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I need input on how big a buffalo is in the scope at apprx. 60 yards. To be more specific..: I can estimate the distance to a roedeer by using my scope. If the deer, standing broadside, fills the gap between the thick beams of a german #4 reticle, then it is about 100meter/yards away. Is there a similar trick when using duplex, say at 2x power? I'd be happy to hear about it. | ||
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big enough not to worry about range. You'll be close. & you're shooting at a big target. I think the furthest I every shot a buff was about 75 yards, and the closest was about 15. | |||
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Huh? Just sight-in for 100 yards (m) and don't try to shoot a buff at anything over that. You just might have other things to worry about than getting out the "computer" to see how many meters the buff might be.  ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Thanks a lot guys. But that is not what I adressed. I am not worried about ranging during the hunt. I agree with you that the distance will be so short and the buff so big that it is not worth mentioning.  I better tell you what I need the information for... In scandinavia we have a poster Called "the click". "The Click" is used for dry fire practise and has about 3 rows of Moose or Roedeer in different sizes on it, to imitate different shooting distances. I wish to make something similar with Buffalo, imitating a distance of ..say 60 yrds. I will then use it for dry fire practise to get the right "firing picture" for buff and for getting myself fired up in this otherwise eventless period of waiting. Hope this helps. | |||
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Niels, Got you, and it's a praiseworthy practice: Dry firing for gunmounting and trigger control while keeping enthusiasm up. Only problem is that many of us do not use scopes when we hunt dangerous game. I've shot elephant and buffalo with iron sights--all at under 50 meters. Don't know whether you are comfortable with iron sights, but it might be a good practice to while away time until safari... Regards, Tim | |||
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Niels, the cape buffalo bull is about 5 feet high at the top of the shoulder. With this you can lay out your target, and check the picture in your scope at evey distance for yourself. I'd take a picture through your scope at each range, and compare them later. If you know someone with an old 8 mm movie or slide projector, use it to project a picture of a cape buffalo onto a wall, or piece of cardboard, till it is exactly 5 feet high at the shoulder, then trace around the outline of the image with a felt tip pin. This will give you a life size picture! Make your targets with this outline, and place them at different ranges. Hope this will help you! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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If you couldn't hit the buffalo with a ripe tomato, he's too far to shoot at. | |||
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Niels would another way of asking this be, "If a Moose and Cape Buffalo were standing side by side, how high up on the Moose would the Buff come. Would they be the same length? " Does that make sense? Sounds like you simply want to scale a target. | |||
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If he fills your 2X scope from side to side he is plenty close enough. Or you can find an old volkswagon beetle to shoot. It will be about the same size and weight.  Seriously the only reason you need to know distance is to correct for bullet drop. Your PH won't let you shoot one that is so far away that you need to be concerened about bullert drop. | |||
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It looks like some of you have understood what I mean to make. Sorry if you have not all understood, but my english is't any better than this. Yes I simply wish to scale a target. Scale it on a poster/photo so it will be looking as if it was 50-60 yrds. away, when using my scope or Irons, when I am standing ...say 10 feet away from the poster. Simply copying the idea of "The Click" poster mentioned earlier. The shoulder height of 5' can be used for this scaling down. but I still need lenght and width dim. How long and how wide is a buffalo? | |||
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Find yourself a 1500 lb. heifer or young dairy bull and measure him would be your best bet, then go from there, in fact your local vet could probably give you those measurements.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Now that is a good idea. A dairy bull should be about the same size. Why didn't I think of that myself. I'll go take the picture today, there is a meadow full of cattle about a mile from my house. I'll be back with the result. | |||
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How close do you think this one is?  THE LUCKIEST HUNTER ALIVE! | |||
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9'7-55/64"??  "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." -Thomas Paine, "American Crisis" | |||
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The exact answer is, "Too damm close!" THE LUCKIEST HUNTER ALIVE! | |||
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Followed by the famous last words, "Aw, it's only a young cow."  "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." -Thomas Paine, "American Crisis" | |||
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Get the Boddington on Buffalo video... They explain some good methods of judging from the field. | |||
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