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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
35-40 yards with a Foster slug (deer). 65 yards (pheasant) w/ a 3" 20-ga, and 1.25 oz. of # 6 shot.
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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
Its interesting how us shotgun zone hunters find ways to get out to 200 yards...technology has made it possible....but us hunters make it successful with our determination and confidence
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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
ORIGINAL: TUK101 Man, I tried sighting my shotgun in with slugs and gave up on the idea when I was hitting about a 16 inch group at 75 yards. At 50 yards it was an 8 inch group. Too risky to take a shot on a deer and take the chance of wounding it with that setup. I would love to see some of these 150-200 yard shots with a shotgun though, I know it can be done, but in my experience I have yet to see it. |
RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
ORIGINAL: CommonSense ORIGINAL: TUK101 Man, I tried sighting my shotgun in with slugs and gave up on the idea when I was hitting about a 16 inch group at 75 yards. At 50 yards it was an 8 inch group. Too risky to take a shot on a deer and take the chance of wounding it with that setup. I would love to see some of these 150-200 yard shots with a shotgun though, I know it can be done, but in my experience I have yet to see it. |
RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
ORIGINAL: MichiganWhitetails74 Its interesting how us shotgun zone hunters find ways to get out to 200 yards...technology has made it possible....but us hunters make it successful with our determination and confidence |
RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
God bless this man....thats why I say what state are they from.. If you're in a all rifle state you may be forced to see what shotguns can do....they are viewed as bird guns to our friends out west...In the midwest we tag white-tails out in plowed dirt at 200 yards...with our range finders of course[:-]
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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
You got it!! This guy knows his Shotguns...can't kill that Mossberg Amatuer....great gun...she will hang with the 870 all day....she'll rattle..but she'll hang....
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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
415yds, hornady sst's, was a trophy racoon, I had been practicing at 400yds though, about the distance to my garbage cans than he had been knocking over, no longer!
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RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
ORIGINAL: salukipv1 415yds, hornady sst's, was a trophy racoon, I had been practicing at 400yds though, about the distance to my garbage cans than he had been knocking over, no longer! |
RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge
Kind of gives new meaning to the age old phrase, "Honey-you forgot to take out the garbage"...Uh, OK, I'll see ya next week...400 yards to your garbage cans??? Must be fun in the rain!!
D We are shotgun only, I can't remember a shot longer than 80 yards with a slug and I've taken a few with buckshot at around 60. It's kind of like bowhunting with a gun, you learn to be patient and get em close. Or you learn how to track wounded deer.I guess with a break-open scoped slug gun you can reach out there, 200 yards is a long way, and it gets farther way the longer you look at at it... |
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