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At about mid-field, a large doe stood up and walked directly across my end of the field. She was at or close to 200 yards and standing in a location that presented a clean, clear shot. I was using a set of Bog Pod shooting sticks, and they were extended to my full shoulder height. Moving back against a fence post so as to steady myself against the gusting wind, I locked down my crosshairs, dropped a half breath from my lungs, and touched off a round, which consisted of a 55-grain Norma ORYX soft nose bullet. At the shot, the .22-250 Remington was sent downrange by the Savage Predator turnbolt rifle. The doe shuddered a bit, then turned away, breaking into a slow trot toward some higher-standing cornstalks.

Knowing the drill that had taken place all to often in my 50-plus years of hunting whitetail, I moved my rifle scope sight immediately to the far side of the thick cornstalk stand and waited for the old girl to emerge. Show up she did. Now the range had been extended another 50 to 75 yards yards, and I was wishing for my tried and true .25-06 pushing a 117-grain Sierra boattail bullet as loaded by Federal Cartridge. This was my go-to load in most cases on the wide-open western South Dakota prairies, but today I was in a test mode, and as such the .22-250 had gotten the call that cold windy morning.