the side slightly , dialled adjustment and hit , normally i would with the aid of my meter get a first round hit on my big target which is 15inchs by 15inchs.so i shot for a half hour or so and then decided to go up and tidy up the targets , on the long walk to them i spotted movement in another field, i glassed it and it was a fox emerging from lying up for the day, i quickly got set up and watched him , experience told me he would stop and sit after coming out from sleeping all day so he could have a bit of a smell around , on queue he did stop and sit , lookink me straight on, i lasered him at 811meters then realised , shock horror , no windmeter! i took my time judged the wind dialled my scope and fired , boom .. miss!a half mil to the right , id put too much on,result 1 fox missed and now running at warp speed.
i reckon i would have nailed him had i got my windmeter and read the wind correct, this got me to thinking and i relised id let my skills slip by relying on equipment.equipment is great but you cant beat old school skills of observation and should be able to call on them at any time .
maybe the best lessons you learn are from your failures !
I could probably have posted this in a couple of the other forums but since the day started out as 1000m shooting im gona post here.
firstly a side note, iv been shooting a few years now and have been using a kestral wind meter for over a year now, when i first got it i said id use it as an aid and not totaly rely on it ie. id judge the wind by observation first and use the windmeter to check or verify my judgment , just as i use my lrf. this i stuck to for quite a while and my wind judging skills improved for it , however i slowly slipped into a lazy habit of just using the meter and today i realised that by doing this my skills have somewhat degraded.anyway this is what happened.
yesterday i set up some targets near my house at a distance of 1000 to 1050m, i put up some groups of clays and some white painted pieces of timber like falling plates,(i dont really punch paper or shoot groups i prefer re active targets much more fun imho). so i was set up and ready to go, i took out my wind meter and lo behold it was broke (the little wheel had some how fallen out and i could not fix it) so no big worrys, i judged the wind dialed my scope and fired.i was off to the side slightly , dialled adjustment and hit , normally i would with the aid of my meter get a first round hit on my big target which is 15inchs by 15inchs.so i shot for a half hour or so and then decided to go up and tidy up the targets , on the long walk to them i spotted movement in another field, i glassed it and it was a fox emerging from lying up for the day, i quickly got set up and watched him , experience told me he would stop and sit after coming out from sleeping all day so he could have a bit of a smell around , on queue he did stop and sit , lookink me straight on, i lasered him at 811meters then realised , shock horror , no windmeter! i took my time judged the wind dialled my scope and fired , boom .. miss!a half mil to the right , id put too much on,result 1 fox missed and now running at warp speed.
i reckon i would have nailed him had i got my windmeter and read the wind correct, this got me to thinking and i relised id let my skills slip by relying on equipment.equipment is great but you cant beat old school skills of observation and should be able to call on them at any time .
maybe the best lessons you learn are from your failures !
