incredible

[petey]

I brought out 2 newbies this year who never heard of such a thing, let alone witness it or do it. Both are now talking about it all the time and said it was "the best thing they ever did!"

Shooting is fun, but sometimes I enjoy being the spotter even more. Nothing like watching that bullet trace all the way to impact. No muzzle break on my gun, so if its less than 700 yards, I'm out of luck seeing a bullet impact.

[bigbrother]

Taking newbies is always a hoot! I can still see Mike Gallup's face when he killed his first deer at long range. When we first got there, he looked at the mountain in disbelief. Sort of like "what in the world are we doing here". 20 minutes later he had taken a deer on that mountain as was grinning from ear to ear. Another kid that we took a couple of years ago was the same way. It's really fun to see their reaction when you find a deer, walk them through the steps and then have them be the trigger man.

Most don't realize how long it takes for a bullet to travel that far either. When you're used to shooting at 100 or even 200 yards, it's easy to get used to the instantaneous bullet impact. Like petey says, when it stretches out there, you can recover from the recoil and watch you own bullet hit. Pretty neat...