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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    The 270 short mag is grouping at about two inches at 100 scope is a leupold 10 power 3.5 x40
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    I do have access to long range shots on stew and I have shot out to 500 before just haven’t had a gun I felt was capable of doing much further as far as recoil in a caliber recoil doesn’t bother me at all doesn’t matter to me if it kicks like a mule
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    Thank you Wayne as far as all I have researched it seems to be a tossup between the 300 win and the 300 rum
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    lol i purchased a nikon p 900 i have pics to prove it lol !
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    i can honestly say in 3 weekends of hunting i did not see a single wounded deer the only thing i seen was a 3 legged ram that looked like from the lower joint down it was ripped off...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    waiting for that tag is tough but hunting the deer is more hard i was absolutely humbled by the deer out there ...some days we would drive and glass 20 miles of land and see 3 deer i believe the predators are far more out of control then the G and F is telling us and it shows out there, hence...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    Thank you for the great suggestions and ammo suggestion as far as wind with the long range shot goes i will not take a shot like that unless its dead calm the day i took my 680 shot there was not one ounce of wind i understand that it plays a major role at the long distances thank you for the...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    i totally agree im not sure if you have ever seen the badlands but it is like a chunk of the mountains you would elk hunt in it is not easy and it also doesnt help the bucks are in a full rut when season normally starts and will chase does so by the time you climb multiple ravines and get within...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    thank you all for the opinions and yes i have a leupold range finder as far as the shot i waited six years for the tag and it was the last weekend i understand it wasnt the best idea but it was something i felt i had to try
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    also i will look into the zeiss havent heard of them before my friend sporting a 300 win mag tikka reccomended huskemaw there are so many options takes time to read into them all
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    wow thank you guys for the great insight the 800 number is just that a number its the maximum distance i would ever want to shoot at 7 out of 10 times if i make a shot its 200 to 400 yards i was just humbled this year with my badlands tag and all the deer being roughly 500 plus, therefore i...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    thank you both for the suggestions i am from north dakota and hunted the badlands with a rifle for my first time this year i normally hunt local took 6 years to draw the tag i currently shoot a factory 270 wsm kimber brand with 130 grain ballistic tip ammo the last weekend of deer season i...
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    800 yards deer hunting less work the better

    Hey everyone i researched quite a few threads nothing was quite as specific as i wanted to see and if its not very possible feel free to tell me. I am going to purchase a gun within the next week and im wondering what brand and what caliber would be great to start with all i care about is being...
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