I am a surveyor by trade. This week I was doing an oil field related survey on a ranchers land. We got to chatting about hunting, then to rifles, then to long distance percision shooting. H mentioned he had what he called a flat 10 hectare pasture field against the river that he said would probably fit my needs.
I had the GPS set up already, so we picked a suitable fireing point, and I proceeded to percisely measure out 100 yard increments, and stake them. I ended up with an isolated corridor 50m wide, and 1200m long! Here is the sweet part, across the 1200m, the ground elevation differs by only 46 cm!
The new "range" runs parallel to the river on the left, with mature poplar and birch as a buffer, and on the right is side slope climbing 120m in elevation. The Range lies from the nw to se, for all intents and purposes the same direction as the prevailing winds! The butt of the range is just prior to a bend in the river, so I have another 600m if I want the target to climb in elevation, and then flat hill side with heavy poplar and bush for a back stop! Its only 1/2 hour from where I live. I cant wait to put it to use.
I had the GPS set up already, so we picked a suitable fireing point, and I proceeded to percisely measure out 100 yard increments, and stake them. I ended up with an isolated corridor 50m wide, and 1200m long! Here is the sweet part, across the 1200m, the ground elevation differs by only 46 cm!
The new "range" runs parallel to the river on the left, with mature poplar and birch as a buffer, and on the right is side slope climbing 120m in elevation. The Range lies from the nw to se, for all intents and purposes the same direction as the prevailing winds! The butt of the range is just prior to a bend in the river, so I have another 600m if I want the target to climb in elevation, and then flat hill side with heavy poplar and bush for a back stop! Its only 1/2 hour from where I live. I cant wait to put it to use.
