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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 588141" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>My best/luckiest shot happened a while back on an antelope hunt in Sheridan, Wyoming. I ended up filling my tags early and had two days left on my hunt. I intended to try to call coyotes but my outfitter asked if would be interested in shooting some whitetail does. The wildlife dept wanted him to reduce the herd on one of his leases. He said the area was very open and would offer some good long range opportunities. Sounded good, so I bought a few licenses. Made two good shots on two does between 600 and 700 yards. Next day we spotted a doe moving out at 500 yards and she ended up beddng down on a slope at a lazered 998 yards. All you could see clearly was her head in a clump of sage, but her body appeared positioned so that a miss to the head, if off, would hit the body, offering a vital target area that I felt good about. I don't normally take head shots. My 6.5x284 Cooper was well tested out to a 1000 yards and I had my outfitter to spot for me, so I decided to take the shot. Had lots of time to set up. At my position there was no angle, wind was 5mph coming from 5:30 for a 5" left correction, spin drift, 5" right, so I held dead on for windage, with a 1000 yard elevation adjustment. My aimimg point was centered between the eyes. I shot and lost sight of her, so I looked up at my outfitter that was just staring through his spotting scope for about 20 seconds. I thought he was going to say I missed but he looked down at me and said "I don't believe it, you hit her in the head and she went right over!" When we got to her the bullet had struck a half inch left of the point of aim between the eyes, Don't think I can repeat that one!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 588141, member: 10291"] My best/luckiest shot happened a while back on an antelope hunt in Sheridan, Wyoming. I ended up filling my tags early and had two days left on my hunt. I intended to try to call coyotes but my outfitter asked if would be interested in shooting some whitetail does. The wildlife dept wanted him to reduce the herd on one of his leases. He said the area was very open and would offer some good long range opportunities. Sounded good, so I bought a few licenses. Made two good shots on two does between 600 and 700 yards. Next day we spotted a doe moving out at 500 yards and she ended up beddng down on a slope at a lazered 998 yards. All you could see clearly was her head in a clump of sage, but her body appeared positioned so that a miss to the head, if off, would hit the body, offering a vital target area that I felt good about. I don't normally take head shots. My 6.5x284 Cooper was well tested out to a 1000 yards and I had my outfitter to spot for me, so I decided to take the shot. Had lots of time to set up. At my position there was no angle, wind was 5mph coming from 5:30 for a 5" left correction, spin drift, 5" right, so I held dead on for windage, with a 1000 yard elevation adjustment. My aimimg point was centered between the eyes. I shot and lost sight of her, so I looked up at my outfitter that was just staring through his spotting scope for about 20 seconds. I thought he was going to say I missed but he looked down at me and said "I don't believe it, you hit her in the head and she went right over!" When we got to her the bullet had struck a half inch left of the point of aim between the eyes, Don't think I can repeat that one! [/QUOTE]
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