875 yard .308 Elk kill

[Rainier10]

Awesome!

[Taco280AI]

For every successful kill, how many wounded animals are there out there? Some people can do it every time because they have the knowledge, experience, and equipment. Others... flinging lead.


Like someone else touched on, I'm more impressed with a 20 yard shot and the ability to get that close. If you want to show off your skills, do it on paper or steel.

[Jonathan_S]

Why would anybody want to get to 20 yards when rifle hunting?

[mountainman]

For every successful kill, how many wounded animals are there out there? Some people can do it every time because they have the knowledge, experience, and equipment. Others... flinging lead.


Like someone else touched on, I'm more impressed with a 20 yard shot and the ability to get that close. If you want to show off your skills, do it on paper or steel.

Its been said earlier Taco, there's shooting. And there's hunting, neither mutually inclusive usually..

[mountainman]

Why would anybody want to get to 20 yards when rifle hunting?

maybe bowhunting, but why not rifle? 👍

[JJB11B]

It's back alive.

wasn't me!

[kentrek]

Why would anybody want to get to 20 yards when rifle hunting?

I would love to shoot a big bull or buck at 20 yards with a rifle !!!! But I'd shoot him just as fast at 600 

[Jonathan_S]

My chances of making a better shot at 400 are probably better than at 40!

[Jpmiller]

This seems better than some of the guys I know who sight their rifle in when they buy it and then never shoot it again unless their lined up on an animal. Saw a blacktail doe shot four times none of which was from farther than fifty yards because the guy couldn't hit anywhere vital. This video is better than that.

[kentrek]

My chances of making a better shot at 400 are probably better than at 40!

I know that's the case for me ! My short range snap shooting sucks in comparison .....although I did make a decent off hand snap shot at 200 this year....talk about unethical 

[Elkcollector82]

 

[yakimanoob]

Interesting discussion.  It's a helluva lot more civil than the firestorm of politics this week, so it was a nice change .

Personally, I don't understand why you would take an 875 yd shot with a 308.  Especially in the apparent situation of the video.  Why not saunter yourself down to that next ridge, or along the hill to their left and take a 300-500 yd shot?  He said he was using VLDs, and Berger recommends 1800fps at minimum to ensure expansion. Running some rough numbers, I imagine his terminal velocity was something closer to 1400-1500fps. 

And like others have pointed out, the shooter got LUCKY by putting the bullet through the lower neck / upper spine at that distance. By all means, take that 875-yd or 1500-yd shot if you have the skill and equipment for it.  But in this video at least, that level of skill was not demonstrated. 

[dvolmer]

How many of you would go hunting elk with a lever action 30-30 and take 350 yard shots???  A 308 with the best loading has the same foot pounds of energy as your old 30-30 at around 350 yards.  Foot pounds of energy is what knocks down your animal.  This shot shown is extremely lucky.  There is room for a good argument that he hit a different animal then he was even aiming at. Most guys would think its extremely un-ethical to shoot at elk with a 30-30 at 350 but don't think that this new fad of long range shooting is neat and cool.  just my two cents. 

[Taco280AI]

As for the argument that we're all on the same team. We need to police ourselves so someone else doesn't.

Look at it this way, I used to ride sport bikes. On the street and track doing trackdays and racing schools. Got pretty fast too. One thing I always considered was there was a time and place for everything. I hated when people would speed around in the cities. Hated when they would stunt in popular, populated areas. It made us all look bad. Turned people who didn't care about bikes, against bikes. Made cops look at me when I wasn't the one doing these things in front of anyone.

Keep doing stupid things and it'll attract negative attention. 900 yard elk shots with a 308 in high winds? Stupid. May have worked that time, but doesn't mean it is a good idea or will work next time.

Anyone see the Utah cow elk 900 yard head shot with a 260 video? Stupid. BTW, only wounded it and didn't kill it, but doesn't state that in the video.

Police yourselves before someone else does

[jay.sharkbait]

As for the argument that we're all on the same team. We need to police ourselves so someone else doesn't.

Look at it this way, I used to ride sport bikes. On the street and track doing trackdays and racing schools. Got pretty fast too. One thing I always considered was there was a time and place for everything. I hated when people would speed around in the cities. Hated when they would stunt in popular, populated areas. It made us all look bad. Turned people who didn't care about bikes, against bikes. Made cops look at me when I wasn't the one doing these things in front of anyone.

Keep doing stupid things and it'll attract negative attention. 900 yard elk shots with a 308 in high winds? Stupid. May have worked that time, but doesn't mean it is a good idea or will work next time.

Anyone see the Utah cow elk 900 yard head shot with a 260 video? Stupid. BTW, only wounded it and didn't kill it, but doesn't state that in the video.

Police yourselves before someone else does

No.... just no

I will not be judged based on someone else's skill sets.