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<blockquote data-quote="73driver" data-source="post: 2265513" data-attributes="member: 36473"><p>When I was younger I would back pack in to my Utah hunts with a Jack Brooks reproduction Leman .54 trade rifle. The hike in took about two hours and the effort was well worth it. The results were a number of solid memories that come from going slow and letting the wildlife get close to you. Of the dozens of bucks I have taken over the decades the two I walked up on and shot off hand with a BP muzzle loader are the clearest memories. Now I have a custom centerfire with a bigger scope, still its in a tradition profile stock and slightly on the heavy side for something like what hunting rifles used to be. I figure its good for 400 yards easy and maybe out to 500 yards given no/low wind, solid shooting position and a hunting partner to spot and call the hit & subsequent game movement before it collapses. LRH hunting becomes more about shooting, the equipment, target style stock, bigger heavy scopes, hand loads that have been chronographed, lots and lots of practice and verifying your drops wind deflection etc. All are things I normally do for hunting but for long range to a level beyond I want to bother with. If I want to shoot like that I will shoot PRS or F class matches. Hunting up game for shots inside of 300-400 yards takes a different skill set and is not so equipment dependent. For a long range challenge I take my rifle to silhouette matches and shoot at deer size target at 500 meters offhand. My hat is off to anyone who can take game out to 800 or more and make a slam dunk first shot kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="73driver, post: 2265513, member: 36473"] When I was younger I would back pack in to my Utah hunts with a Jack Brooks reproduction Leman .54 trade rifle. The hike in took about two hours and the effort was well worth it. The results were a number of solid memories that come from going slow and letting the wildlife get close to you. Of the dozens of bucks I have taken over the decades the two I walked up on and shot off hand with a BP muzzle loader are the clearest memories. Now I have a custom centerfire with a bigger scope, still its in a tradition profile stock and slightly on the heavy side for something like what hunting rifles used to be. I figure its good for 400 yards easy and maybe out to 500 yards given no/low wind, solid shooting position and a hunting partner to spot and call the hit & subsequent game movement before it collapses. LRH hunting becomes more about shooting, the equipment, target style stock, bigger heavy scopes, hand loads that have been chronographed, lots and lots of practice and verifying your drops wind deflection etc. All are things I normally do for hunting but for long range to a level beyond I want to bother with. If I want to shoot like that I will shoot PRS or F class matches. Hunting up game for shots inside of 300-400 yards takes a different skill set and is not so equipment dependent. For a long range challenge I take my rifle to silhouette matches and shoot at deer size target at 500 meters offhand. My hat is off to anyone who can take game out to 800 or more and make a slam dunk first shot kill. [/QUOTE]
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