Where to aim for neck shots

[Heym SR20]

How many have you shot at 800 metres ?

Better question is “how many have you missed or wounded and never recovered at 800 metres”

 

[Husky]

2 the rest are bellow

Ever thought about going to the range at Eskdalemuir and hitting a six inch gong at 800 metres first time every time ?

 

[jp 7saum]

It's the same old argument... if you need to deliver a second or third shot etc. can you get near enough to do it? At 800m... 10%, 20%?

It’s open restock and everything is bees with a thermal spotter so if I needed too I could get a second, the whole reason why I need to take long shots is because the banks are so steep so it’s either 800m or 10m because that’s how close you would be if u climbed up.

 

[jp 7saum]

Ever thought about going to the range at Eskdalemuir and hitting a six inch gong at 800 metres first time every time ?

I only shoot that far on the still day and my gong is an 8inch but I can hit it consistently first time at 800m if I couldn’t I wouldn’t be taking the shot

 

[jp 7saum]

Better question is “how many have you missed or wounded and never recovered at 800 metres”

I have never miss or wounded one at 800, I have missed one at 650 where I went straight over its back because I miss calculated the angle of the slope.

 

[Utectok]

Never miss?? Always hit an 8” gong at 800m you sir are a world class shooter and at the tender age of 17 Im truly impressed… or…….

 

[Husky]

You should enter a long range competition, I'm sure you would win it.

 

[csl]

It’s open restock and everything is bees with a thermal spotter so if I needed too I could get a second, the whole reason why I need to take long shots is because the banks are so steep so it’s either 800m or 10m because that’s how close you would be if u climbed up.

I know what you are saying, but that time will come.

Learning how to do it properly, at perhaps the expense of deer numbers *shock*, is the hardest thing in my opinion.

 

[Mungo]

Never miss?? Always hit an 8” gong at 800m you sir are a world class shooter and at the tender age of 17 Im truly impressed… or…….

I can struggle to hit an 8” gong at 80m some days…

At 800m, a 2km/h error in wind call will put the bullet in the guts. 2km/h is nothing. Barely perceptible. Not something that happens in steep mountainous areas where it’s impossible to get close and you have to shoot from the opposite side of the glen…

 

[Heym SR20]

I have never miss or wounded one at 800, I have missed one at 650 where I went straight over its back because I miss calculated the angle of the slope.

So you have to shoot them at 800m cos the the ground is steep and you can never get close.

So how the **** do you then find them after you have shot them and then how do you recover them.

 

[Utectok]

I can struggle to hit an 8” gong at 80m some days…

Honestly I’ve missed more deer at 100m than at 200m I think the closest miss was 14m that was a tale

 

[Brave Echo Niner]

I can struggle to hit an 8” gong at 80m some days…

We’ve all been there!

I’m always impressed by those who can make consistent freehand shots at up to 100m, it’s something I profess to being distinctly average at!

 

[Sealgair nam fiadh]

It’s open restock and everything is bees with a thermal spotter so if I needed too I could get a second, the whole reason why I need to take long shots is because the banks are so steep so it’s either 800m or 10m because that’s how close you would be if u climbed up.

I would love to see you taking a guest out and saying " there you go, 600 meters is as close as I can get you, take the shot please ".

 

[Mungo]

So you have to shoot them at 800m cos the the ground is steep and you can never get close.

So how the **** do you then find them after you have shot them and then how do you recover them.

And as you well know, steep mountainous areas really don’t have swirling, inconsistent wind…

 

[Dunwaters]

You said your average distance was between 300 and 800m and now you're not, your not the only one who is confused.

Leave the guy alone, he’s a teenager doing his best and still learning.
A couple of tips rather than criticism will go a long way.

 

[Sealgair nam fiadh]

Leave the guy alone, he’s a teenager doing his best and still learning.
A couple of tips rather than criticism will go a long way.

Tip No 1, get closer.

 

[stalkerboydy]

Tip No 1, get closer.

Tip No 2 keep those shooting ranges to the Playstation

 

[WEE-BUCK]

Once cover is up i often dont get any other shot, especialy for roe bucks when called in. Shots tend to be sub 100 meters. High neck just bellow the chin.

 

[levigsp]

I’ve not changed it, my closest shot is 300m and my furthest is 800m so that’s my average shots, nothings been changed

In my days only one figure is average. in your case it would be 550m.

 

[levigsp]

Not a lot:


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(130 grain .270, exactly between the eyes).

An 85gn hpbt ,243 does exactly the same, but its not something I like to see in the field.
I reserve heads shots for when I have no choice.