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For me, 504 yds on a whitetail, last day of the season 2 yrs ago. I was shooting a my 300 Win Mag with 180gr accubonds. 500 is considered "long" here on the coast of Va.

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Originally Posted by JohnBurns
This was a pretty good day. Better to be lucky than good but the best is finding a very unlucky coyote. He must have done something really bad. laugh



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~500 yards on a previousely wounded Mule Deer(not by me) while it was walking. Heart shot. (Lucky.) ~350 yard neck shot on previousley wounded Mule Deer that was trotting. (Me) (Very Lucky.)

The first was with a 30-06/165g combo and the second with a 300 H&H/180g combo.

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Geezus I can't hang with you guys and am gonna tuck my tail like a whipped mongrel and crawl into a corner! eek

Nice shooting people! grin




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I don't believe that for a second, Bob! All you gotta do is rig up one of your several accurate rifles with a decent LR turret (like an M1 on that 3.5-10 you were talking about), or just start twisting the turrets on that Summit or yours, and start playing around at distances that push your abilities! Pretty soon it'll be just another day shooting steel at 1000 yards. Then when an animal appears at 800 it will be second nature smile

Or course, that is assuming you have access to somewhere you can practice at those extended ranges...

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Originally Posted by Just a Hunter
~500 yards on a previousely wounded Mule Deer(not by me) while it was walking. Heart shot. (Lucky.) ~350 yard neck shot on previousley wounded Mule Deer that was trotting. (Me) (Very Lucky.)

The first was with a 30-06/165g combo and the second with a 300 H&H/180g combo.


I hear ya on that! I know this thread is about longest shots, but I feel like some of my best/luckiest shots were on animals that were on the move, even though the range was 1/3 or less that of some of my longer shots...

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465 yards on a KS mulie. Fell to the 'ole GAP .243, single shot through the heart with a 115gr DTAC. Off of sticks to boot!


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IMHO moving is only fair game if wounded.

But its nice to be able to practice moving.

We used to be able to shoot a match that was moving silhouettes at 300 and 600 yards... man did that teach you a few things.. one you need to figure out the lead. two, once you had a good idea of what lead was required, it really was not as difficult as it seemed it might be.

But I won't shoot an unwounded animal thats moving, even at a walk at anything over 100-200 yards depending...



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Originally Posted by rost495
IMHO moving is only fair game if wounded.

But its nice to be able to practice moving.

We used to be able to shoot a match that was moving silhouettes at 300 and 600 yards... man did that teach you a few things.. one you need to figure out the lead. two, once you had a good idea of what lead was required, it really was not as difficult as it seemed it might be.

But I won't shoot an unwounded animal thats moving, even at a walk at anything over 100-200 yards depending...



All bets are off for vermin like coyotes, IMO wink

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No reason for that! Increasing ones effective range is a personal progress type of thing. There are plenty of guys who can shoot farther than me, and plenty who can't. That doesn't make much of a difference to me. It's an ongoing process, and you should be happy that you're out there developing and increasing your abilities, regardless of where you are along the journey smile


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@ Jordan, i know what you mean, i was just joking mostly. Thanks for the positive reinforcement though.

@ Salmonella, that looks like a really big bodied deer. How much did he weigh?

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But I won't shoot an unwounded animal thats moving, even at a walk at anything over 100-200 yards depending...


Do they hurt less when wounded than other animals? Where's all this respect demanding a quick kill I've read about?


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437yds. laser ranged after the kill.
Grass airplane runway in Delaware County, NY.
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It was in 1995 and I think that the little Micro Medallion was wearing a .... um....cough....well it was a .....well it was a 3-9X40 Simmons.


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I don't hunt at long range even though I've learned from long range hunters. Here is a 550 yard shot with my 30-30, and it is "perfect!"



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Originally Posted by Win_94
I don't hunt at long range even though I've learned from long range hunters. Here is a 550 yard shot with my 30-30, and it is "perfect!"



Nice shootin 30-30 there. What scope you running on it?


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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

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Originally Posted by Rug3
437yds. laser ranged after the kill.
Grass airplane runway in Delaware County, NY.
.284Win., Browning Micro Medallion, 20 inch barrel.
139g Sierra Pro Hunter, 50g IMR 4350, maybe 51. I don't remember.
It was in 1995 and I think that the little Micro Medallion was wearing a .... um....cough....well it was a .....well it was a 3-9X40 Simmons.


haha, a Simmmons huh, well at least we know you can hit with it.

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Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Nice shootin 30-30 there. What scope you running on it?


Thanks!

I was using a Bushnell 3200 fixed 10X but it died about 10 shots after that. I replaced it with another exactly the same, but it died in less than 200 shots.

I now use a Williams FP peep on it.

Thanks again!


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