Flat shooting - a number of definitions above. Some of them accurate, some of them useful, few of them functional when it actually comes to putting a bullet in the correct place. I always recommend (and with those who learn to hunt with me I insist) knowing something about the ballistics of your gun/ammunition/bullet is required. Of course it is a learning curve as we learn bit-by-bit, just as we forget bit-by-bit. I always suggest a written table travel with every field gun and that it is read before it is needed. I review mine at the start of most field walks and just as I start a stalk. Below are examples of what they look like. These ones I have developed myself through shooting the gun/ammo combination at the different distances but using a calculated one is a good place to start. Working from a benchmark matters in my opinion.
.270 - piece of tape has been on the gun 25 years (200yd zero)
.50 cal inline (150yd zero)
7mm08 with scope info included (200yd zero)
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