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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 502849" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>If you are talking about "all" hunters I would say the number is very, very small. If you are asking individuals on this site, the number will go up by a great deal although as others have said the percentage of shots over 600 is still quite small. </p><p></p><p>I usually manage to get at least one big game kill each fall that is over 600, but I am set up and looking for those kind of shots. Last fall for example I killed an elk at 605, an antelope at 815, and one at 935 then a whitetail at 340. That would make 75% of my kills last hunting season at 600+ yards. Normally it would be just the opposite with 4 or 5 critters killed under 600 and maybe 1 over. Obviously antelope provide lots of long range opportunities and I elk in some very open country in southern NM, so kind of like LTLR said in an earlier post, when I see them within 1000 yards (depending on conditions) I am going to shoot them rather than stalk closer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 502849, member: 3745"] If you are talking about "all" hunters I would say the number is very, very small. If you are asking individuals on this site, the number will go up by a great deal although as others have said the percentage of shots over 600 is still quite small. I usually manage to get at least one big game kill each fall that is over 600, but I am set up and looking for those kind of shots. Last fall for example I killed an elk at 605, an antelope at 815, and one at 935 then a whitetail at 340. That would make 75% of my kills last hunting season at 600+ yards. Normally it would be just the opposite with 4 or 5 critters killed under 600 and maybe 1 over. Obviously antelope provide lots of long range opportunities and I elk in some very open country in southern NM, so kind of like LTLR said in an earlier post, when I see them within 1000 yards (depending on conditions) I am going to shoot them rather than stalk closer. [/QUOTE]
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