Longest Kill Shot ?

[James Pearson]

420yd shot on a mule deer, we had 30 mph straight line wind with 40 mph gusts. We had tried numerous times to get close but he'd spook and move out. So we caught up again and took that 420 yard shot with the wind right to left.

We were prairie hunting in northwest Texas with small pockets of brush in low lying areas. After the shot he stumbled and moved into a pocket of that scrub brush, which he had worked through and we found him on the off side of the brush.

It was a clean shot, slightly off the mark but did the job. .270 Winchester, 130 Hornady SST hand loads pushing 3075fps.

Best wind call I'd ever made!

 

[NeoConShooter]

Simple question: What has been your longest kill shot on varmint or game animal?

Varmint at about 600-650 Meters as ranged by the Leatherwood scope, .308 Win.
Elk at about 425 long paces 7 mm Rem. Mag.
I do not count prairie dogs as on a good day we might lob 4-6000 rounds at them and we certainly do get some hits way out there! I mean really, really way out there. But not as many hits as misses! But it's all good fun in a good cause! We take 12-16 guns each, only use .22 iron sighted Semi-Auto pistols to about 100 yards with bragging rights for the longest kill. Scope sighted .22 LR semi-auto rifles out to 200 yards or so and a dozen or so center fire rifles with scope sights in calibers including, but not limited to; .223/5.56, 22-250, .220 Swift, .224 Clark Imp ( The ultimate Champion at PDs,, 6MM Rem, 7BR and .308s in XP-100s, .308/7.62 NATO in 6 different semi-auto guns, 7 mm Rem Mag and .300 RUM in stock Remington Sendaros at longer ranges!

 

[CaptainBLW]

515 yds Texas Nilgai .308 208 amax

550yds 560yds 2 turkeys 1 shot in the heads same bullet 243. 75gr noslers
(did not see second turkey til i drove to the first) No BS, total luck!!
recovered bullet from second turkey.

520yds 2 yotes lined up, slightly uphill,in a sendero from a tower blind.(Same bullet) .308 168 berger vld. (this one on purpose)

330 yds whitetail doe, 30/30 contender 125g nosler

480yds whitetail 7saum 168 berger vld

Rifles by Cloud Peak Gunworks

leica laser binos
labradar velocity checks on loads

 

[grandslamsheephunter]

Pa whitetails in upper pa, 1150 yards 300 win mag 190 grain sierra bt

 

[rick523]

Elk - 400 (.375 AI)

Shiras Moose 400+ (.375 H&H)

Pronghorn - 430 (.375 AI)
110 ( S&W 44 mag., open sights)

Coyote - 280 (.375 AI)

Mule Deer - approx. 350 (.375 AI)

Whitetail - <100 (.308 Win.)

Nutria Rat - approx 80 (4" 38 Special @ night)

Duck - approx 200 to 220 ( .375 AI [sitting on water])

Crow - approx 150, flying (.223 Rem)

Jack Rabbit - approx 100 ( S&W 44 Mag, open sights)

memtb

Why would you shoot at a flying crow with a .223?

 

[rick523]

Wyoming mule deer 803yds.
7mm rem mag 168 gr. Berger

Prairie dog 625 yds. AR15
55gr Nosler Ballistic tip

 

[cmoslof]

Wolf 980 yards

 

[jessej]

1055 yards. Wyoming antelope.
910 yards. Wyoming mule deer.
30-338 lapua improved. 190 grain bergers 3600 fps.

 

[Jacob Paul]

Pronghorn 720 yards (6.5 creedmoor)
Mule deer 400 yards (30-06)
Jack rabbit 300 yards in the eye (.17 HMR)
Crow 250 yards (.17 HMR)

 

[wardog5]

550yrds white tail doe (7mm mag)
630yrds Ground hog (7mm-08)

 

[Nick559]

Using my Vic Olsen Custom Husqvarna small ring Mauser in 257 Roberts Improved (Ackley) with a 120 gr Hornady hollow point, 660 yrds (fence to fence) on a Texas 12 pointer in 1984.

 

[Litehiker]

Pennsylvania groundhog-> 422 yards (.300 Win mag!!;o)

Eric B.

 

[Timber338]

Shortest shot:
Elk: 11 yards, 338 ultra mag

Longest shot:
Elk: 1127 yards, 338 ultra mag

 

[Hardday]

First long shot on a whitetail was 921 yds. 30-378 wby.
Longest kill on a prairie dog was 801 with a 22-250 after multiple attempts