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<blockquote data-quote="BH107" data-source="post: 588153" data-attributes="member: 19759"><p>My best shot so far was on my mule deer last year in Colorado. It was my first year with a long range rig, and I hadn't really had alot of practice so I set my limit to 500 yds which was still more than twice my previous long shot. Opening morning I was planning on sitting on a high ridge looking over a large cut where I shot my deer on our prevous trip. I had scouted there the day before and saw 40-50 does, but no bucks. I got a little lost in the dark on the way in, so I finally sat down and waited for daybreak. Once I finally got to my ridge I set everything down and just started glassing. 10 minutes later I saw movement coming from the right of the cut and only had my glasses on him long enough to see tall antlers. I immediately grabbed my rifle and got on the bipod. The buck was walking from right to left and then stopped to feed about halfway into the clearing. My rangefinder was still in my bag, but I had ranged the entire field the day before so I was comfortable with getting a shot off. I estimated he was right at the edge of my 500 yard limit, but my range card was still in my bag as well. Knew I didn't have alot of time, so I held over his back and touched my first shot off.... just over his back! He didn't spook, just simply kept walking. I reloaded and adjusted my hold for a second shot only to get a click, I hadn't chambered a round! Reload again, make sure a round goes in. Now he's walking again and headed for the brushline. I made the decision to take the shot and not loose him, so I held a little forward and still just above his back and touched another round off. I watched him drop in his tracks. When I got to him and could finally see how big he really was, it ended up being about a 150" 4x4, my biggest deer to date. I ranged it at 440 yards and was happy to have connected with my first semi-long range kill.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/surfinsd/DSC00393.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/surfinsd/DSC00390.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>The deer was about half way down that field, you can barely see my orange backpack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BH107, post: 588153, member: 19759"] My best shot so far was on my mule deer last year in Colorado. It was my first year with a long range rig, and I hadn't really had alot of practice so I set my limit to 500 yds which was still more than twice my previous long shot. Opening morning I was planning on sitting on a high ridge looking over a large cut where I shot my deer on our prevous trip. I had scouted there the day before and saw 40-50 does, but no bucks. I got a little lost in the dark on the way in, so I finally sat down and waited for daybreak. Once I finally got to my ridge I set everything down and just started glassing. 10 minutes later I saw movement coming from the right of the cut and only had my glasses on him long enough to see tall antlers. I immediately grabbed my rifle and got on the bipod. The buck was walking from right to left and then stopped to feed about halfway into the clearing. My rangefinder was still in my bag, but I had ranged the entire field the day before so I was comfortable with getting a shot off. I estimated he was right at the edge of my 500 yard limit, but my range card was still in my bag as well. Knew I didn't have alot of time, so I held over his back and touched my first shot off.... just over his back! He didn't spook, just simply kept walking. I reloaded and adjusted my hold for a second shot only to get a click, I hadn't chambered a round! Reload again, make sure a round goes in. Now he's walking again and headed for the brushline. I made the decision to take the shot and not loose him, so I held a little forward and still just above his back and touched another round off. I watched him drop in his tracks. When I got to him and could finally see how big he really was, it ended up being about a 150" 4x4, my biggest deer to date. I ranged it at 440 yards and was happy to have connected with my first semi-long range kill. [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/surfinsd/DSC00393.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/surfinsd/DSC00390.jpg[/IMG] The deer was about half way down that field, you can barely see my orange backpack. [/QUOTE]
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