RE: Hunters, what is the longest shot you have ever taken?
My longest SHOT is 1200yrds (that' s the full length of my range), I' ve got a 48" diameter gong style suspended steel target (hearing that thing ring is pretty much the only way you know you hit it at that far, without driving down there or having a spotting scope, which mine was stolen the same week I finished my range).
My longest successful shot on game is one and the same as my longest attempted shot, 541yrds on a coyote with a pure stock Ruger m77 .30-06 (lazer and parallax verified range). Shot won me $400, two buddies and I were hunting, set up in between two rows of large round bales, I told them I spotted one. We watched it for a half hour, and it never came in, so they sat back down and told me to shoot it if it came in range, otherwise they were playing cards, so I told them, hell, it' s in range now. ' Like hell it is' one of em said, so I told them I' d put a $100 on that I could hit it, they ranged it out, and said they' d even give me 2:1. So I took their money.
Best on a deer was 383yrds, and I don' t plan on taking another shot that far on a deer unless I absolutely have to. I' m confident that I could make it again, even much farther, but it' s more worthwhile to get in close. Same rifle.