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What’s the farthest you have taken a big game animal with a rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="WYO300RUM" data-source="post: 3048927" data-attributes="member: 32631"><p>Ok I'll jump in. 543 yds bull elk with 300 RUM 180 Barnes TTSX. A bunch of buck and doe lope between 400 to 500 yds. Most with 7 Rem Mag and 300 RUM and couple with 300 WM, 6.5 PRC and 1 with 6.5x284. The longest deer shot was muley buck in Ut. Very steep uphill 656 yds. First two shots high. He just looked around and never moved. Then I remembered to hold low on up and down hill shots <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /> Third shot I held on air under chest. Dropped him. The angle was so steep I was laying on the ground prone with stock on the ground and me sideways and I didn't get bit by scope. Was a 7 Rem mag. Had to go down a hill cross a creek then up the steep sob pulling myself up by bush's and trees. I was young and great shape though. Coming down I couldn't keep the buck from passing me and poking me in butt and legs with antlers. I came down a different route and it ended up a 30 ft. Cliff down to stream. I told buddy I'm dropping it off cliff. Couldn't hold him any longer from sliding off. He tries to get under to catch it. I yelled get out of the way ! He stepped back and when it came down an antler tine poked him in the thigh. I yelled you dumb sob ! Could of been a lot worse. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="Flushed face :flushed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" data-shortname=":flushed:" /> I drug across stream and said go up and tie my pack frame to a rope and throw down. I cut the buck up and tied to frame and pulled up each time. Got done and when drove off he said don't ever do that again (shoot that high up) <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😆" title="Grinning squinting face :laughing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" data-shortname=":laughing:" /> We were on way home from a 5 day camp hunt. About 1/2 mile from hitting pavement. I was driving and still looking for a buck. You know what I mean... I looked left and way up high I saw him and said that's either a bighorn a a big buck way up there. Looked in binos and said it's a buck and I'm going to shoot him. He said I don't see a buck. Lol. You know the rest of the story. Sorry for rambling on so long. A memory will pop into my mind and I want to re live it and tell it. Helps remember them <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /></p><p></p><p>I forgot a couple... longest whitetail doe 442 yds with a, a , a, a... 6.5 Needmore w/143 eldx. Then right after another at 412 right by first one . Not long shots . Then last year a doe lope at 424 yds with a 257 Weatherby. Done !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WYO300RUM, post: 3048927, member: 32631"] Ok I'll jump in. 543 yds bull elk with 300 RUM 180 Barnes TTSX. A bunch of buck and doe lope between 400 to 500 yds. Most with 7 Rem Mag and 300 RUM and couple with 300 WM, 6.5 PRC and 1 with 6.5x284. The longest deer shot was muley buck in Ut. Very steep uphill 656 yds. First two shots high. He just looked around and never moved. Then I remembered to hold low on up and down hill shots 🙄 Third shot I held on air under chest. Dropped him. The angle was so steep I was laying on the ground prone with stock on the ground and me sideways and I didn't get bit by scope. Was a 7 Rem mag. Had to go down a hill cross a creek then up the steep sob pulling myself up by bush's and trees. I was young and great shape though. Coming down I couldn't keep the buck from passing me and poking me in butt and legs with antlers. I came down a different route and it ended up a 30 ft. Cliff down to stream. I told buddy I'm dropping it off cliff. Couldn't hold him any longer from sliding off. He tries to get under to catch it. I yelled get out of the way ! He stepped back and when it came down an antler tine poked him in the thigh. I yelled you dumb sob ! Could of been a lot worse. 😳 I drug across stream and said go up and tie my pack frame to a rope and throw down. I cut the buck up and tied to frame and pulled up each time. Got done and when drove off he said don't ever do that again (shoot that high up) 😆 We were on way home from a 5 day camp hunt. About 1/2 mile from hitting pavement. I was driving and still looking for a buck. You know what I mean... I looked left and way up high I saw him and said that's either a bighorn a a big buck way up there. Looked in binos and said it's a buck and I'm going to shoot him. He said I don't see a buck. Lol. You know the rest of the story. Sorry for rambling on so long. A memory will pop into my mind and I want to re live it and tell it. Helps remember them 🤔 I forgot a couple... longest whitetail doe 442 yds with a, a , a, a... 6.5 Needmore w/143 eldx. Then right after another at 412 right by first one . Not long shots . Then last year a doe lope at 424 yds with a 257 Weatherby. Done ! [/QUOTE]
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