My first long-range precision match

[Big_bad_wolf]

I competed in my first long-range precision match and discovered that wind reading is an actual skill and I do not yet have it. This year I am tracking that and improving.

 

[Alan]

Wind has a way of schooling everyone. Keep tracking it...mastering those gusts is half the battle at long range.

 

[Blue_eyed]

My first precision match taught me something similar. Reading the wind humbled me way more than judging distance, that’s a skill you really need time to build.

 

[capturedd]

Reading the wind is a language you really only learn after it's messed you up a few times. For your first match? Think of it as just paying the tuition for that lesson.

 

[bowhunterherbie]

Our 600 yard range has flags about every 100 yards plus at the targets and near the firing line. Reading the intensity is easier with battery powered hearing protection, the wave of the flags and feeling in your face, if it is coming that way. But it is an acquired skill and a bit of luck that lets you score “x’s”.

 

[Arseen]

My first precision match really knocked me down a peg. I thought I had a handle on the wind, right up until I tried hitting steel at 800 yards. I'm trying to track my calls this season too and it's a brutal learning curve!