Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting What did you get in 2017? How far did you shoot? Gun?

I drove 2000 miles with 9 out of state tags.
I got a deer at 200 yards
I got a deer 400 yards .
I stumbled on one hiding at 30 yards.
I got a deer at 200 yards.
I got a deer at 625 yards,

I finished building that rifle a month ago:
1965 Rem700 BDL
Convert to ADL with Brown Precision stock
Lilja #3 3G 9" twist barrel I threaded and chambered to 7mmRemMag
Timney trigger
PTG bolt AR 15 extractor
My pillar design
My bolt handle design
Leupold VX-6HD 3-18x44mm--
140 gr Accubond 3.34" 65.1 gr IMR-4451 3265 fps
Bore Coat in the barrel, the bullets were naked.

Whitetail shot at 650 yards from sitting position using bipod for rest to get above yuccas. 7mm Remington with 4-14 SHV F1, with 180 ELD-M. Herd clipped but only needed one. Bullet entered left front shoulder and quartered back into lungs. My best ever long range sitting shot on big game. Deer never moved. Summer time steel shooting does pay off.


Mule deer buck shot at 380 yards from prone using backpack. 7mm Remington with 180 ELD-M. Bullet hit rib, fragmented and did not reach opposite side. Deer died instantly though.

Dang Kurt, 2017 was very good to you.

Wow, nice mass on the Mulie- congrats!

Couple of very nice bucks there 30338! Congrats.

I just shot the first legal 3x3 I found here in Washington, with my 25-06 Remington and a 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. The rifle has a 6x Leupold and a Montana sling. It's a good general-purpose setup that has brought me quite a few mule deer, certainly not a specialized long range rifle! The shot was only 212 yards, which was very convenient as the rifle is sighted-in at 200 yards. Used a wide-leg sitting position, no rest. Couldn't go prone, too much tall grass between me and the buck.







The meat has been excellent! I was hunting solo. Quartered him up afield, and hiked out with a pretty heavy pack in the dark. Enjoyed still being able to do that.

Regards, Guy

Thanks and nice hunt/buck Guy. Like you, still glad I can pack one out solo if needed.

I'll hope to post a full report on our hunt later, but got this 161" 4x4 at 560 yards. M70. 6.5x284, 143 ELDX, Bushnell 3-12x44 LRHS. Took three steps and then fell over. ELDX passed through both lungs and two ribs.



Shot taken from seated position on shooting sticks from my hilltop hide.

How are you liking the Bushy? Good looking buck.

Nice bucks - congrats!

You can say that again. That ;mulie is a hammer!

Thanks guys. It was a non trophy area in WY so was really pleased to take one like him.

Nice deer everyone...

So far this year I have killed:

Axis deer (~200 yes with a OEM .270 Win)
Barren Ground Caribou (~200 yds with a Rem 700 in .300 H&H)
Mule deer (~100 yds with a Rem 700 6.5x284)
Elk (528 yards with a Rem 700 6.5x284)
Antelope (~100 yds with a OEM Kimber Montana .223 Rem)

Still have a deer tag in Montana and an extra cow elk tag in Wyoming.

No real long shots here, but i have :
A buck antelope w/ .300 H &H
A doe antelope w/ .270
A doe antelope w/ .340 wea.
A mulie buck w/ .300 H &H
A whitetail buck w/ a .25/06
A whitetail doe w/ .300 H & H..
Still have 2 elk tags if I get the energy to go.. Pheasants right now..

The H & H is a # 1 that I just got around to using.. Elk will be later if at all.. Birds are fun.. I can pick them up and put them in my pocket..

Clark, you really did some traveling!!!! I used to do that for deer, but my dogs don’t like deer hunting.. They beg for birds.. Have fun..

I had lots of tags left, but I had a freezer full worth of meat, and my toddler grandson was on the phone with baby talk, trying to get me to come home.
We take out the garbage together, it is a big adventure.

Thanks. Love the LRHS, had it on two rifles and two muzzleloaders over the past few years and really love it. Wish it was an inch shorter and 4oz lighter... but you can't have everything

Thanks TDN, been looking at some of those.

This year I took my Mchorter 7mm ST using 180 VLD's at 3150 fps and shot antlerless at 677 yards and Mule deer at 417 yards. I dailed the Leupold VX-5 CDS to shoot the elk, dailed back to zero to shoot the deer running up a ridge, aimed in the antlers, hit the top of the heart.

Some damn fine mule deer,congrats.

I used my dads old 270 win this year for deer, still works! Took a buck in Colorado at 620 yards with it, 170 EOL. Can't post pics from the phone anymore. Nothing special,last day I could hunt buck.

Totalled my truck from a red light runner. Broken bone in 3 places in my foot. Nailed a monster Percocet and a few tramadols. You boys are making me cry. Great hunting. Well, there is always next year.

Just a few pigs and an aoudad, no deer yet





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