1.04 Mile Prairie Dog

[Blueridgeguy]

Amazing! Congratulations!

 

[Sako284]

I lose interest when the group size is bigger than the target, it is quite literally luck when you hit. Unless the rifle is doing 1/10 MOA you could have the exact same wind read and the exact same conditions 10 times in a row and miss. You can miss P Dogs at 1000 yards with a 1/2 MOA rifle and it's not even your fault. The target is thinner than your rifle will group

 

[ButterBean]

I lose interest when the group size is bigger than the target, it is quite literally luck when you hit. Unless the rifle is doing 1/10 MOA you could have the exact same wind read and the exact same conditions 10 times in a row and miss. You can miss P Dogs at 1000 yards with a 1/2 MOA rifle and it's not even your fault. The target is thinner than your rifle will group

I Concur, He did say there was a lot of luck involved but it would be more like a Boat Load or just short of a miracle , Still an amazing shot regardless

 

[Ron Milby]

Wow! Congrats!!! Awesome shooting!

 

[Sako284]

I Concur, He did say there was a lot of luck involved but it would be more like a Boat Load or just short of a miracle , Still an amazing shot regardless

Exactly.

 

[Victor Culpepper]

I didn't even know a creedmore could sling a bullet that far. Was he able to reload it after???

Couldn't tell you. We are not that sophisticated and only shoot Black Hills factory ammo, in 6.5 Creedmoere and .223.

 

[Victor Culpepper]

Exactly.

I concur wholeheartedly; the "lose interest" excepted. And as I mentioned, the weather conditions were unusually perfect. He did, however, make the shots and adjustments without a spotter.

 

[blvette75]

One of my friends on our annual longe range dogging in South Dakota. 5-day hunt through Tuesday. Monday morning, with absolutely perfect shooting conditions. Only 1-2 MOA windage adjustments between shots. Shooting Black Hills factory ammo. Certified by the ranch owner who is also the brother of the founder of Black Hills Ammo and 3 friends who would never let him get away with cheating. As everyone knows, there's a lot of luck involved no matter how good the shooter. Most hits at long ranges end up with the dog making it in the hole before dying and not a confirmed kill. Bob's bullet went through the spine around the neck area. He owns the ranch record for distance on prairie dogs, breaking his previous record of 1739 yds in 2018.

Excellent shot, one less disease spreading rodent on the earth.

 

[Sako284]

I concur wholeheartedly; the "lose interest" excepted. And as I mentioned, the weather conditions were unusually perfect. He did, however, make the shots and adjustments without a spotter.

I would rather keep rounds off my rigs than shoot at targets smaller than my group. Regardless, great read and great squeeze.

 

[del2les]

This is what LR/ELR Shooting and hunting is about. Pushing the limits of what is possible. It doesn't seem that long ago (early 90's) entering the 1,000yd club on P-dogs was considered dumb luck, but as the years went by, more and more shooters obtained the goal and advanced the sport with improvements in rifles, scopes, bullets, loading techniques, etc. "Impossible" is a term used by those who never dared.

 

[TxHeartShot]

One of my friends on our annual longe range dogging in South Dakota. 5-day hunt through Tuesday. Monday morning, with absolutely perfect shooting conditions. Only 1-2 MOA windage adjustments between shots. Shooting Black Hills factory ammo. Certified by the ranch owner who is also the brother of the founder of Black Hills Ammo and 3 friends who would never let him get away with cheating. As everyone knows, there's a lot of luck involved no matter how good the shooter. Most hits at long ranges end up with the dog making it in the hole before dying and not a confirmed kill. Bob's bullet went through the spine around the neck area. He owns the ranch record for distance on prairie dogs, breaking his previous record of 1739 yds in 2018.

Nice shootin'...you could eat right up to the hole! Get you a mess of those pasture rats in crockpot and you're in for a treat!

 

[ButterBean]

This is what LR/ELR Shooting and hunting is about. Pushing the limits of what is possible. It doesn't seem that long ago (early 90's) entering the 1,000yd club on P-dogs was considered dumb luck, but as the years went by, more and more shooters obtained the goal and advanced the sport with improvements in rifles, scopes, bullets, loading techniques, etc. "Impossible" is a term used by those who never dared.

I agree but this was a one in a million shot and I doubt that it could have been repeated while he was there, once again it was an awesome shot and I'm sure the trigger man knows his stuff obviously but there was a ton of "luck" and I mean a ton in this shot, along with the near perfect weather

 

[Heym500]

what range finder ?

 

[Browninglover1]

All the people claiming they're not impressed, have not killed a sod poodle at 1 mile.

Yes some luck is involved as you're playing under the average accuracy level of your rifle, but it still takes an incredible amount of skill to accomplish it.