RE: YOUR LONGEST 1 SHOT KILL
All three of these combine the hunter's best friends: good equipment, luck and stupidity. Why else would we try long shots?
#1 whitetail off fencepost hilltop to hilltop - 478 yards with 7mm RemMag. Grossly underestimated range to be 375-400 but still got him. Six years later someone got a range finder and we measured it. Wish I had one then, cause I woulda done some REAL bragging.
#2 groundhog off sandbags on hood of truck - 529 yards with Tikka .25/06. Tried several shots over 2 summers to get that fat little pasture puppy. Laser rangefinder let me know he was 75 yards farther than I thought.
#3 whitetail deer out of permanent treestand (more like a treehouse) - 406 yards with same 7mm mag. A heated discussion and minor fist fight erupted over this one. I think I actually shot over the buck I wanted a hit a doe behind him, but my buddies were watching and thought she was in front of him. Like it mattered; I "missed" and we ate tenderoin and rib stew for dinner.
Edited by - webcicle on 02/10/2003 22:11:29