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you are more capable than you think. My grossly overweight and out of shape cardiologist shooting partner (“Do not do as I do, do as I say,” kind of doctor) on these trips has hunted almost all his adult life, and before I convinced him to go to Ohio he never shot beyond 200 yards. He was very dubious that he could reach out past 200 yards. How- ever, before the first trip was over he was comfortably shooting out to 400 yards with his .204. The answer is that modern guns,
ammunition, and scopes are just so improved. They allow you to regularly reach out and touch something at these distances. And it makes you much more comfortable taking those 200- or 300- yard shots at a big game animal. I can remember being on an elk
hunt in Wyoming and my guide spot- ted a shootable bull at 425 yards out and about 70 feet below me. I said to the guide, “I thought all the shots were to be under 200 yards.” He replied sorrowfully, “Either
you are shooting at 425 or get out of the way.” I took the shot and dropped a
750-pound elk using a .300 Weatherby Magnum with a 180-grain Partition bullet. The guide congratulated me and asked how I could shoot that well at that distance. I smugly replied, “It was bigger than a prairie dog.” In my last three hunts with Mike,
we took 40, 19, and 37 groundhogs. My last hunt I was alone and took 37 out of 40 opportunities. I missed two chippies at 200-plus yards and one at 610. On the 610 I thought I had the scope set at 24x and shot assuming each mil dot was 10.8” apart. I erroneously set the power at 32x, causing me to shoot high (one of my many senior moments). The other two misses were totally unforgivable and living proof no one is perfect. I saw the shots as gimmies and never properly got into the gun or made a good cheek weld and simply assumed my alleged ability would make up for my bad form. Well, you know what happens when
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you assume and do not maintain form and shooting discipline at all times. And I lived up to it with two “no excuses” misses at gimmies. In Ohio they seem to have ground-
hogs like New Jersey has black bears and politicians. Too many and they can use some culling. For me, the drive to Ohio is 500 miles door-to-door and I try to do it a few times a year to hunt with Mad Dog. I keep the same dates year after year. Mad Dog guides only about 70 days a year, so getting a spot can be an issue because of his repeat clients. In the last few years he has been averaging about 1,000 kills a season. Now that is impressive! Yes, I have some closer places
available to me in Pennsylvania and New York. However, when I take the time off I want to see and shoot ground- hogs and not have to guess where they may be or to look for them myself. Now, looking for them is a whole
new learning experience in and of itself. I am positive Mad Dog has superhu- man X-ray 60 power vision, and I am not kidding. I mean it literally. He can spot a still groundhog at 600 yards. He never ceases to amaze me by his visual acuity. He will tell me exactly where the groundhog is and I cannot see it. He will say only its head is sticking out and I cannot see it. There was a time I was a “doubting Thomas” and figured he was just saying it to look good and show that he was effective. To test him, I would challenge him and require him to put the gun’s scope on it. Well, I no longer question his veracity. The groundhog is always there. And, if I do not touch the gun it is in the cross hairs. Mad Dog’s ability to do this is just uncanny. I can see only movement. He can see a frozen form or just a head in the weeds at hundreds of yards. It just has to be a God-given gift that I missed. He must have given it to him in lieu of good looks and personality. Mad Dog has a “take no prisoners”
attitude when he offers recommended shooting instructions. When he says it is 337 yards, it is 337 yards. And if he says hold 2" up and 2" to the right, just do it! He will be much more accurate than your ballistic program. Do not protest it cannot be, because he will be correct. He has done it so long and has seen so many different rifles, shots, and shooters he just knows what works in his backyard.
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