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.36Rooster said:
There really aren't any crosswinds in heavily forested mountains to worry about. Even today, i never even had to deal with that effect while shooting until i moved west of the Mississippi. Where at longer range, out here it really does matter...as far as the caliber size, a hole through the heart is a hole through the heart...and a hit anywhere else, well it put a guy out of the fight until the end of the battle when the troops roamed through to inventory the dead and collect prisoners....at which point he didn't stand a chance anyway...
Folks, this is a problem when we take too much of our modern experience and try to put it back in the day.
"Heavily Forested" back in the day usually meant Old Growth Forests where there was little ground cover, as the shade from the tree canopy did not allow enough sunlight for much ground cover. Forests with a lot of cover usually meant it had been logged off or fire had destroyed much of the old growth.
I've hunted both Old Growth and New Growth forested areas here in Virginia for quite some time, since the mid 1970's. I can tell you that even New Growth forested areas (where at times and due to the ground cover you can't make out a deer or a man beyond 30 yards) doesn't stop the wind all that much and in the Old Growth areas, hardly at all.
Gus
There really aren't any crosswinds in heavily forested mountains to worry about. Even today, i never even had to deal with that effect while shooting until i moved west of the Mississippi. Where at longer range, out here it really does matter...as far as the caliber size, a hole through the heart is a hole through the heart...and a hit anywhere else, well it put a guy out of the fight until the end of the battle when the troops roamed through to inventory the dead and collect prisoners....at which point he didn't stand a chance anyway...
Valid point.
Folks, this is a problem when we take too much of our modern experience and try to put it back in the day.
"Heavily Forested" back in the day usually meant Old Growth Forests where there was little ground cover, as the shade from the tree canopy did not allow enough sunlight for much ground cover. Forests with a lot of cover usually meant it had been logged off or fire had destroyed much of the old growth.
I've hunted both Old Growth and New Growth forested areas here in Virginia for quite some time, since the mid 1970's. I can tell you that even New Growth forested areas (where at times and due to the ground cover you can't make out a deer or a man beyond 30 yards) doesn't stop the wind all that much and in the Old Growth areas, hardly at all.
Gus
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