What’s your longest kill shot of 2022?

[Rosebud]

Coyote at 285 this morning. Deer weren't co-oping today. And I missed on at 130. Got in a hurry, knew it was about to turn to grey smoke. Go figure.

 

[wjm1000]

This is long range hunting so let's not hear about ethics and all that jazz. Like the title asks, what's your longest kill shot this year, and what rifle Rifle did you use?
I'll start. My first bull elk public land Colorado 864 yards with a 300wsm I built myself. Badlands precision 195 gr bd2

1035 yards one shot PA black bear, last day. .338 Big Baer 300 grain Elite Hunter @ 3135fps Bartlein barrel, left-handed twist, gain twist 1/10 to 1/9.25 smithed by Bruce Baer

 

[crashlanding]

1035 yards one shot PA black bear, last day. .338 Big Baer 300 grain Elite Hunter @ 3135fps Bartlein barrel, left-handed twist, gain twist 1/10 to 1/9.25 smithed by Bruce Baer

Nice! What county if you don't mind me asking

 

[fishdundee]

Mine 416 yards, elk with 6.5 SAUM Berger 144
Sons 608 yards, elk with 6.5 SAUM Berger 144
Sons 100 yards, deer 50Cal muzzle loader
Brothers 1006 yards, deer 7 SAUM Berger 180

What did you think of the performance of the 144s?

 

[fishdundee]

953 yards, 300 wby, 230 OTM

 

[RockyMtnUT]

What did you think of the performance of the 144s?

They are very accurate for me, They killed just fine. I didn't have any issues and ballistically they are great. I shoot those to 1250 regularly.
One shot kill hard quarter away nicked gut--liver--lung and heart. 6sec and was dead for my boy elk.

 

[ridgeline300]

1. Bull Elk at 19 yards with a bow
2. Mule deer at 12 yards with a 7 SAUM

All that money and time in to long range, I always end up with a chip shot. My buck before this one was under 100 yards

 

[comfisherman]

1. Bull Elk at 19 yards with a bow
2. Mule deer at 12 yards with a 7 SAUM

All that money and time in to long range, I always end up with a chip shot. My buck before this one was under 100 yards

Problem is, if you rolled out with grampas 3030 with iron sights having only just barely kept 5 inside a pie plate at 50yards... everything would be walking around at 500+ yards.

Granted it does make me blush the amount of animals I've pummeled at bow ranges with high bc bullets and 100 grains of retumbo.

 

[Hand Skills]

We can all dream....

 

[comfisherman]

Now if we could just get the critters we hunt to hold perfectly still while we lob four or five at them.... then get their vitals to grow substantially... until then we shall have to embrace allen magnum cartridges.

 

[wjm1000]

Nice! What county if you don't mind me asking

Cambria

 

[choprzrul]

180 yards meat doe. Ruger #1 25-06 with 90gr Hammer.

 

[Calvin45]

Haha nothing long.

2 does both under 200 yards. Was ready to go much further with my setup but just never need to haha.

Savage 111 long range hunter model, .300 win mag, 225 eld m and the most tragically discontinued 8133 (gonna be mad about that for a while)

 

[QuietTexan]

I shot an armadillo at about 7 yards with a 380 pocket pistol. In rifle terms that's about like hitting a whitetail at 300