What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
#61
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RE: What is the longest that you have shot a deer/would shoot
To be honest with you I can't speak from experience on the 30 calibers. Most of my hunting has been done with .270 or 7mm although I have used the 200 gr. BT in .338 caliber and have had great results. I did shoot one doe with my .308 with a 165 gr. BT at 200 yards and she fell right where she was standing.
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#62
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2019
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577 last night
Just picked up a 6.5 creedmoor passed 2 8s opener of gun deer in wi at 50-200 yards. A little small. Second weekend I just wanted a doe for the season. So last night 10 min before close of the season 3 does came out in field far in front of me. I thought I would Wallis glass around before it gets too dark then I see 3 deer. I picked up my rifle put it to 16x but my bottom post of my vortex scope on the pump house and squeeze. She dropped them I range find at 577 yards. I was amazed. I shot at 100 yards for sight in and did my ballistic calculations and it was dead on bottom post says 585 yards
#63
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 3
The longest bow shot on a deer was at 55 yards. I practice at 50yards comfortably all the time. I would definitely be okay shooting up to 60. I made a perfect double lung shot on my biggest buck at 55yds👍
My longest with gun shot on a deer was at 160yds. 20” wide 8ptr. I would feel comfortable shooting up to 2-300yds
My longest with gun shot on a deer was at 160yds. 20” wide 8ptr. I would feel comfortable shooting up to 2-300yds
#66
Savage .308 rifle... Bushnell Trophy 3-9x40 scope... Accurately sighted to 150 yards dead on. No need to go any more than that, especially in the thick woods of Virginia. I am not steady enough (i.e. confident enough) to try to do some crazy 500 yard shot across a huge field. I have no idea what the trajectory would even be for a .308 at 500 yards!!!
Also, my longest shot, clean kill, DOA right there on the spot: 125 yards with my Savage .308 and a 165gr Ballistic Tip round, up on my sister & bro-in-law's farm in upstate NY back in 2011. Bang... Flop... DOA right there. One shot, one kill. Didn't get just a clean pass-thru in the chest - I actually blew the aorta right off the deer's heart! Deer had no idea what hit him and it was instant "lights out".
Also, my longest shot, clean kill, DOA right there on the spot: 125 yards with my Savage .308 and a 165gr Ballistic Tip round, up on my sister & bro-in-law's farm in upstate NY back in 2011. Bang... Flop... DOA right there. One shot, one kill. Didn't get just a clean pass-thru in the chest - I actually blew the aorta right off the deer's heart! Deer had no idea what hit him and it was instant "lights out".
#67
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 454
My longest shot on a deer: 5 yards.
I didn't miss. He ran about 25 yards in the snow.
How long would I shoot? Much farther than my thick woods would allow, but in the open, probably 200 yards.
Even my longest shot on a bear is only 55 yards. Never had to pass on a shot due to distance.
I didn't miss. He ran about 25 yards in the snow.
How long would I shoot? Much farther than my thick woods would allow, but in the open, probably 200 yards.
Even my longest shot on a bear is only 55 yards. Never had to pass on a shot due to distance.
#68
Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: texas
Posts: 1,205
I got asked if I ever tried long range riflery,
most deer and elk Ive shot were at under 80 yards, many were well under 50 yards,
but I had and regularly use a 340 wby , and I do, practice regularly at a range that has a 500 yard gong,
I don;t recommend most people shooting over 300 yards , but I was in my mid 40s at the time and felt confident,
and had an opportunity to shoot a nice 4x4 mule deer back in the 1990s
at what I estimated was 550 yards,
I can,t remember shooting at over 350 yards more than two other times,
but yeah Ive done it and every time I did it was prone with a bi-pod and I was successful!
even in the scope at the time that deer looked rather small, but impressive,
my average walking pace distance is about 28 "
it was 702 paces from where I took my shot , lying with my bi-pod equipped rifle over a back pack and behind it in the snow,
shooting prone ,to make that shot on the deer , and the buck dropped on bullet impact
I was using the hornady 225 grain bullet pushed to 3000 fps
I was sighted in 3.5" high at 100 yards and held the horizontal cross hair about 3 feet over the deers spine,
or just a bit higher than the 500 yard gong at the range,
at the shot my buddy started laughing, he said, damn, what luck,
that deer had a heart attack laughing at you trying to hit it at that range,
now your probably going to insist you actually hit it"
I stayed where I was and guided my buddy to the deers location with hand signals
he pretended he could not find the buck!
when I got frustrated I walked over to him in a direct strait line,
counting paces to where I found him sitting on my buck.
and yes I have always had a laminated drop chart taped to my rifles butt stock, I probably should not have even tried that shot but I felt sure I could hit the targeted area on the deers chest and I did so.
most deer and elk Ive shot were at under 80 yards, many were well under 50 yards,
but I had and regularly use a 340 wby , and I do, practice regularly at a range that has a 500 yard gong,
I don;t recommend most people shooting over 300 yards , but I was in my mid 40s at the time and felt confident,
and had an opportunity to shoot a nice 4x4 mule deer back in the 1990s
at what I estimated was 550 yards,
I can,t remember shooting at over 350 yards more than two other times,
but yeah Ive done it and every time I did it was prone with a bi-pod and I was successful!
even in the scope at the time that deer looked rather small, but impressive,
my average walking pace distance is about 28 "
it was 702 paces from where I took my shot , lying with my bi-pod equipped rifle over a back pack and behind it in the snow,
shooting prone ,to make that shot on the deer , and the buck dropped on bullet impact
I was using the hornady 225 grain bullet pushed to 3000 fps
I was sighted in 3.5" high at 100 yards and held the horizontal cross hair about 3 feet over the deers spine,
or just a bit higher than the 500 yard gong at the range,
at the shot my buddy started laughing, he said, damn, what luck,
that deer had a heart attack laughing at you trying to hit it at that range,
now your probably going to insist you actually hit it"
I stayed where I was and guided my buddy to the deers location with hand signals
he pretended he could not find the buck!
when I got frustrated I walked over to him in a direct strait line,
counting paces to where I found him sitting on my buck.
and yes I have always had a laminated drop chart taped to my rifles butt stock, I probably should not have even tried that shot but I felt sure I could hit the targeted area on the deers chest and I did so.
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