Longest shot ever?? Whats ur's??
05-03-2007, 10:11 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,858
RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats ur's??
I reread your post like you recommended, and you made even a bigger a$$ of yourself. You said....
Fear of spooking the birds...WTF....WTF I say. Spooking the birds should be one of the last things you should be worried about. The first thing should be wounding a bird or a braindead reason. The second thing should be trying to call the bird into a humane range. Now what.....Perhaps you post would have sounded better if you said:
Usually I would say no in fear of wounding a bird and not recovering it, but I couldn't convince him otherwise.
Usually I would say no in fear of spooking birds in the surrounding area.... but its the last day we could hunt there.
Usually I would say no in fear of wounding a bird and not recovering it, but I couldn't convince him otherwise.
05-03-2007, 10:40 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats ur's??
I've patterned my gun out to 50 yards and know that I'm at the maximum range there for the pattern I'm getting. I killed my last longbeard at 42 yards with this gun and he never even flopped. The only time I attempted a shot longer than my tested maximum range was when I mis-estimated the range because of what I later found out was a detached retina in my shooting eye. I have passed on quite a few nice birds over the years because they were just out of range. It's stupid to take pot shots at a bird when you don't know that you can humanely kill them at that distance. Sure, a stray pellet my just randomly hit the brain and you get the bird, but you more likely risk wounding the bird and never having another chance to kill it cleanly.
05-03-2007, 10:42 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
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RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats ur's??
Well, um, ah, see, um, well, ah, well well well What kinda drugs are you on Zubba?!?!
Um, ah, ah, um, well, ah, um, um, ah, well, um, ah I dont feel like I have to explain myself to you.... I dont give 2 s**t's about what you think about me
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Um, ah, ah, um, well, ah, um, um, ah, well, um, ah I dont feel like I have to explain myself to you.... I dont give 2 s**t's about what you think about me
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05-03-2007, 10:44 AM
#27
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 242
RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats ur's??
wow... thats strange, a detached retina. I hope everything is better and your out hunting again. (judging distances better) 
Yeah... I also pattern my gun for 50 yrds.... at 65 I still get the recommended 5 BB's in the neck of the turkey target, but dont like to shoot that far if I can help it.
Yeah... I also pattern my gun for 50 yrds.... at 65 I still get the recommended 5 BB's in the neck of the turkey target, but dont like to shoot that far if I can help it.
05-03-2007, 10:52 AM
#28
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
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RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats Ur's??
ORIGINAL: tigerw10
wow... thats strange, a detached retina. I hope everything is better and your out hunting again. (judging distances better)Yeah... I also pattern my gun for 50 yards.... at 65 I still get the recommended 5 BB's in the neck of the turkey target, but dont like to shoot that far if I can help it.
wow... thats strange, a detached retina. I hope everything is better and your out hunting again. (judging distances better)
Yeah... I also pattern my gun for 50 yards.... at 65 I still get the recommended 5 BB's in the neck of the turkey target, but dont like to shoot that far if I can help it.
05-03-2007, 11:01 AM
#30
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 242
RE: Longest shot ever?? Whats Ur's??
I dont like to shoot that far RebelHog. I'm just saying that I pattern it out for 50 yrds. I believe most hunters do aswell. And yes I do call them in close. I am a two time upstate NY turkey calling champion aswell. So must be I'm doing something right.