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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 1641144" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>As a couple of the others have said, grab a shotgun and go shoot trap and skeet. Grab your varmint rifle and shoot prairie dogs and other vermin on the run... Don't play the shoot the deer/elk running game at all until you have a good understanding on time of flight and follow through. Even then you'll have to choke your shots back to what most here will consider moderate distances.</p><p>The furthest out I've shot a running deer was a bit over 650 yards with a cross wind too boot. I was swinging as fast as the deer and two body heights up (I was also shooting from elevation) and a couple lengths ahead. The rifle I was using was a rem 700 bdl in 7rum tossing a 140 sierra pro hunter at 3450 fps with a heavy charge of rl25 in r/p brass with a 215 lighting the fire. This load was good for 1/4"- .3" groups at 100 yards in that rifle.</p><p>The most memorable/ dramatic kill I have had on a running deer was a mule deer I shot with a 300rum using 180 Winchester silver tips and enough 5010 to net around 3400 fps. It summersaulted on the bullet's path after I pulled the trigger on a following shot with the cross hair just below the critter's nose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 1641144, member: 48043"] As a couple of the others have said, grab a shotgun and go shoot trap and skeet. Grab your varmint rifle and shoot prairie dogs and other vermin on the run... Don't play the shoot the deer/elk running game at all until you have a good understanding on time of flight and follow through. Even then you'll have to choke your shots back to what most here will consider moderate distances. The furthest out I've shot a running deer was a bit over 650 yards with a cross wind too boot. I was swinging as fast as the deer and two body heights up (I was also shooting from elevation) and a couple lengths ahead. The rifle I was using was a rem 700 bdl in 7rum tossing a 140 sierra pro hunter at 3450 fps with a heavy charge of rl25 in r/p brass with a 215 lighting the fire. This load was good for 1/4"- .3" groups at 100 yards in that rifle. The most memorable/ dramatic kill I have had on a running deer was a mule deer I shot with a 300rum using 180 Winchester silver tips and enough 5010 to net around 3400 fps. It summersaulted on the bullet's path after I pulled the trigger on a following shot with the cross hair just below the critter's nose. [/QUOTE]
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