My longest shot on game was a Montana mulie I shot last week at 690 yards.

3 mph cross-wind, 7mm Dakota, Tikka 595 action, Hart 30 inch barrel,162 grain A-max with .625 BC, 2800 feet of elevation, 50 degree temp, prone bipod shooting position, Nightforce NXS 5.5 to 22 power scope, Lasertech brand 1,500 yard rangefinder, anti-cant level, Cosine Indicator, drop table on my stock, standing broadside calm deer.

Double lung shot, buck humped up but was otherwise unalarmed by the bullet's impact and dropped 3 steps away one minute later.

Genuinely interested long range hunters can read the longer story and others on the Long Range Hunting Forum

http://www.longrangehunting.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000091

Elk in Colorado at 905 yards using a 300 Win Mag and 180 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip, temp 45F elevation 13,000 feet. Two rounds to the chest.

Whitetail deer at 526 yards using a 243 Win and Nosler Ballistics Tips. One round pass through double lung.

Moose in Alberta at 439 yards using a 338 RUM and 300 grain Sierra Matchking, temp 34F elevation 2,600 feet. One round, double lung.

Groundhog at 730 yards using a 6mm/06 and Sierra 107 Matchkings.

All shot from prone position using a Harris Bipod as a front rest.

Closest shot(s):

Whitetail Buck at 19 feet with a shotgun, from an elevated stand.

Whitetail Buck at less than 10 yards with a bow, from the ground.

[This message has been edited by Dave King (edited 11-09-2001).]

Okay now, don't call me a liar. When I was about 12 I told my dad I could hit a crow setting in a tree at over 200 yards away in the head with his Springfield .22 and iron sights. He said something like "let's see". I put the sights on him, raised the gun until he was hid behind the barrel and fired. The crow rolled out of the tree. Dad never blinked. When we did a postmortem, I had hit it in the neck. Dad just said "you were a little low".

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Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

I have taken 1 elk at 461 yards,

A 177B&C mule deer at 321

A bobcat at 203 yards

all with a contender chambered in a 7mm lazzeroni. 12-42 nightforce scope. 28 inch barrel "virgin valley customs"

As a matter of fact, it was on November 4th in Colorado. I shot a 5x4 Bull Elk laying down at 484 yards. I hit him a little high behind the shoulders. He got up,turned uphill, ran a little ways, then stopped facing away from me. I shot again and hit him in the back of th neck and he dropped. The second shot was 502 yards. I was shooting a 300 Winchester Magnum sighted in at 300 yards with a 180 grain Nosler CT Partition Gold Bullet.

Iraqi T-72 from 3,640 meters (verified by onboard Laser rangefinder), shot using 10 the power thermal imaging system and a 120mm smoothbore cannon on an M1A1 Abrams tank with a fin stabilized depleted uranium long rod penetrator. We were unable to verify the number of crew killed as the fuel and ammo cooked off and basically melted the interior steel of the turret. The Aluminum road wheels also melted to small piles of slag... I've shot a three round group at 2,000 meters with this setup that you could cover with a baseball cap...

well, I already posted on this thread, but as of last night, I hadn't shot a game animal over 400yds. That was until my friend said "I bet you can't hit that doe from here." (I had been trying to find a close-range doe to test my new 330gr Cast bullets in my 444 on) So, I said, "give me your gun." A new Sako chambered in Lazzeroni's .308 Warbird. I put the first round over her back (180gr factory partition) cycled the bolt, and aimed a tad lower...not exactly sure how high I was aiming, as his scope is a Zeiss conquest w/out rangefinding reticle...and touched the trigger. This round, a 165gr Barnes XLC found its mark and the doe jumped high enough that she could've cleared a fence. It took us about a half hour to drive down to her, and found that I hit her perfectly...took out lungs and heart. These shots were taken at least over 700yds, although I'm not exactly sure until I go back out an laser range it. All I know is that we could hardly see her with our naked eyes.

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God Bless and Shoot Straight

A running coyote at 500+. I thought I was pretty shit-hot until I went to the range and discovered I was 6" high and 3" right @ 100 yds. Si-i-i-i-i-gh. Oh well.

so far this year with my new 300RUM with 180 CTSTs going 3435 i shot a 190 lbs ky 8 point at 6 yards.

Shot a ground hog estimate 325 yards, using original Remington Model 788 chambered in 6mm.

Sarge,
When I was about 13 or 14, Dad and I were horseback and hunting deer..I rode up on a rimrock, got off for a look about and saw a big buck at a good 600 yds off...I held high shot once and the 30-30 bullet landed about 20 feet low, didn't even bother the buck,other than he started trotting off no problem for a 13 year old marksman, just aimed 20 feet high or so, I remember I put the whole barrel in the rear sight and the bead on the buck, and I hit the buck behind the ear...Dad heard me shooting and came over, I told him all about it on the two hour ride to the buck. In fact I related the story several times, then on the way back to the ranch house I retold the shot and upon arrival told it numerous more times and related to all the flat shooting characteristics of the 30-30 carbine....

At the supper table Dad simply stated that was one heck of a shot, but more than likely that deer zigged when when he shoulda zagged...All the adults laughed for some reason??? They were hard to understand in those days.

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ray@atkinsonhunting.com
atkinsonhunting.com

I think this topic is pretty amazing. Shots at over 600 yards. I really admire anyone who can reliably pull that off. I will probably never have the skill to do this. I would like to put in a plug for a friend of mine, who, just two days ago, killed a whitetail buck with a bow, at 4 yards, from a ground blind. He is the type who so reliably kills deer, that the buck fever has long gone. No pounding of the heart for him, except this time. He said he shook afterwards. Anyone else here feel that way after those long shots? I don't mean to question the long range artist at all, I mean for no sarcasm to be read into this post. I don't kill a lot of deer, most shots around 30-50 yards, longest about 125. But the kills I have most enjoyed are the ones I have had to slowly bring the rifle to bear, stopping at times to avoid giving myself away, such that my very modest skill was tested in that hunt. I would love to have the confidence in my shooting to take that 300 yard shot. But I love those few opportunities I get. Do any of you feel the same? Mike in SC

Mike in SC

When I'm shooting deer on crop damage permits either long or short range it's just a job, I don't get excited or rushed. It's a bit like a chess game, deer vs the shooter. I wait and watch the deer to get an idea of which deer is in charge and pick a sequence for the shooting.

When I hunt it's a bit different, if I'm after a specific deer, a personal trophy, I must deal with some excitement/anticipation. This excitement is sometimes before but generally after the shot but when I'm actually shooting either long range or short it's only me and the rifle - just the shot.

Mike,
What Dave said. I shot a doe at 85 yards today. No buck fever at all. Just meat for the table.

Last week when I rattle and grunted in a small buck I was shaking so bad I nearly fell outa my tree.

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Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

amen mike killed a nice deer wed morning at 6 yards with my 300 ultra and could hardly get breath,and i loved it one of my favorite kills of all time,but if he had of showed at 400 i still would have made the shot and had the deer,but i agree it would have felt different.

I shot two ducks from 450 yards using two shots from my Ruger Varmint 243win. The ducks were swimming in a big lake and when the first got hit, the second started to paddle straight at me (he thought the bullet came from the other shore) and I hit him with the second round at about 400 yards.

The closest shot at a game animal would be a beaver(is it a game animal??) I shot at around six feet.

Longest was a prairie rat at 411 meters, 6mm rem, 75gr V-max, 6.5x20 Leupold.

Closest was a whitetail buck at 10 feet, 12 gauge slug, didn't need the sights.

Depends on which gun.

25-06
longest - coyote 350 yds
shortest - stray dog threatening me at about 30 yds

22 LR
longest - woodchuck, one shot kill at 125 yards (dead accurate Marlin 7000)
shortest - squirrel, about 18 inches from the muzzle. Sit still and they don't seem to realize you're there

12 gauge
longest - 50 yds - another stupid dog
shortest - 15 yds, my first deer

About 5 miles.
30 pound sabot tracer round, at night, out of a 105 MM cannon. Went through a target
tank, hit the hillside, and bounced another 3-5 miles.
Gun shot very flat, out to about 10 miles. Longer shots are easy, since the range finder sighting equipment compensate for it.
Just line up the two cross hairs, and whatever you aim at disappears. Not much meat, though.

We did have one guy hit an outhouse at 27 miles using the same gun.

Various rodents also shot with similar distance, and results.

Very forgiving when shooting squirels. Miss by 15 feet, and you still leave a crater where you aimed.
Hunter Liget game ranch.
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Some quick ones that come to mind:
1. Running coyote at around 600+ paces, pretty much a luck shot.
2. This year's muley buck at 400+yds
3. Wyoming antelope at 470 paces
4. Specklebelly goose at least 100yds up with a 12ga. Load consisted of two lead balls stuffed into a 3" mag shotshell. This goose glided about .5 mile after the shot. I know it was not ethical - I was only 14yrs old at the time!
5. Bobcat last weekend at 220yds with my new pet 243Ackley.
6. Part of a B&C blacktail's left side rack at 519yds.(lasered) Scope had been knocked off by a previous fall. Buck flipped at the shot and then staggered off like he was drunk. Now I always recheck my zero if my scope takes a good bump. Also I still have that left side antler on my fireplace mantle!
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