If you think you won't hit your target, you will...Murphy's Law

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Daxx

Daxx

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When I was a kid I lived out in the middle of Nowhere. I had a sling shot, and let me tell you, I could not hit the side of a barn with it. So one day I was walking down our back country road and saw one of those small round reflectors on a pole on the road to Nowhere. I thought, what the heck, I probably can't hit that anyway, so I took aim, released, and saw the nice reflector bust into pieces. Darn the luck! My Dad would kill me if he knew I was destroying county property and I never in a million years thought I would hit it and especially on the first shot!

Fast forward 25 years...

I'm back home visiting Nowhere again. I'm sighting in my Vulcan at 50 yards and it's looking pretty good, but the wind is picking up to about 10mph and I'm about to call it a day. I'm packing it in and I see that same reflector (obviously replaced by the county) about 130 yards away on the road to Nowhere. I'm thinking...what are the odds after 25 years? Should I? Oh what the heck it couldn't happen again so I'll try just one shot. So I pull out my handy Strelok app and punch in 130 yards, wind speed, and wind direction. Wow, it's moved the impact point a lot on my reticle and I'm just guessing at the weather anyway. I take aim - fire! CRACK! I hit it on the first try and once again the reflector is gone. Are you kidding me???? I just can't believe it!!! If that had been anything other than that darn reflector, I would never be able to hit it at that distance and in the wind.

DAMN YOU MURPHY!!!

Now I have childhood guilt compounded with adult guilt -- baggage man...baggage. No more reflector hunting for me.

Daxx
 
Just a couple of weeks ago I had a couple of pest birds I was trying to get a shot at, one went to a tall dead tree that is 70 yards from where I shoot in the back yard. (At that distance I have to give it a mil-dot of elevation to be right on) One of my target birds lands and sits in the tree but has a branch "Y" right in front of him, I only had the neck and head visible at 70 yards, I waited a while but it was getting late and said "what the hay" I gave it a mil-dot of elevation and took the shot, next thing I see is a bird falling backwards. WOW!
Funny thing is right before I shot I said "I not gonna hit him but I'll scare the snot out of him"
 
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