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Title: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Kent Hunter on November 24, 2009, 10:04:46 PM
Just wondering. I know that some long range hunters are looked on by some as being unethical. This poll is just about what you have personally been exposed to as long range shooting is concerned.
I personally wittneses a 454YD shot that was made on a whitetail this year. One shot. One dead deer. Weapon was a Sako TRGS chambered in 7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird. Range finder used was a Leica.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Joe_Hunter on November 24, 2009, 10:18:51 PM
I was hoping that Antelope counted. I took 3 antelope in Montana this year the shortest was at 300 and the longest was at 650 :yike:

I was shooting a 257 weatherby Mag with custom handloads
Love that gun  :bfg:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Antlershed on November 24, 2009, 10:20:28 PM
My deer this year. 580 yards. 1 shot from the Remington Sendero in .300RUM and he was down. Rangefinder was a Leica 1200 and the scope was a Zeiss with turrets. Shooting handloaded 208gr A-Maxs.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: shoot-em-dead on November 24, 2009, 10:23:32 PM
never over 100
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: the1rod on November 24, 2009, 10:30:59 PM
ha my longest is 60. gotten three deer, first at 50 second at sixty and this years was about 25...but i guess thats what happens hunting blacktail, gotta bust brush and push them out.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: turkey buster on November 24, 2009, 10:43:39 PM
 :yeah:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 24, 2009, 10:55:41 PM
Have shot several in the 300 to 350 range, but nothing farther.  JohnnyTDF shot a muley buck a few years ago at just a bit under 500 yds, but I wasn't there to witness it (his dad did).
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on November 25, 2009, 04:18:23 PM
Deer, 677yds.  If you have the right equipment, know how, and experience practicing, you can do it easily.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Gutpile on November 25, 2009, 07:46:40 PM
I finished one at 220 this year but my longest shot on a deer was 176. 185 for bear, 265 for an antelope about 450 for a coyote.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Bofire on November 25, 2009, 08:44:27 PM
I shot a deer one time so far away that I had to lay on my back and shoot almost straight up, just a wee bit east, using my 300 mag, the bullet went up so far that the earth turned before it fell, gaining velocity due to gravity. :)
hit the deer right on top o the head, knocked it out.. :chuckle:
Carl
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: bankwalker on November 25, 2009, 08:53:26 PM
well last year my girlfriend took a deer at 250yards...at least thats what i guess it at.
this year i got to actually range it. and it was 330yards. man was i off with my guess  :chuckle: it was a one shot kill so i cant complain.

my longest shot was 100ish yards with open sights, second longest was 70ish yards with open sight.
i have took a shot at a deer around 300 yards, shot right over his back. watched the bullet hit the dirt bank. that deer was clueless as he walked away.

my mom is an exellent shot. seen her take alot of deer around 300yards with her remington 722 in 257bob and 4x scope sighted in 2" high at 100yards. i would hate to see her shoot with some better optics on that rifle.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: littlebuf on November 25, 2009, 08:56:37 PM
268 yards and it was this year
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Wenatcheejay on November 25, 2009, 09:01:55 PM
Just remember folks, it is my right to proclaim to the world how far is "ethical." I also have bestowed the power upon myself, what weapons, as well as caliber sizes are "ethical." You can also contact me for what seasons are ethical and how far away from the nearest road you must be. I will do all of this as a public service for the mere price of $1000.00 dollars per species and or season. I do not take checks, credit cards, cash or paypal for this service.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Galpster on November 26, 2009, 08:05:54 AM
One deer in Montana at 400 yds. Seen my father do it alot but joined the Army at 19 and never hunted Montana again so 50 yds in this state.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: boneaddict on November 26, 2009, 08:12:40 AM
A 500 plus yard shot at a trotting broadside deer, offhand, no rest.  Put two in him in the boiling room about 1 inch apart.  Thinking back I'd critisize anyone who were to try that shot. 
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: danceswitharrows on November 26, 2009, 08:16:49 PM
The sitution was just not working out to my advantage so I had to take the shot longer than what I would have liked...45yards :chuckle: twice as long as most of my shots.  Weapon shot a 420 grain easton axis, it was a one shot kill :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: SilkWWU on November 26, 2009, 08:21:02 PM
A 500 plus yard shot at a trotting broadside deer, offhand, no rest.  Put two in him in the boiling room about 1 inch apart.  Thinking back I'd critisize anyone who were to try that shot.  

Hey!  Finally someone who admits to a little hypocrasy at times.(Juuuuuust messing with ya :P )  I've witnessed a shot over 600 yards at an elk.  Also know a guy who with a 378-338 dropped an elk with a 6x20 scope at close to a thousand yards.  
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: boneaddict on November 27, 2009, 10:48:19 AM
Nope, its a true statement.  VERY VERY VERY few are capable of making that shot.  I was lucky, and an animal didn't have to suffer for it.  I'm a damn good shot, and I practice more than most, and I have th efortune to have killed enough big game animals I rarely get excited until its done.  That being said, I should have let him walk, and I should have found a bigger deer and killed him instead at 150 yards.   :)  Idabooner would have appreciated the extra time in camp. Nothing bad came from it, but I am wiser now and know better.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Hunterman on November 27, 2009, 11:07:48 AM
My longest Blacktail was 527 with a Savage .30-06 150gr hand load, Quick Draw is my witness, and my longest Mule Deer was 564 with my .240 Weatherby Mag. 100gr hand loads.

Hunterman(Tony)
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: D-Rock425 on November 27, 2009, 11:49:43 AM
My longest shot on a deer was 74 yards with my hoyt alphamax 35. 
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Lowedog on November 27, 2009, 12:18:54 PM
Hey Bone, that's pretty impressive.  What cartridge/rifle did you make that shot with?
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: boneaddict on November 27, 2009, 12:43:50 PM
I believe it was the 25-06 117gr Nozler handloads.  The 117s are now 120's.  They shoot about the same.  There is a slight possibility it was the 30-06 with 150 grain Hornadys but I think it was the 25.  I'd ahve to gander at an old photo to tell for sure.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: huntnphool on November 27, 2009, 12:44:12 PM
Hey Bone, that's pretty impressive.  What cartridge/rifle did you make that shot with?

Offhand and moving at that distance I would have been lucky just to hit it twice. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: boneaddict on November 27, 2009, 12:59:23 PM
I took a pic from where I was standing and where the buck was.   He then commenced into a roll down the hill and practically landed at my feet.  Broke and scraped his antlers all the heck.  I'd post, but then approx 2,000 people would know where I might hunt next year.  :)
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: ihunt on November 29, 2009, 09:06:59 AM
mule deer 565yds in Idaho
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: jjhunter on November 29, 2009, 09:24:48 AM
Farthest standing shot - 645 yards.  Custom 6.5x284, 140 grain Berger, Swaro Rangefinder.   165" mulie.   

Farthest running shot - 551 yards - 280 Rem, 140 BT, Bushnell rangefinder.   28 3/4" WA mulie.  (Poor college days, could still shoot!)

The 645 yard shot was in this basin.  From the edge of the tree line on the left had ridge to just under those cliffs 3/4 the way up.
 
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Kowsrule30 on November 29, 2009, 08:50:38 PM
368 yds on a spike BT.... Last day of late buck 20 min before shooting time was over.... With my trusty 243... 100 gr Hornady Light Mags... One shot quartering away on a ridge over.. Even exited in front of off shoulder.. I've shot song dogs @ 600 plus with it... But would never shoot big game over what I did on that shot... Hell  thought it was more like 300 yds when I sqeezed off.... Then ranged it with the Nikon 800.... And  :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: NWBREW on November 29, 2009, 09:22:04 PM
Longest shot for me was about 270 yards (rifle of course). All in all the last 4 out of five bucks I shot with my rifle were all less than 35 yards (whitetails in the rut). I did miss one that I thought was about 340 yards away (no rangefinder)....ranged it the next day and it turned out to be 428 yards away. The next year Saw a big buck that I estimated to be somewhere around 390 to 410 yards away (same area as the previous years miss).....did not take the shot. I watched him just stand there for about 20 min. Tried to call him closer...no luck.....let him walk away. I felt I needed a better closer shot....still no regrets.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Intruder on November 30, 2009, 02:11:07 PM
400-500
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: andrew_12gauge on December 03, 2009, 08:51:42 AM
my long was right at 300 on my idaho muley this year
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Woodchuck on December 03, 2009, 08:55:27 AM
326, wt doe, couple yrs back
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: mad-bomber on December 07, 2009, 04:34:18 PM
430yds on a bedded wt. shot through his mouth split his tounge right in the center and lodged the 160gr parti. in his broken neck. didnt even move just dropped his head about 6in. rem 700 bdl 7mm.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: piled-up on December 07, 2009, 04:44:44 PM
iVE TAKEN A COUPLE DEER AT 300+ BOTH WERE NOT ONE SHOT ONE KILLZ :P
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 07, 2009, 04:50:10 PM
2,364 yds into the wind on a rainy day, had a tight window, but i made it happen  :chuckle:    some of you guys are too much! lol
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: 6x6in6 on December 07, 2009, 04:55:10 PM
Right at 500, cow elk about 10 years ago on an antlerless hunt in Oregon on the last day of the season..

My hunting buddy bet me a $100 I couldn't hit in the head.  I had to take the bet.  He double dared me.  :chuckle:

Never again though.  Not worth wingin it.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: bow-n-head on December 07, 2009, 05:47:50 PM
The deer was just a bit further than the rock I ranged at 548 yards. What I find as funny are the folks who poo poo on "long shots" who don't have a rangefinder. When I range places they shoot at deer they are lobbing led much further than 500 yards. I know lots of people who shoot 800-900 yards. Ethics are perception which vary with each individual. I told a guy just today I shot my elk at 45 yards in his bed. He told me that wasn't sporting :dunno: I thought it was pretty cool. Especially with my bow.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 07, 2009, 05:53:18 PM
The deer was just a bit further than the rock I ranged at 548 yards. What I find as funny are the folks who poo poo on "long shots" who don't have a rangefinder. When I range places they shoot at deer they are lobbing led much further than 500 yards. I know lots of people who shoot 800-900 yards. Ethics are perception which vary with each individual. I told a guy just today I shot my elk at 45 yards in his bed. He told me that wasn't sporting :dunno: I thought it was pretty cool. Especially with my bow.

I have heard that argument (shooting a deer in his bed is not "sporting") before.  I can't understand it.  As long as you can make the shot (they're hard to hit bedded), I don't see how it is any less "sporting" than any other stalk where you take your deer/elk/bear/etc.. and it is unaware of your presence.  I should have shot my Montana buck this year in his bed, but I wasn't positive which buck I was looking at.  If I had shot him in his bed, I could have had a broadside, still shot.  Instead, I kept watching until a doe busted me and I had to take a running (trotting actually) shot at 310 yards.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: elkaholic123 on December 07, 2009, 05:53:25 PM
2005 Montana muley buck broadside!419 yrds, my buddy ranged while I got set up!
Jerry
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Big10gauge on December 07, 2009, 06:17:22 PM
Ranged and marked 97 yards cow elk, High Country w/overdraw @ 115 lbs with a Rocky Mountain 3 blade,pass thru both lungs ticked a rib on exit.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: 270Shooter on December 07, 2009, 06:19:42 PM
475 yards
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: bow-n-head on December 07, 2009, 06:20:42 PM
anyone about to give big 10 some *censored* about his shot I would just remind you that he can draw a 115 pound bow :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Big10gauge on December 07, 2009, 06:22:29 PM
anyone about to give big 10 some *censored* about his shot I would just remind you that he can draw a 115 pound bow :chuckle: :chuckle:

Not anymore that was 20 years ago. Now I'm shooting 70#

2 weeks after that i shot a bear over bait in a treestand at 20 yds with the same bow. Arrow went thru scapula, the ribs and then went thru the 55 gal barrel, also couldn't shoot for a year as I pulled a shoulder ligament. Took me several years to get up to 70# again. Still have the bow if anyone wants to buy it.




Edited to change years, Times flies!!!!
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 07, 2009, 06:37:16 PM
anyone about to give big 10 some *censored* about his shot I would just remind you that he can draw a 115 pound bow :chuckle: :chuckle:
Nice shot, why'd you graze a rib? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: runningboard on December 07, 2009, 06:47:03 PM
375yards, 4x4 whitetail buck, broadside, double lung, REM 700 chambered for 270 WIN , 130gr core-lokt factory ammo, 3-9 Leupold, Leupold rangefinder.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Wea300mag on December 07, 2009, 07:00:22 PM
If we get too many more threads like this, we are going to have to start a new board catagory called  :bs:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Shootmoore on December 07, 2009, 07:10:12 PM
I have no idea.  I don't have a rangfinder and I shoot instinctive.  If I had to guess would say about 60 yds.

Shootmoore
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: cascademountainhunter on December 07, 2009, 07:11:11 PM
400 yrds with a .270 on a blacktail. didnt have a range finder then but ive ranged it since then and my guess was pretty darn close...
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Antlershed on December 07, 2009, 07:14:42 PM
If we get too many more threads like this, we are going to have to start a new board catagory called  :bs:
Why? I'm sure there isn't THAT much BS in this thread.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Wea300mag on December 07, 2009, 07:24:51 PM
If we get too many more threads like this, we are going to have to start a new board category called  :bs:
Why? I'm sure there isn't THAT much BS in this thread.

Just my opinion Antler, kind of like a 15lb fish that turns into a 30 pounder after a couple days or the 500 lb bear, 200" deer, and 400" elk on every mountain.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 07, 2009, 07:40:29 PM
If we get too many more threads like this, we are going to have to start a new board catagory called  :bs:
:spank_butt:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: 7mmfan on December 07, 2009, 07:54:03 PM
I missed one at about 400 one time  :P
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 07, 2009, 08:34:43 PM
7mm I wouldn't even joke about that, cuz now were all gonna get a speech of how its "wrong" and no "ethical" and how guys would "never take that shot" oh boy here we go, what's the over-under on amount of people that r gonna preach to us after this post? Lol
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: actionshooter on December 07, 2009, 08:49:58 PM
1235 yard shot on a huge bull quartering toward me thru a salmon berry bush (but its ok cause the bull was right behind the bush), 1 shot, piled up right where he was at (never got out of his bed).
 THEN.. I cut him in half and had to make 2 trips......up hill.....both directions....in a snow storm     :P
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 07, 2009, 08:56:14 PM
I think I read about that in the national enquirer
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 07, 2009, 09:12:40 PM
First deer I shot at 320 yards... 30-06 shooting Rem Cor-loks
First Cow elk: 548 yards, 30-06 with 165 grn sierra GameKings.
Colorado Muley shot in 2007 at 380 yards... 30-06 shooting same GameKings
Buddy shot a buck this year at 648 yards
Shot my elk this year at 348 yards. 180 grn Barns bullets.
Another guy I know shot his bull this year at 1020 yards, 338 Lepua with turrets.  One shot one kill right through the heart.

Shot 5 other big game animals at less than 250.  But if the conditions are right, I have NO problem with a good rest, no wind shooting out to 400 yards...  Gotten flamed for it before, not gonna change now.

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 07, 2009, 09:39:18 PM
Lol gotta love the "know a guy" stories, well I "know a guy" who claims to have seen bigfoot lol! Yea that's right! I've got stories too!! Lol
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 07, 2009, 10:01:36 PM
Lol gotta love the "know a guy" stories, well I "know a guy" who claims to have seen bigfoot lol! Yea that's right! I've got stories too!! Lol

Gotta love the newbie comments...
Very good buddy of mine actually, he was gonna come help me on my ID elk hunt though his work got in the way.  He's not exactly the posting type but his bull grossed right at 350"...

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 07, 2009, 10:12:59 PM
It was a joke, chill out, I didn't know I was in your head that e z! Sorry
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: mossback91 on December 07, 2009, 10:27:29 PM
Lol gotta love the "know a guy" stories, well I "know a guy" who claims to have seen bigfoot lol! Yea that's right! I've got stories too!! Lol

Gotta love the newbie comments...
Very good buddy of mine actually, he was gonna come help me on my ID elk hunt though his work got in the way.  He's not exactly the posting type but his bull grossed right at 350"...

Michael

If you werent such a liar people wouldnt have to post comments like that!!
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 08, 2009, 01:07:08 AM
It was a joke, chill out, I didn't know I was in your head that e z! Sorry

Sorry, little touchy about new guys callin out BS on things they know nothing of, about members they don't know...

Moss, I swear I'm gonna roll you! haha

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longstevo on December 08, 2009, 01:25:53 AM
He may be new to the board, but I'm sure he's not new to hunting.   

I think he was simply saying that he loves the 'I know a guy' stories.  You don't need to be a longtime member of this board to have heard a few of those. 
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: firecrotch on December 08, 2009, 01:34:02 AM
First Cow elk: 548 yards, 30-06 with 165 grn sierra GameKings.
Michael

i witnessed that!
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 08, 2009, 12:08:34 PM
He may be new to the board, but I'm sure he's not new to hunting.   

I think he was simply saying that he loves the 'I know a guy' stories.  You don't need to be a longtime member of this board to have heard a few of those. 


I can see that, but just because someone says "I know a guy that...." doesn't mean its BS, and I'm not too fond of ppl calling BS on it...  It was directed to me, so I in turn responded...  don't see what the big deal is, its just campfire talk anyways.  One guy jokes on another, it comes full circle...

First Cow elk: 548 yards, 30-06 with 165 grn sierra GameKings.
Michael

i witnessed that!

That was an awesome hunt Nick!  Tell the fam thanks again!

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: bow-n-head on December 08, 2009, 08:36:30 PM
I would guess that most of you have seen the NightForce rifle scope commercial on the net. For those of you who don't think thousands of regular folks are trying to do what they are showing us what their rifle scopes will do I would say it's time to get out of the box. If you weren't there to see the shot you have no reason not to believe them. Or maybe you don't believe because you yourself are not capable of making such a shot. It takes time, fine tuning and lots of practice, but it can and is being done by lots of hunters. If you don't like it ignore it and just hunt the way you want. :twocents: Myself and two other guys snuck up on a bedded bull out in the prairie. We got to 683 yards and my hunting partner told the guy with the tag that he could get the bull from here. He was a local farmer. My buddy cranked up his Swarovski scope on his 30-378 and handed it to the farmer. The farmer reluctantly took the rifle, but with some reassurance he took aim on the bedded 6pt bull. A moment later he took the shot and the bull never even got up. The farmer stood up and said "I feel like I just murdered that thing". I guess long distance shooting isn't for everyone.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 08, 2009, 08:55:26 PM
I would guess that most of you have seen the NightForce rifle scope commercial on the net. For those of you who don't think thousands of regular folks are trying to do what they are showing us what their rifle scopes will do I would say it's time to get out of the box. If you weren't there to see the shot you have no reason not to believe them. Or maybe you don't believe because you yourself are not capable of making such a shot. It takes time, fine tuning and lots of practice, but it can and is being done by lots of hunters. If you don't like it ignore it and just hunt the way you want. :twocents: Myself and two other guys snuck up on a bedded bull out in the prairie. We got to 683 yards and my hunting partner told the guy with the tag that he could get the bull from here. He was a local farmer. My buddy cranked up his Swarovski scope on his 30-378 and handed it to the farmer. The farmer reluctantly took the rifle, but with some reassurance he took aim on the bedded 6pt bull. A moment later he took the shot and the bull never even got up. The farmer stood up and said "I feel like I just murdered that thing". I guess long distance shooting isn't for everyone.

With the right knowledge and equiptment, a solid rest and stable winds, anybody who is capable of pulling a trigger without flinching is imho capable of making a 400-600 yard shot... Take away any one of those factors and the shot is darn near impossible...

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longstevo on December 08, 2009, 10:11:49 PM
My longest kill has only been about 80 yards. 

Haven't really had a chance for the longshot yet, despite ten years of hunting.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 09, 2009, 07:33:00 AM
Well said, bow-n-head :)
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 09, 2009, 11:34:45 AM
Well said, bow-n-head :)

X2
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 12:37:28 PM
farthest shot was 1051 on a bedded doe. shooting a .264 win mag 26.5" barrel 140 grain berger bullet and a huskemaw 5-20 as for steel targets my farthes shot is 1500meters shooting a 6.5 x .284 with same 140 grain berger and the 5 - 20 huskemaw. I love berger bullets here is a 711 yd lung shot on a doe this year  :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 09, 2009, 12:42:33 PM
farthest shot was 1051 on a bedded doe. shooting a .264 win mag 26.5" barrel 140 grain berger bullet and a huskemaw 5-20 as for steel targets my farthes shot is 1500meters shooting a 6.5 x .284 with same 140 grain berger and the 5 - 20 huskemaw. I love berger bullets here is a 711 yd lung shot on a doe this year  :IBCOOL:

Is that with a Gunwerks build?
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 09, 2009, 12:43:11 PM
Very nice, lr7!
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 12:48:00 PM
Kinda gunwerks.  :rolleyes: my barrel my action there gunsmith. thanks mtnmuley did you get those turrets built. when i pick up my 22-243 lets go shootn  :P
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: steen on December 09, 2009, 12:53:45 PM
I shot a muley at approx. 422yds.  My husband had bought me a 300 win. mag. for Christmas after our first hunting season together.  He had a few options and this is what I got after shooting his 7mm without flinching.  We split up, him with my son and me alone planning on regrouping in 2 hours.  I opted not to sit in my favorite saddle because I watched a hunter hike up the wooded draw below where I hunt.  A buck peekabooed me from 30yds. and I could see he was legal without binos.  Of course there goes my buck.  I had a pretty good shot at 100yds but the sun was an issue and he walked off.  I spotted him two draws over and thought to myself I can't make that shot but knowing my husband would have said you can with the rifle I had and the practice we did so using my shooting sticks I got ready and waited for a still shot.  When he did I dropped him not knowing how far he was at the time.  The next year I ranged it at 422yd. and a down hill angle.  But the funny part was there was a bow hunter (yeah illegal no orange) 30yds away at full draw (hence the reason he stopped) when I shot.  I heard an unmentionable word echo across the hillsides.  Then a bit later "nice shot".   It was a very memorable hunt and alot more to the story but it would be to long.  Another deer I took at 270yds.  But I only take those shots if I have a rest ( I ALWAYS carry shooting sticks) and the animal is not moving.  Havent' missed an animal with that rifle.  I never shoot off hand, if I don't have time to set up Oh well the deer may be gone.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Alan K on December 09, 2009, 01:00:33 PM
468 yards this year on my whitetail buck. 

.300 WSM BAR, 180 gr. Nosler Partitions. Leupold VX-II 3-9
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: squeeze2drop on December 09, 2009, 02:42:53 PM
Shot a sparrow with my BB gun at around 12yds, premium daisy BBs, no I didn't have a tag, and no I wasn't wearing orange
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Alan K on December 09, 2009, 03:03:41 PM
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 09, 2009, 03:24:38 PM
Shot a sparrow with my BB gun at around 12yds, premium daisy BBs, no I didn't have a tag, and no I wasn't wearing orange

I am turning you in for the points.... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: lewy on December 09, 2009, 03:33:43 PM
332, 416, 430, and 444 are my 4 longest kills on deer (all blackies)
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: lewy on December 09, 2009, 03:35:15 PM
Not that im proud of it, I'd rather get close but I must stink or something :chuckle:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 03:59:39 PM
I would guess that most of you have seen the NightForce rifle scope commercial on the net. For those of you who don't think thousands of regular folks are trying to do what they are showing us what their rifle scopes will do I would say it's time to get out of the box. If you weren't there to see the shot you have no reason not to believe them. Or maybe you don't believe because you yourself are not capable of making such a shot. It takes time, fine tuning and lots of practice, but it can and is being done by lots of hunters. If you don't like it ignore it and just hunt the way you want. :twocents: Myself and two other guys snuck up on a bedded bull out in the prairie. We got to 683 yards and my hunting partner told the guy with the tag that he could get the bull from here. He was a local farmer. My buddy cranked up his Swarovski scope on his 30-378 and handed it to the farmer. The farmer reluctantly took the rifle, but with some reassurance he took aim on the bedded 6pt bull. A moment later he took the shot and the bull never even got up. The farmer stood up and said "I feel like I just murdered that thing". I guess long distance shooting isn't for everyone.

With the right knowledge and equiptment, a solid rest and stable winds, anybody who is capable of pulling a trigger without flinching is imho capable of making a 400-600 yard shot... Take away any one of those factors and the shot is darn near impossible...

Michael
just because they have the right equipment does not mean they can pull off the shot. how many times in your hunting career have you had a rock solid rest with no wind or a steady breeze? i wouldn't recommend anyone shooting outside there capabilities nor ask them to. on the other hand experience is everything. my shooting partners and i go through atleast a barrel a year on the rifle we decide to shoot for that season. we will practice at differnt elevation, diferent temps, different winds, different weather they all play a role in making that one shot that counts! heck ive heard storys of people shooting 600 yds with there old 06. but when you ask were they held they say 2" high and on the shoulder. If thats the case they would have hit about there knees and to the right... Guess im being the ass griping about people shooting beyond there capabilities. if you take the time and effort you can build a 500$ rifle that well shoot 800 yds i know because we built one for fun! we baught a 25-06 from a pawn shop for 275$ then put a 100$ tasco 16x scope on it bedded the action and put a rifle basix trigger on it. we built a score card out to 800 and started shooting data. that rifle shot extremely well, 6" groups at 800 yds :). i guess what i am saying is show some respect to the animal and spend some time shooting your rifle before you start taking those long shots and make them count! not a lucky shot! :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 09, 2009, 05:34:05 PM
just because they have the right equipment does not mean they can pull off the shot. how many times in your hunting career have you had a rock solid rest with no wind or a steady breeze? i wouldn't recommend anyone shooting outside there capabilities nor ask them to. on the other hand experience is everything. my shooting partners and i go through atleast a barrel a year on the rifle we decide to shoot for that season. we will practice at differnt elevation, diferent temps, different winds, different weather they all play a role in making that one shot that counts! heck ive heard storys of people shooting 600 yds with there old 06. but when you ask were they held they say 2" high and on the shoulder. If thats the case they would have hit about there knees and to the right... Guess im being the ass griping about people shooting beyond there capabilities. if you take the time and effort you can build a 500$ rifle that well shoot 800 yds i know because we built one for fun! we baught a 25-06 from a pawn shop for 275$ then put a 100$ tasco 16x scope on it bedded the action and put a rifle basix trigger on it. we built a score card out to 800 and started shooting data. that rifle shot extremely well, 6" groups at 800 yds :). i guess what i am saying is show some respect to the animal and spend some time shooting your rifle before you start taking those long shots and make them count! not a lucky shot! :IBCOOL:

Call it lucky but every shot I've had over 300 yards was with little to no wind...  I personally would never shoot over 300 with a pretty heavy wind...  I don't know my windage adjustments.  I myself am comfortable out to a good ways.  Wish I had the time/money to get better equiptment and the experience but I don't.

I agree with everything you said, though I think if a person like yourself shows up with the right gun, the right dropchart, a reliable range finder and the right conditions (solid rest/no wind), you could put a person in a position to shoot a 600 yard shot pretty easy if you let them use your gun... Not saying they'll group like you do on the range, but they can put the bullet where it counts on a deer or elk...

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MtnMuley on December 09, 2009, 07:48:02 PM
This years muley.  7200' elevation, 15 degee angle, temp: 31.  530 yds. 175gr. Berger found the heart ;)
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 07:57:23 PM
good work mtnmuley got to love a great placed shot with the bergers :kneel:  :tup:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 07:59:11 PM
just because they have the right equipment does not mean they can pull off the shot. how many times in your hunting career have you had a rock solid rest with no wind or a steady breeze? i wouldn't recommend anyone shooting outside there capabilities nor ask them to. on the other hand experience is everything. my shooting partners and i go through atleast a barrel a year on the rifle we decide to shoot for that season. we will practice at differnt elevation, diferent temps, different winds, different weather they all play a role in making that one shot that counts! heck ive heard storys of people shooting 600 yds with there old 06. but when you ask were they held they say 2" high and on the shoulder. If thats the case they would have hit about there knees and to the right... Guess im being the ass griping about people shooting beyond there capabilities. if you take the time and effort you can build a 500$ rifle that well shoot 800 yds i know because we built one for fun! we baught a 25-06 from a pawn shop for 275$ then put a 100$ tasco 16x scope on it bedded the action and put a rifle basix trigger on it. we built a score card out to 800 and started shooting data. that rifle shot extremely well, 6" groups at 800 yds :). i guess what i am saying is show some respect to the animal and spend some time shooting your rifle before you start taking those long shots and make them count! not a lucky shot! :IBCOOL:

Call it lucky but every shot I've had over 300 yards was with little to no wind...  I personally would never shoot over 300 with a pretty heavy wind...  I don't know my windage adjustments.  I myself am comfortable out to a good ways.  Wish I had the time/money to get better equiptment and the experience but I don't.

I agree with everything you said, though I think if a person like yourself shows up with the right gun, the right dropchart, a reliable range finder and the right conditions (solid rest/no wind), you could put a person in a position to shoot a 600 yard shot pretty easy if you let them use your gun... Not saying they'll group like you do on the range, but they can put the bullet where it counts on a deer or elk...

Michael

i agree and with this said if some one can grab a gun and shoot it with out flinching you could dial the turret and dial there wind and tell them were to hold so they can make the 800 yd shot with a 20 mph quarter wind but that would be more like baby sitting than ethical long distance hunting. although i am guilty of doing it for an elderly man that wanted a buck this past year :dunno:
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: MichaelJ on December 09, 2009, 11:12:07 PM
Yeah I helped a guy in colorado make a 420 yard shot on a buck... Took him up after the deer cause we were stuck behind a truck that was burried in the mud.  He was shooting a .243 and I doubt he had it sighted in.  He missed once, then I flipped out the bipod and let him shoot my rifle.  Told him where to hold and he dropped it in its tracks...  Like you said babysitting but I always enjoy helping people fill their tag so I really enjoyed it!

Michael
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: SGM R on December 12, 2009, 08:03:17 PM
Something about the long shots that bother me...to much chance not enough ?!
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: steen on December 15, 2009, 02:25:27 PM
I think it depends on the shooter.  If you've practiced the shot at that yardage and know your balistics, windage etc... it is right with me.  Some people have no business shooting that distance and try and it is not right.
  I practiced for my elk hunt with  a 300 Win Mag  at 100-300yds and had my balistics in my fanny pack to memorize on the drive, while sitting and while bored.  I was prepared for up to a 450yd. shot but thankgoodness never had to use it.  The day I shot my elk it was blowing up to 40 mph and a 90 yd shot.  my biggest concern was the wind blowing my gun the 2-6 inches in the sticks I had for a rest.  I compensated just in case holding tight behind the shoulder and that is where I hit.  No wind gust was  a factor.  No I did not practice at 400-450yds but I knew where to hold if I had the shot and would only take it with a spotter.  I would never have taken the shot that far the day I shot my elk because of the wind.  But the night before the season I could have shot an elk  at 400yds and would have taken the shot.  Depends alot in your confidence as a shooter.  I always use a rest without fail.  Haven't missed in 9 years with my 300 and killed around  7 animals.
Title: Re: Longest kill shot on deer?
Post by: mossback91 on December 15, 2009, 04:29:06 PM
mtnmuley ruined some good eats :'(
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