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salukipv1 02-01-2011 12:59 PM

Longest shot ever?
 
What's your longest shot ever successfully made on a game animal?
Recently had the thought of in all honesty how many hunters will ever even take/shoot at an animal at 400yds or more? very few I'm thinking.

Also after a lifetime of hunting, I would guess most hunters shots would be under 200 yards, while maybe one or two were 400yards or so.

I'm sure it's possible with practice and the right setup to shoot 800-1000yards, but really I'm thinking the fantasy of needing a .30-378wby to take an elk at 800 yards is pretty much a fairytale for most of us.

JoeA 02-01-2011 01:05 PM

125yds, not really far with a borrowed 300WSM

Wolf killer 02-01-2011 03:23 PM

My longest shot to date was ranged at 397-yards. I hunt in some pretty open country and still a shot over 250-yards is not that common. I try to sneak as close as I can, when I can.

halfbakedi420 02-01-2011 03:34 PM

607 yards is the closest spot to the deer that the range finder would grab. but i think it was more like 612-615..

Wolf killer 02-01-2011 04:02 PM


Originally Posted by Ridge Runner (Post 3767202)
1,350 yards on a whitetail on 12/20/08. saluki, thats it, its the equipment, and ballistic knoledge, I've taken 8 young people out who never shot past 200 yards, let them shoot my rifle with my advise and they've all made 1 shot kills from 493 to 722 yards
RR


Holy buckets Ridge Runner! I can't even spell 1,350-yards little own think about shooting something that far. That is some darn fine shooting!:patriot:

13pointjomc 02-01-2011 04:23 PM

Longest shot I ever made was on a doe with a 30-06. Ranged 213 yards,most places I hunt you rarely get a shot more than 200 yards.

jerry d 02-01-2011 04:31 PM


Originally Posted by Ridge Runner (Post 3767202)
1,350 yards on a whitetail

That is one heck of a shot!!!!!!!! It's only 1150yds. further than I've ever shot.LOL!!!

headhunter353 02-01-2011 05:03 PM

440 yds. on a moose in alaska needed flippers to get closer 300win
285 yds. antelope 300 rum

Bocajnala 02-01-2011 07:37 PM

Around 260 yards on a doe in 2007. I've got one year of college left and after that I intend to stretch my range. I've been reading everything I can on LR shooting, and just need the income to satisfy my appetite. Hopefully I can get things rolling after I graduate!
-Jake

wyomingtrapper 02-01-2011 08:43 PM

326 yards on a cow elk last Friday. Before that, 250 yards on an antelope three years ago.


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