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Re: Long range hunting? xphunter #17782497 11/09/22
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815 rcamuglia OP Campfire Outfitter
OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by xphunter I don't have pictures of everything. My 700ish yard mule deer, I can't find the picture. Plus, I have another mule deer I can't find the pic of with my 6.5-284 rear grip that was over 600...Thinking around 640 (140 A-Max). I guess I should keep a log with exact dates and distance These are both just a bit over 600. First one was like 605ish and the other was around 613, both with my 6.5 Leopard (130 Berger. Farthest antelope buck 1036 or 1037 (162 A-Max). I would need to go back and look at the actual number 7WSM My son's furthest kill with my 7mm SAUM was 749 yards (162 A-Max). Dan E. using my 6.5-284 with 140 AB's, cow elk at 680 yards 666 yard cow with one of my 7mm Dakota's (200 Wildcat) Multiple prairie dogs past a grand, and three past 1500 yards Awesome xp Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

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Re: Long range hunting? xphunter #17782501 11/09/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by xphunter Originally Posted by kingston I shot a bunch of rocks today at 841 and 957. Does that count? They were small rocks. Shooting unsuspecting rocks at distance always counts lol Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17782526 11/09/22
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horse1 Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,516 In the vicinity of dandihood	I don't have a pic but I did have a witness. Whitetailed doe @ 732yds w/243AI and 105 A-Max. I shot 3 coyotes during deer season last fall all running/trotting @ shallow nearly straight-away angles @ +/- 400yds. Fall of '20 I head-shot a coyote streaking dead-away @ 503yds with 2 witnesses. The coyotes were all taken w/1:8 22-250's shooting 75gn A-Max @ ~3300fps. One is a M70 CRPF "Coyote Lite" rebarreled w/Rock #4 spiral fluted in a McMillan Classic pattern, the other rifle is a Kimber Montana w/Lilja 1:8 factory taper dupe @ 22". The M70 settles down faster but the Kimber is handier and sees more action lately. Last edited by horse1; 11/09/22. I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17782748 11/09/22
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chamois Campfire Regular C Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 603	The question actually was what is the typical distance we take big game at, not the longest distances at which we've done it. My reply was #1 because most of the time I'd rather try to get close. Not in this case, though, when this big male baboon stopped after a 640 meter (700 yds) run when he thought he was safe, too far for a 105gr VLD from my 6XC to reach him. :-))

Re: Long range hunting? chamois #17782810 11/09/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by chamois The question actually was what is the typical distance we take big game at, not the longest distances at which we've done it. My reply was #1 because most of the time I'd rather try to get close. Not in this case, though, when this big male baboon stopped after a 640 meter (700 yds) run when he thought he was safe, too far for a 105gr VLD from my 6XC to reach him. :-)) Closer is better for sure on game animals. Cool Baboon! Extreme long shots on varmints like prairie dogs is good practice Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

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Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17782839 11/09/22
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JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,235 W. Texas	Originally Posted by rcamuglia Originally Posted by chamois The question actually was what is the typical distance we take big game at, not the longest distances at which we've done it. My reply was #1 because most of the time I'd rather try to get close. Not in this case, though, when this big male baboon stopped after a 640 meter (700 yds) run when he thought he was safe, too far for a 105gr VLD from my 6XC to reach him. :-)) Closer is better for sure on game animals. Cool Baboon! Extreme long shots on varmints like prairie dogs is good practice Couldn't agree more.....42 yds. The baboons, however, were much too smart for me. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Long range hunting? JGRaider #17782951 11/09/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by JGRaider Originally Posted by rcamuglia Originally Posted by chamois The question actually was what is the typical distance we take big game at, not the longest distances at which we've done it. My reply was #1 because most of the time I'd rather try to get close. Not in this case, though, when this big male baboon stopped after a 640 meter (700 yds) run when he thought he was safe, too far for a 105gr VLD from my 6XC to reach him. :-)) Closer is better for sure on game animals. Cool Baboon! Extreme long shots on varmints like prairie dogs is good practice Couldn't agree more.....42 yds. The baboons, however, were much too smart for me. 42 yards is stunt shooting. 25 yards is more ethical Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17784258 11/09/22
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Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,024 Alaska	25-42 yards isn't sporting , you didn't allow the animal an opportunity to escape, therefore it's not fair chase ... it's not hunting .... it's shooting, should have stalked further away ! ha ! "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17784271 11/09/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Longest hits on steel for me. 1825 yards Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17786100 11/10/22
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RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,874 s.tex	1800 yards is very doable with a number of head stamps and bullets, nothing new here. Rio7

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Re: Long range hunting? RIO7 #17786141 11/10/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by RIO7 1800 yards is very doable with a number of head stamps and bullets, nothing new here. Rio7 Cool! Great range you have. The thread still begs the question about long range hunting; animals not steel. Have you dirt-napped anything over 600? Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17786205 11/10/22
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RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,874 s.tex	rcamuglia, 600 yards or over No, it's so flat here you can stand on a brick and see the Gulf of Mexico, if your looking down a road, but every where else is Brush, most places it's hard to see much over 200 yards, very rarely take a critter over 200 yards. Rio7

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17786651 11/10/22
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Gargoyle Campfire Member G Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 135	Originally Posted by rcamuglia Another try. 840 yards .300 Winchester and the 230 Berger OTM How did you know it was hit? BWAHAHAHHA! "How do you know it's dead?" "Well, there is more blood outside the body than in!" BWAHAHAHAHA Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.

Re: Long range hunting? huntsman22 #17786670 11/10/22
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Gargoyle Campfire Member G Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 135	Originally Posted by huntsman22 yanno, I believed that tale, right up till the part you said Burris.....bwahaha just kidding Says the guy shooting Bushnell! BWAHAHAHAHA! Those Elite Tacticals are F'N amazing! I have a DMRII I use to check all my load development and made 1/4 MOA hits at a mile with it. That the Waypoint 2020 rifle? Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17786676 11/10/22
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Gargoyle Campfire Member G Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 135	All the steel shooting posers with their pics in this thread. Man, shooting steel and shooting game a whole separate ball game folks! Murphy doesn't jack with you as much on the range! BWAHAHHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.

Re: Long range hunting? Gargoyle #17786771 11/10/22
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	Originally Posted by RedBeard308 That the Waypoint 2020 rifle? Mine? No.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17787009 11/10/22
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are. Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter
Sakoluvr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,471 Where the wild things are.	Originally Posted by rcamuglia Another try. 840 yards .300 Winchester and the 230 Berger OTM How far did you have to track him? 7 feet? Looks like a good blood trail. Guessing impact velocity was adequate. Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17787211 11/10/22
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RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,874 s.tex	RedBeard308, If you can't hit a long range steel target on the range? not much sense shooting at critters long range, or do you use live critters for target practice?? Rio7

Re: Long range hunting? Sakoluvr #17787681 11/10/22
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OP rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,815	Originally Posted by Sakoluvr Originally Posted by rcamuglia Another try. 840 yards .300 Winchester and the 230 Berger OTM How far did you have to track him? 7 feet? Looks like a good blood trail. Guessing impact velocity was adequate. Never took a step, went down like Frazier! Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Long range hunting? rcamuglia #17787791 11/10/22
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	My longest poke on steel was at the first Icebreaker I went to. 1970 yards, 3 consecutive hits with 140 Amax's from a factory Ruger hawkeye Predator 6.5 creed. The little red plastic tips were all laying right under the gong. 2 of them looked like new and you could load them back up and go again, but the 3rd was kinda mangled. Not much poop behind a creed at that distance and the angle of impact must be pretty steep......

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