What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
#12
RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
Bow: I'd say i would like to shoot at 40 yards max
Gun: as long as i think i can take the shot safely but not more more then 200 yards
I actually shot an hog at 275 yards but it was down in an gully
Gun: as long as i think i can take the shot safely but not more more then 200 yards
I actually shot an hog at 275 yards but it was down in an gully
#14
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gouldsboro, PA
Posts: 548
RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
The longest shot so far was my first deer, a spike, at 70 yards. I hit a little high and to the right, which hapened to be his neck. He never got up again. Also, this was with open sights, shooting a Mossberg slug gun 12 gauge, a slug, from a tree stand. Now I have and use a Savage a 30-06, but still remember my first with the shotgun.
I would only shoot max out to 100 yards, since that is what I sight my guns to.
T
I would only shoot max out to 100 yards, since that is what I sight my guns to.
T
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,672
RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
shooting a deer with a shotgun i would probly try out to 75 yards the longest i have killed a deer is 40. with a bow i might shoot out to 35 but i am more comfortable with 30
#19
RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
I don't like to shoot at deer at much more than 250 yards. That would be with a dead solid rest in country where I know the terrain and there is some open country between the deer and heavy cover. I have shot and killed deer at a touch over 300 yards on a couple of occassions. This with my 6.5X55 mauser. I have passed up many many shots at longer range as I see no reason to take iffy shots at real game animals. I save that kind of shooting for targets. 300 yards is about Max for me. 90 percent of the deer I have taken have been at 200 yard s + or - 25 yards. Most of my deer hunting is on the prarie.
#20
RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
i like to get up close and personal.....17 yards is the longest....but i have only 2 bucks and no does under me, so i'm sure that will change
a friend of mine was trying to talk me into going to the gun range and shooting some long distance shots and i will, just so i can see how i do, but i think i'll stay with the closeness when it comes to hunting....
a friend of mine was trying to talk me into going to the gun range and shooting some long distance shots and i will, just so i can see how i do, but i think i'll stay with the closeness when it comes to hunting....