dusterdave173
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We decided last December that we would travel from NC to SD and try it. Being rookies we thought a guide would be best--Booked Willie Dvorak at Jim River Guide Service. After it was all said and done we had a ball and learned a Ton!
Willie did exactly what he promised--things went smooth and we had two days of "all you could shoot". I did not know what to expect--and when we go back next year it will be a different ball game as far as how many we hit. It was Tough to figure it all out. First day it was overwhelming--PD's from 300 to 600 and beyond--I found myself shooting at 300 then skipping out to 500 and back --I was no danger to the PD's--Rangefinder was of little use--I know now it is for aiming back to the truck from out in the field to see how far the shot was--aiming out to the field just did not work. I wound up walking in the hits to find elevation. Needless to say I did not kill a lot the first day though I did get hits out to 500.
We had Plenty of targets and had a lot of fun first day.
Day two we saw that finding elevation at a certain range and Staying there for a while was best--shoot until they were all done at that range--Then find another group--get elevation figured out and start on them--Repeat. We had much better success and killed some PD's. I spotted one fat dog on a mound at about 600--I worked my hits into him to the point I was hitting an inch left then an inch right then an inch low or high--determined to get him I fired over 90 rounds--I threw dirt on him almost every one of them--My partner said are you going to kill him or bury him alive?--I guess nobody here would admit that but you know--we were raw rookies--In the end we had more fun than we could imagine--we Will do it again next year. Most fun I have ever had with a firearm!!
Willie did exactly what he promised--things went smooth and we had two days of "all you could shoot". I did not know what to expect--and when we go back next year it will be a different ball game as far as how many we hit. It was Tough to figure it all out. First day it was overwhelming--PD's from 300 to 600 and beyond--I found myself shooting at 300 then skipping out to 500 and back --I was no danger to the PD's--Rangefinder was of little use--I know now it is for aiming back to the truck from out in the field to see how far the shot was--aiming out to the field just did not work. I wound up walking in the hits to find elevation. Needless to say I did not kill a lot the first day though I did get hits out to 500.
We had Plenty of targets and had a lot of fun first day.
Day two we saw that finding elevation at a certain range and Staying there for a while was best--shoot until they were all done at that range--Then find another group--get elevation figured out and start on them--Repeat. We had much better success and killed some PD's. I spotted one fat dog on a mound at about 600--I worked my hits into him to the point I was hitting an inch left then an inch right then an inch low or high--determined to get him I fired over 90 rounds--I threw dirt on him almost every one of them--My partner said are you going to kill him or bury him alive?--I guess nobody here would admit that but you know--we were raw rookies--In the end we had more fun than we could imagine--we Will do it again next year. Most fun I have ever had with a firearm!!