whats the longest shot you have ever taiken on a deer

[flytie]

Perhaps we could sort this out once and for all with a spelling contest!

Good one Matt.

Guess the gud spellars are spent there time in educashun and not on the hill.

I am a bit worried that this is turning into a bit of a p****** contest

Anyone who has done any amount of stalking or shooting will spot the inaccuracies and b******* a mile away. These dvd's of long range shooting, are they edited, you wouldn't make much money out of films of deer with broken legs/ backs/ burst guts / broken jaws

Stalking is not about how far you can shoot, stalk, walk or ****

It's about your ability to cleanly kill deer, if you get enjoyment, money, meat after that it's a bonus.

If killing deer at long ranges from vantage points was so efecient then I'd have got a 50cal years ago, it's about knowing the ground the deer and your rifle and spending time on the hill/forest, creeping about, watching deer .

Lets start culling long range shooters, as the only thing they kill is this forum and our reputation

I agree with all of the above, especially the cogent argument of Bambislayer.

If f i use my 6.5 with a 129gn SST zeroed at 1.75" high @ 100yds, it will be spot on at 200yds and drop 13.5" @ 300yds.

Now if folks want to shoot deer at 1000yds + with .338 Lapua Mags or .50 cal, use anemometers, range finders, have spotters and use their bullet drop charts while shooting deer, fine, fair play. But don't call it stalking, please don't, because it isn't.

ft

 

[paul k]

I am a firm believer that the name of the sport is deer stalking not deer shooting. The longer the range the greater the chance of wounding a beast. The maximum range is probably a decision to be made on the day given the position and behaviour of the quarry, the conditions, the ground, the shooting position, the stalker's ability and how he feels on the day. Personally I believe in closing the range down as much as possible but would, in exceptional conditions, take a shot out to about 250 yards on the open hill. In woodland or on farmland I try to get all my shots inside 150 yards.

This is not the limit of my ability just what I believe is the maximum realistic range for a good clean kill. In the company of YouTube's Sir Slotsalot and with his kit I have shot at and placed a "fatal" shot on a paper fox target at 720 metres and a pigeon target at 610 metres but there is no way that I would ever consider taking a shot at a live target at that sort of range. The only circumstances in which I would try a long shot might be just possibly if I was trying to stop a badly wounded animal escaping but thankfully I've never been in that position.

No matter what the range that a deer is shot at I see no kudos in the fact that it was a long shot nor am I happy to see any boasting about how long the shot was. The only important thing is that it is a one shot clean kill and unless the stalker is absolutely confident that this will be the result of squeezing the trigger the shot should not be taken - end of!

 

[sikamalc]

Why is it that some people need to brag about their taking hundreds of deer and at extreme ranges!! is this some secret club that we are not aware of.

Look at me I shoot hundreds of deer a year at over 300 yds in the head every day club!!

Stop bragging about what you can do. Stalkers, stalk, dispatch, and present the deer in the larder, whilst showing every respect for the deer and the environment. Trying to kill deer at excessive ranges and claiming you can do it everyday because you practice shooting every day is NOT stalking.

Furthermore this site is an open forum, please remember that, and it does not send a good message out when folk can read about people bragging on how many deer they have shot and how far they shoot to attain that number. Quite honestly I DONT CARE how many anyone shoots, although I have to say when you look at the age of some folk on here and they calim they have shot 6000 plus deer, and they are only in their twenties, I fall of my chair laughing.

They must be shooting them in their sleep!!!

Sikamalc

PS I am known for my Long Range culling with the deleate button

 

[Mannlicher_Stu]

Why is it that some people need to brag about their taking hundreds of deer and at extreme ranges!! is this some secret club that we are not aware of.

Look at me I shoot hundreds of deer a year at over 300 yds in the head every day club!!

Stop bragging about what you can do. Stalkers, stalk, dispatch, and present the deer in the larder, whilst showing every respect for the deer and the environment. Trying to kill deer at excessive ranges and claiming you can do it everyday because you practice shooting every day is NOT stalking.

Furthermore this site is an open forum, please remember that, and it does not send a good message out when folk can read about people bragging on how many deer they have shot and how far they shoot to attain that number. Quite honestly I DONT CARE how many anyone shoots, although I have to say when you look at the age of some folk on here and they calim they have shot 6000 plus deer, and they are only in their twenties, I fall of my chair laughing.

They must be shooting them in their sleep!!!

Sikamalc

PS I am known for my Long Range culling with the deleate button

Funny you said that I had a dream like that last night then i woke up and was all wet i had ****sed myself it
must have been through all the laughing i was doing.

 

[Jager SA]

ok lads lets see how honest you can be what is the longest shoot you have taiken at a deer ie killed it and what caliber hear is mine 375yards 223 55g soft point roe 243 100g 600yards now i dont beleve for one second that i am the onley one on this forum that likes longrainge shooting if you have the right gun set up distance is not the problem the problem is getting people to admit they do it so come on be brave spill the beans what is your longest shot ps if your not in to longrainge shooting then please dont start a war on hear about deer should onley be shot at 100yards etc if you dont shoot long rainge fair enughf but dont have a go at the people who can and want to shoot distance thank you

Can I ask how you calculate/adjust for elavation and windage corrections?

 

[paul k]

Can I ask how you calculate/adjust for elavation and windage corrections?

Interesting point. When I took my 700 metre+ shot at the fox target it wasn't before Sir Slotsalot had spent 10 minutes wind gauges, rangefinder and ballistics charts setting the rifle up for the shot.

 

[Mannlicher_Stu]

Interesting point. When I took my 700 metre+ shot at the fox target it wasn't before Sir Slotsalot had spent 10 minutes wind gauges, rangefinder and ballistics charts setting the rifle up for the shot.

I am amazed non of you are using a nano meter to calculate the lock time and time the bullet travels to the point of aim and a guess what the deer might be thinking and deer movement meter one of those would be handy in the field

 

[Sam]

Hi Chaps,

Ive seen where this thread is going and Im not a fan. I too have contributed to that direction, and I apolgise (its not a good idea to be posting when you come back from the pub!). The fox I shot at distance was shot with a proper set up, it was an Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum in.300 WIN MA. (not mine sadly ) with a S&B 5-25x56. Zeroed at 500yards .

Griff - Are you saying I am a stalker or a long range deer sniper, Im well and truely lost


Sorry for the confusion


Sam

 

[Dawnraider]

Fieldcraft will always be a far greater skill to be proud of than the ability to make a long range shot as far as i'm concerned and youv'e either got it or you aint,to try and make up for in other ways is just never going to be good for deer welfare.You owe your quarry the respect it deserves something that seems to be lacking from some,nuff said.
Neil.

 

[Cyres]

Wraith:Grif,

I know where you are coming from. As I elluded to in a different thread re .22C/F there are a lot of shooters out there with custom built guns and hand loads with which they could accurately shoot out to mind boggling ranges.

My .223 is zeroed at 200yds and I have no problems with shooting foxs out at 300yds. However I would need to be prone and be in good conditions.

My rifle in inherently far more accurate than I am and a lot of it is practice and confidence in your gear. Laser rangefinding bins are essential and access to ballistic tables helpfull.

I must say I love practice on carrion crows as they are tiny, wary and rarely stay still so you need to get it right to shoot them,

On monday am I spent 15mins watching a roe buck at 170+yds through my bins and scope, mostly with the scope evaluating what I thought were appropriate shots, both heart, head and neck. Clearly buck fever was not entering the equation as he was off limits, but it was a very valuable experience. The point to emphasis is 170yds is a long way but with a rifle that zeroed at 200 I could shoot golf balls all day so the roe is a relatively large target. By watching the beast for a time, it becomes more evident what it may do and so you can plan a shot accordingly. As for movement, if your bullet is in the 3,000 fps range then in all fairness if you see the animal move as you shoot the bullet has gone past it (0.1sec to travel 100yds) even the best racing driver/tennis player/pilot has reacions times no where close to this)



As you say some times you cannot get close so a long shot may be required, fortunately you should have time to evaluate the whole scenario and act and shoot accordingly. This is where complete familiarity with your equipement comes into play.

My hat off to you both for your honesty, clearly you know what you are doing.

D

 

[bambislayer]

Befor admin delete this one

The longest shot I've had on a deer was 2000metres neck shot, I've slept with 4988798 women and my ***** is 27"'s long

Oh and I was up at 2am this morning and shot 235 deer before I got out of bed

 

[GFA]

But they had not reckoned with Malc and his 30.06, carefully peering round a gate post we spied a small herd watching some horses walking up to our gate, a spiker stood broadside on at 265 yds having a pee,
I said to malc its now or never he is going to be still for a few more seconds and to go for the shot.Watching through the bins i heard the shot and watched, the deer dropped on the spot, dead as a doornail.
Probably one of the best shots i have seen in 40 years stalking.

Sikamalc

PS I am known for my Long Range culling with the deleate button

Seems you also cull deer at long range with your rifle

 

[Dawnraider]

Bambislayer only 27" you poor bugger.

 

[matt458]

Well, if nothing else this thread has rallyed round the faithful. (as well as showing the obvious shortcomings of others appendages!)

 

[griff]

Bambislayer.
after sleeping with all those women i'm suprised your still left with 27", the other statements seem more credible..

 

[bambislayer]

I'm glad the thread is getting a bit more sensible

 

[bambislayer]

Bambislayer only 27" you poor bugger.

I can always make up the lack of appendage with long range shooting

 

[2434me]

Is it not time we wrapped this up ??
Every forum on the net has this scenario put forward on a regular basis and the outcome is always the same .
We all (the majority ) know how to conduct our sport in a responsible way and do so to the best of our abilities.
It has been made quite clear to anyone looking in on this thread that the way to go about it is to try and cut down the risk of making a mistake shooting live quarry .Again the majority have a sensible system for themselves and their capabilities(its not rocket science).However , there will always be a minority that think and do differently.

We should stop this thread now and leave it to peoples common sense as to what to do in their own situations.

 

[jimbo123p]

Bambislayer only 27" you poor bugger.

Maybe like the memories of the longshot the measurement has grown with the telling. Mind you it may be true. It has probably been hand reared from an early age,

 

[Mannlicher_Stu]

Bambislayer.
after sleeping with all those women i'm suprised your still left with 27", the other statements seem more credible..

No good to anyone if the first 26" is soft in my view my wife keeps saying
There there then size dosent matter in any case, I am not sure if shes taking the ****s though when she looks at me she keeps smirking