RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

id take the shot with my 300 wsm.....last year i shot my elk at 410 yards

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

300 WIN mag. very very flat trajectory tons of knockdown(overkill for whitetail but whatever)

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

Aren't you the same kid who sliced up his bowstring by letting sharpened broadheads roll around freely inside a bowcase during travel?

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

i agree so i wont shoot
crap i feel bad shooting over 100 lol like them close ,no rush like it

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I did two years ago, 365 yards. .270 (light grain, can't remember #for sure) Put in on his shoulder blades and hit him in the heart. One shot, now he's on my wall.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

Not quite sure what that has to do with taking a 410 yard shot? Trying to "stir the pot" a little huh?

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I think that's why the .270 was created, deer, long range.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

OK, how many would shoot at 400 yards on a considerably windy day? And I am not talking about those guys who set up on a beanfield with the wind gauges and all that stuff. I am talking about the guy who is stalking and is pretty much only carrying his rifle. If someone thinks they could mathematically and accurately estimate the winds effect on the bullet at such a distance I really would doubt it. You would be taking a big risk NO matter how good a shot you are on paper, or how good your rifle might be.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I would have no problem taking a shot at 400 yards. My 300 win mag is rated for 1,000 yards, and 400 is just like a walk around the block. ;)

Seriously, I have shot my AR from 300 and 400 yards with pretty reliable accuracy. I agree with several other posters that 400 yards isn't as far as it sounds. Now, I wouldn't take a 1,000 yard shot. It really boils down to the shooter.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

As much as I love a close range hunt(bow or firearm), there is a different type of excitement that exists whenkilling a game animal at long range.... weather it be a whistle pig at 400yds or a trophy whitetail.

Ok, there's 180 inches of mohagany, 400 yards out,standing in a 200 acre field of harvested horsecorn in Iowa.....lets see, I'd be laying in the prone position, bi-pod opened on the 300Win-mag, hat turned backwards, tip of finger gently on the trigger......exhaling veeeeeery sloooowly...........and happier than a hog in doodie.;)

It kinda happened that way on a muledeer/antelope hunt inWyoming. My friend Ron and I crawled about200 yards or so in wet snow, through a herd of cows(funny as hell and very hard not to laugh) on The TTT ranch. After about 45 minutes of that, we reachedour goal. Itwas the edge of a ravine where6 or eight muleys weregrazing on the other side of it...one of which was ahuge 5x5.I didn't think twice about it. I used the fence post as a rest and put the cross-hairs of the 300 right on the line of thedeers back(knowing it was roughly 400 yds).....and pulled. The buck droppedin the scope faster than the gun blast echoed through the ravine. While retrieving the animal, our guide ranged it at 420 yds.

I really enjoyed that hunt. It was different for me because Iusually never get a chance to shoot that far in wide open plains. There wasdefinatelyfeelingof accomplishmentand excitement, and would shoot that far againin a heartbeat.