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What is everyone's personal distance limit and o what game species? So if the conditions are right for you, where do you draw the line?
Personally, whitetail deer in Michigan and antelope in Wyoming, I've had a 550 limit, but longest kills have been 500 and 532
Elk in Colorado I've figured 500 limit, but longest has been 420
Shooting a 338 rum, 210 swift scirocco at 3250

Today was first day shooting past 550. Went to 640. Hit milk jugs but need plenty more practice.

I killed a 79” antelope in Wyoming this past year at 458 which is my longest big game kill. Having shot steel out to 800 yards and seeing how much the wind pushes even fast sleek bullets, not sure my desire right now to shoot at game much past 550-600. At least not till I master reading the wind down range.

Well I like to put the hunt into hunting and see how close I can get not how far I can do it. With my recurve bow 25 yards on deer and 40yards on elk. With a muzzle loader 150yards max but longest kill on elk with one is 40yards on deer 50yrds. With rifle 150 yards is my longest kill. For me it is way more exciting to have a big game animal closer at distance it is just a target to me. I do not hunt in blinds or treestands with cover around me I want the animal to have a chance to see me I have to do my part to fool them it is way more exciting to me that way. Yes I do loose some game that way but as I like to call it iI am hunting not just shooting this just the way I do it not saying it is the only way don't care how others do it it is just how I do it. Widow

You do realize you are posting in a Long Range Hunting forum, right?

Widow is a Newby, just joined last month.

Might catch on.........might not

600 yards under perfect conditions. Longest ever is 487, cow elk, ..338WM/225g AB @ 2742fps MV.

Passed on a cow at 479 this year because I wanted Daughter #1 to get her first and she wasn't comfortable past 400, although she shoots further at the range. .308 Win / 130g TTSX @ 3045fps MV. She has used that load to take antelope at about 350.

My longest shots on animals don't approach "long range hunting" distances. That said, it depends on the immediate weather. If there is more than a breeze, I don't like to have to "steer" bullets into animals. I've shot a lot of water bottles and targets in those conditions, but not big animals. I've never had to aim off-hair due to wind, and I wouldn't take that shot. I seriously dislike aiming out of vitals due to wind as well. My longest shots have come mostly in the morning in completely calm conditions, or in the evening, with mostly calm conditions. If everything was right, I'd consider taking a shot on deer to 600, and an elk to 700. My farthest shots on deer have been bit short of this distance, and my farthest shots on elk have been well short of it. There have been places I've set up where such shots would have been required, but the animals didn't cooperate, or the wind didn't. All this is dependent on the sort of rest I can get as well. I pack shooting sticks, and have a lot of confidence in my ability to hit using them, but sometimes I haven't been able to get comfortable and solid over sticks. I pass if I'm not feeling it. Not a "send the lead" guy.

Wind has been, and always will be, the determining factor for how far. Under ideal conditions, with the correct cartridge, rifle, stand - 600 yards on a whitetail or elk. Raise the wind, shorten the distance. Longest to date: whitetail doe w/ a 25-06 @ 563 yards.

450 yards under ideal conditions. Longest shot a big mule deer at a little over 400. I shoot targets at 450 so I know the drop. Honestly it has been years since I have had to shoot past 200 yards.

40 yards, with my bow

It all depends on the wind... It is THE gamechanger.

It gets shorter as I age! Kinda like my dinky.

My ability to have a solid shooting position, retrieval capacity, and wind always determine my shot choice on big game animals.
Vermin, I will swing for the fence and collect a hit with skill or luck. As long as I’m not skylining a shot, the farther the better on pests. 😎

My longest kill shot to date is 589 yards on a whitetail doe using a .338 Win Mag with a 225 AB at 2800 fps.

If the wind is right, I am very comfortable to 600. I've taken two whitetails past 500 with perfect conditions. 6.5 Creedmoor, 143 grain ELDX.

648 yards LRF with angle comp on, shooting downhill...



2 years prior to that, it was 600 yards with my 300wsm in the same exact spot. Buck was on the sloping hillside to the left. ^^^^

I cal this my "longrange" buck tag. I put in for the tag every once in a while, when I feel like shooting further out, but it takes more preference points to get it.. Walking 700 yards down into this canyon is a biotch though..

In real light wind, I wouldn't be afraid of taking game at 800...

So many variables to limit to just one single distance. Cartridge used, and, temp if I am shivering or out of breath, bipod and bags, off hand, fog or mist limiting visibility, ground I am shooting off of, on an incline or not, and more.

Sometimes even 100 yards is a chore other times much further than that is totally possible with great confidence.
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500 yards was my goal when I started to dial and stretch it out. I would still consider it(500) my limit on medium/big game though I'm confident beyond that range with a few of my rifles.

Based on your Avatar and some of the hunts you do...I’m thinking point blank, no scope range, would be a far shot 😁😎