3 Bucks with one shot??

[Jinx]

The article in the links show a bloke who claims he shot 3 Blesbucks with one bullet from a 308 at 201m. The first two have wounds to the head and the third was hit high in the neck behind the ear.

Is this possible with a 308 at that distance?

Jagter trek drie bokke met een skoot plat

 

[J E Custom]

The article in the links show a bloke who claims he shot 3 Blesbucks with one bullet from a 308 at 201m. The first two have wounds to the head and the third was hit high in the neck behind the ear.

Is this possible with a 308 at that distance?

Jagter trek drie bokke met een skoot plat

It is possible. But it is nothing to brag about ,in fact you can bet it was not planed.

I was taught to know what was behind your point of aim and if there was another
animal or anything else that might be hit you passed on the shot .

Also if you did not have an impact area (Like shooting at the top of a ridge or in a tree
with nothing to stop the bullet after passing through or missing the game/target no
shot was taken.

I would not want to hunt with this guy , And if he were kin to me he would be looking at an
*** whooping unless he changed his name.

I won't get into the ethics thing but the game deserves better.

Sorry to get on my soap box

J E CUSTOM

 

[runshort]

Well put JE

 

[Jinx]

I could not agree more. I do not know the person but the area which they hunted is as flat as a table. So he should have seen what was behind.

 

[surjimmy]

Can't put it any better then what has already been said.

 

[iSnipe]

I'm not so hung up here on ethics, etc, etc, blah, blah. I'm thinking where he hunted in Africa it's not as crowded as New York City park. Maybe his guide told him to shoot? Maybe the THRILL of the hunt got his adrenaline going a little too much to fog his judgment? I too could get a good post going on ethics, etc, and get some hoorays, but I don't know the circumstances to bash another hunter, so it would be a waste of my time.

I think it's quite possible. Blesbucks weigh anywhere from 140 to 150lbs and at 220 yards, I could see it happening; once in a life time shot.

iSnipe

 

[J E Custom]

I'm not so hung up here on ethics, etc, etc, blah, blah. I'm thinking where he hunted in Africa it's not as crowded as New York City park. Maybe his guide told him to shoot? Maybe the THRILL of the hunt got his adrenaline going a little too much to fog his judgment? I too could get a good post going on ethics, etc, and get some hoorays, but I don't know the circumstances to bash another hunter, so it would be a waste of my time.

I think it's quite possible. Blesbucks weigh anywhere from 140 to 150lbs and at 220 yards, I could see it happening; once in a life time shot.

iSnipe

I guess I will respond to your comment by simply saying there is no good reason to do this
because the other two blesbucks did not have the benefit of a aimed shot and call it hunter
ethics or what ever it is not something to brag about .

And the only way to plan a shot like that would be to have them line up at a hog trough
catch them eating and use a full metal jacketed bullet and send it straight through all three
of them and hope to find all of them.

As to excitement or listening to some one else as being a reason to make an iffy shot at best
there is no reason to make the shot until you are ready and know as much as possible.

I'm sorry you feel that this is OK but It also tells me that this guy is also dangerous and I would
never hunt with him or someone that condoned this behavior.

I am almost 70 years old and I have hunted most of my life and the reason I am still alive is
I won't hunt with someone like Dick Chaney or ride with someone like Ted Kennedy.

J E CUSTOM

 

[sendero7]

It all depends on how well you shoot and the deer population that you have to hunt, which means how many opportunites you have to pull the trigger in a season. A friend of mine shot 3 does with one shot last season during the depredation season. When you have 40 to 60 deer in a field at one time, sooner or later they will align themselves for the multiple shot on a regular bases. Doubles are a common thing. He shoots a 7mag using 150gr winchester silver tips. Last season he killed 143 and his 12 year old son killed 34 of the 35 he shot at using a 223 short mag. He's not a long range shooter, but anything under 400yds is dead. I'm 55 years old and I had killed 200 by the age of 20 and quit counting. My longest shot is only 526yds and I went for 27 years without missing a shot. I'm not trying to bragg, but stating that when you're shooting volume, you become pretty good as long as you know your limitations. A good friend of my fathers managed a large plantation and he stopped counting at 1000 and his number one rifle was a 22 hornet. It's all about the number of opportunities to shoot live targets versus punching holes in paper.