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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 51622" data-attributes="member: 34"><p><strong>Re: Wondering if it\'s for me</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello</p><p></p><p>To me, it's the challenge of dropping an animal at extreme distance----the further the better. </p><p></p><p>I don't kill does (deer) or cows (elk) but know of one LR hunter that would rather kill a doe at 1500 yards (or further) then a huge trophy at 100 to 1000 yards.</p><p></p><p>With the epuipment we have, I am confident we can make CLEAN kills on the elk or deer we go after and have proven that time after time. That's what this LR game is all about, quick kills.</p><p></p><p>As for excitement, if it's a trophy we are after, there's a sense of excitement in our two or three person group but, only slightly. I credit that to the years we have been doing this. For the most part and not always, only a new to the sport of extreme longrange hunting/shooting will get REAL excited and then we have to say something to him or her, in a calming way. </p><p></p><p>When we do pick up an animal we want in our "bigeyes", it's ALL business till he drops. All Bigeye glasses are locked onto the animal, a range is taken as to his distance from us, and the person who spotted him, goes to the rifle and puts the required amount of clicks on. A spotter round is taken 100 to 200 yards in front or behind the animal to correct for windage or elevation (if need be) and the following shot is into the animal. The spotter shot will not spook him either at the distance we fire. The animal never even heard it.</p><p></p><p>I believe for me I could sum up extreme longrange hunting as being a challenge more so then when I walk in the woods and hunt, which I still do from time to time. </p><p></p><p>Placing a shot that far downrange and killing an unsuspecting animal as fast as the experianced LR hunter can, still amazes the hell out of me.</p><p></p><p>The rifle in the pic (if it makes it)is the 338/416 Rigby Imp, has a 37" K&P barrel, Hall "G" action, Bausch and Lomb Balvar 6X to 24X scope with Kuhasky rear base and mount with the cross hair etched on the glass, Rifle built by Bruce Baer many years ago (his first 338/416 for a customer), has killed several elk at extreme range and one at 2100 yards. Took several mule deer at extreme range and one buck in his bed, at 1500 yards (that was a bit of a smaller target). His legs were still curled up under him when I got to him. He never made a move. </p><p>The rifle is still shooting unbelievable repeatable shots at extreme range. One clover leaf 10 shot hole at 100 yards as it always has.</p><p></p><p>For added info, We have NEVER lost an animal we hit either.</p><p>The second photo is of one of my hunting partners and our setup in PA a couple weeks ago during buck season. </p><p>Have a fine Holiday season to all.</p><p>Darryl Cassel <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/016/wa/Zb/2G/Xm69348.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>[ 12-24-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ]</p><p> <img src="http://wsphotofews.excite.com/031/LG/Jb/Qr/D155817.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[ 12-24-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 51622, member: 34"] [b]Re: Wondering if it\'s for me[/b] Hello To me, it's the challenge of dropping an animal at extreme distance----the further the better. I don't kill does (deer) or cows (elk) but know of one LR hunter that would rather kill a doe at 1500 yards (or further) then a huge trophy at 100 to 1000 yards. With the epuipment we have, I am confident we can make CLEAN kills on the elk or deer we go after and have proven that time after time. That's what this LR game is all about, quick kills. As for excitement, if it's a trophy we are after, there's a sense of excitement in our two or three person group but, only slightly. I credit that to the years we have been doing this. For the most part and not always, only a new to the sport of extreme longrange hunting/shooting will get REAL excited and then we have to say something to him or her, in a calming way. When we do pick up an animal we want in our "bigeyes", it's ALL business till he drops. All Bigeye glasses are locked onto the animal, a range is taken as to his distance from us, and the person who spotted him, goes to the rifle and puts the required amount of clicks on. A spotter round is taken 100 to 200 yards in front or behind the animal to correct for windage or elevation (if need be) and the following shot is into the animal. The spotter shot will not spook him either at the distance we fire. The animal never even heard it. I believe for me I could sum up extreme longrange hunting as being a challenge more so then when I walk in the woods and hunt, which I still do from time to time. Placing a shot that far downrange and killing an unsuspecting animal as fast as the experianced LR hunter can, still amazes the hell out of me. The rifle in the pic (if it makes it)is the 338/416 Rigby Imp, has a 37" K&P barrel, Hall "G" action, Bausch and Lomb Balvar 6X to 24X scope with Kuhasky rear base and mount with the cross hair etched on the glass, Rifle built by Bruce Baer many years ago (his first 338/416 for a customer), has killed several elk at extreme range and one at 2100 yards. Took several mule deer at extreme range and one buck in his bed, at 1500 yards (that was a bit of a smaller target). His legs were still curled up under him when I got to him. He never made a move. The rifle is still shooting unbelievable repeatable shots at extreme range. One clover leaf 10 shot hole at 100 yards as it always has. For added info, We have NEVER lost an animal we hit either. The second photo is of one of my hunting partners and our setup in PA a couple weeks ago during buck season. Have a fine Holiday season to all. Darryl Cassel [img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/016/wa/Zb/2G/Xm69348.jpg[/img] [ 12-24-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ] [img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/031/LG/Jb/Qr/D155817.jpg[/img] [ 12-24-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ] [/QUOTE]
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