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how many inches

Postby firementl23 » 08 02, 2013 •  [Post 1]

how many inches is a normal size bull from belly to shoulder? I am shooting a 3 pin sight 20 yards 30 and 40 then for a 50 yards I put the 40yard pin on the of the target that's 36 in hight and it hits 15in from the top.
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Re: how many inches

Postby easeup » 08 02, 2013 •  [Post 2]

I would guess about 30" but I never really measured.
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Re: how many inches

Postby GetemDuck » 08 02, 2013 •  [Post 3]

so you have 15 inches of drop with 40 yard pin at 50 yards, an elk is somewhere around 30 to 35 inches belly to back bone so if you held on his back bone you would hit dies centerish.

sounds like it should work :)
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