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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
Is the 6.5 Creedmoor too "light" for 1,000+ yard hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tesoro" data-source="post: 1437097" data-attributes="member: 44340"><p>Bullet weight aint what its all about...just partially..</p><p></p><p>For every 1 hunter out there who can confidently kill a muley at a 1000 with a creed there are now 300 hunters out there who will wound the same one at 1000 with a 300 RUM.</p><p></p><p>The stampede is on!! Everyone now wants to be a 'long range hunter' for obvious reasons.</p><p></p><p>Long range hunting isnt about the bullet energy as much as it is about a skill you cant shortcut by buying expensive kit. How many people have I spoken to who believe their $2500 range finder computer enables them to shoot at animals at 1000. MOST.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Example: If you have a 300 RUM 200gr AB 3150 fps and shoot at a critter at 1000 and dont notice a 6mph breeze down at 700 yds then your bullet will hit A FOOT AND A HALF off aim. Thats the vital area of most hooved animals. Add to that using non bench rest shooting form, some excitement and you have a wounded animal as much as a flat out miss. For most a 1000 yd clean kill shot would be pure shite arse luck.</p><p> </p><p>As far as I am concerned, anyone who wants to shoot at a trophy animal at 1000 should try high desert long range coyote hunting first. And see how many bang flops they get out of 20 shots..!!</p><p></p><p>The Davidson brothers make it look easy because they dont film their misses!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tesoro, post: 1437097, member: 44340"] Bullet weight aint what its all about...just partially.. For every 1 hunter out there who can confidently kill a muley at a 1000 with a creed there are now 300 hunters out there who will wound the same one at 1000 with a 300 RUM. The stampede is on!! Everyone now wants to be a 'long range hunter' for obvious reasons. Long range hunting isnt about the bullet energy as much as it is about a skill you cant shortcut by buying expensive kit. How many people have I spoken to who believe their $2500 range finder computer enables them to shoot at animals at 1000. MOST. Example: If you have a 300 RUM 200gr AB 3150 fps and shoot at a critter at 1000 and dont notice a 6mph breeze down at 700 yds then your bullet will hit A FOOT AND A HALF off aim. Thats the vital area of most hooved animals. Add to that using non bench rest shooting form, some excitement and you have a wounded animal as much as a flat out miss. For most a 1000 yd clean kill shot would be pure shite arse luck. [SIZE=14px] [/SIZE] As far as I am concerned, anyone who wants to shoot at a trophy animal at 1000 should try high desert long range coyote hunting first. And see how many bang flops they get out of 20 shots..!! The Davidson brothers make it look easy because they dont film their misses! [/QUOTE]
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