You would think if you are going to hunt Marco Polo you would have practiced with your rifle a bit more. Quite a few missed shots...

The sheer number of sheep seen is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtAJU1aT30

Wow!

tough to tell how long those shots were but I agree. If I was forking over the $ for an argali hunt I would make sure I was in top form!

Must have been a new gun.

Don't think I would have posted all those misses on the internet either...

The look on the poor guides face.....priceless.

What disgusts me is the second hunter's first shot hits the back leg of the argali - you can see it swinging around as it runs away (which I understand is part of hunting, but hard to swallow after all those misses). Even worse, his follow-up shot appears to hit the argali's other back leg forcing the animal to just sit down and wait to be finished off. Even the first hunter was able to put a bullet in the boiler room when he finally connects!

We all miss and/or make poor shots at some point in time, but I certainly wouldn't be posting a video of it on youtube - especially when you've got multiple examples all in one video!

... okay, end rant.

Frenchies...

Thank you for posting. Seeing all those Marco Polo sheep brings back great memories of Tajikistan and the Pamirs.

Well it looks like to me there was a fair amount of wind to go along with the distances. Its hard to tell, as painful as it it is to watch. Plenty of sheep, over how many days or weeks they don't say. Looks high and cold and that has an effect on a flat lander and his or her's shooting.

According to the text, the last hunter, Robert, had his rifle shooting 50 cm (20 inches) to the right, explaining why he missed the first Argali in front and hit the second so far back. Range on the first, according to the dialogue was 150 meters. Don't know about the one he got, but the PH said to shoot four inches high on the second shot, once the wounded beast stopped....

Might not have checked his zero once he arrived int he hunting area but can't tell from the video.

Regards

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According to the text, the last hunter, Robert, had his rifle shooting 50 cm (20 inches) to the right

Shooting your rifle a couple of times when you arrive in camp seems like a good way to prevent this.

I know the PH pretty well.
The hunter checked his rifle before going on the field.
They don't know what happened, maybe the scope was hurt during the hunt.

I am not an expert and I do not condone poor shooting practices.My question is, how does high altitude where the air can be very thin affect shooting?Am I wrong in my assumption? Thanks for your inputs.

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Locksley,R.

I wonder how much of the poor shooting was due to the extra clothing, gloves & cold windy weather!! It must be pretty difficult to simulate those conditions during practice on the range.

I wish I had easier access to mountians to practice shooting in those conditions. I am a much better than average shooter with a rifle and I have had some performance problems shooting on steep inclines and declines. I have noticed a problem with elevated impact even at long distances. I haven't put it all together yet but mountian shooting is a different game than shooting coyotes on the prairie.

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Originally posted by RobinOLocksley:
I am not an expert and I do not condone poor shooting practices.My question is, how does high altitude where the air can be very thin affect shooting?Am I wrong in my assumption? Thanks for your inputs.

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Locksley,R.

I shoot at long range in both Arizona (barely above sea level) and on our land in Colorado ( about 8750 feet if I recall). The increase in altitude will cause bullets to hit high; I often shoot at 700 yards and if I recall the correction is about 5 clicks using a 300 RUM. Again, I would have to check my notes. Incidentally, that is a difference in impact of over 8 inches, enough to cause a miss. One more reason never to take a shot at an animal at a range you don't practice regularly.