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Here is a 334 Pound, 9pt whitetail I killed on Nov. 19, 2004, near Paris, Missouri. It was the longest shot I have ever attempted on any game. It was 528 measured yards, almost corner-to-corner on a 40 acre corn field. One shot with a Win 70 Classic Stainless .308 Win. with 150gr Speer Spitzer Hotcore over a max load of RL-15 at around 2900 fps. I practiced regularly with this rifle and load out to 500 meters (about 547 yds) on the metallic silhouette range near my house, so I was confident with the shot. The buck was broadside, and I hit him just behind the shoulder blade, but at that range there was no exit wound (that really surprised me). But still, the buck only went about 20 yds and piled up.







At the processor, the "docked carcass" (field dressed, plus head, hide and lower legs removed) still weighed 198 pounds.