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2 longest shots to date, a big 6, and a good pass yesterday

DeerCamp said:
Last weekend was eventful. Hunting a property in Madison County, and I was told by my wife "we need a doe".

Went out to a trusty doe spot, and 10 minutes into the hunt, they show up, but not in the cove I expected. On thus property I hunt from the ground on a berm in the middle of a big field.

Rangefinder said 608 yards. 83" of drop at that distance. I adjusted the turret, layed out across the berm and let the 6.5 bark. Funny at that distance, there's plenty of time to get back on and see the bullet hit. I watched her kick and scramble to the woods.

Below is where I shot her. If you zoom in you can see my explorer in the distance. That little berm to the left is where I like to sit. It's out in the open, but the deer never see me.

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The next afternoon ventured out to a new property in Southern Madison Cty. Set up on a hillside overlooking a valley of sorts.

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Hadn't been there 5 min when a little buck came out. Ranged him at 476. View attachment 161838

About 10 min before dark, a doe comes out in the same spot and kept looking back towards the woods while feeding. It was getting hard to see my turrets, so I went ahead and doped the 33 clicks. Figured I could get back to zero pretty quick if needed. Sure enough, 5 minutes later, out steps a wide 6pt. Even in the low light he was obviously a shooter. I settled over the bipod and squeezed. I saw him go down instantly. My bullet had drifted from the wind, but he was dead. Wish my buddy had taken this one, as he's never killed a buck and he introduced me to this property. What can you do.

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Didn't hunt at all last week, but ventured out yesterday to my blind in North Madison Cty. It was pretty damn cold, but the deer were moving. Saw 2 different bucks including this one, both chasing. Sent a couple pics to TXmag300 who confirmed that it was a good pass. I still was watching him when he replied back. Deer will be great next year if he makes it.

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What glass u runn'?

Daern good shots

In fact unbelievable

Awesome u got em

Wish i could shoot liek dat
 
TheLBLman said:
Congratulations on your excellent shooting abilities :)

By no means to be taken as any kind of criticism,
rather just a question to ponder . . . . . .

At what point do our adventures become more about shooting than hunting,
regardless what we call them?

And, I've personally killed many deer at my maximum abilities of high probability.

Just noting when I'm taking a deer at very close range (regardless of weapon),
the situation seems very much totally hunting,
while at extreme long range, seems almost totally shooting.

Hoping to go shooting this afternoon, need a doe ;)
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Hey man, shooting anything at ranges over 200 yd is hard , been there and tried it

Full disclosure, i cannot hit anything at 300-350yd on my own property, and practiced a decent amount, still tryna figure out my problems

So I believe it takes more skill to shoot like OP did than anything less than 100

He still a good hunter, LBL you got me cracking up DOG!!!
 
TheLBLman said:
Congratulations on your excellent shooting abilities :)

By no means to be taken as any kind of criticism,
rather just a question to ponder . . . . . .

At what point do our adventures become more about shooting than hunting,
regardless what we call them?

And, I've personally killed many deer at my maximum abilities of high probability.

Just noting when I'm taking a deer at very close range (regardless of weapon),
the situation seems very much totally hunting,
while at extreme long range, seems almost totally shooting.

Hoping to go shooting this afternoon, need a doe ;)
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It's an interesting discussion.

This all kinda started the first year I was prepping for Oklahoma. The scale of the place we hunt kinda dictates the need to be able to shoot at least 4-500 yards. Ive watched good bucks out there at 1000+ yards.

But even on the place I hunted last weekend, we could not find a single tree with good visibility of the field that was compatible with a climber, so I picked a spot on the ground overlooking. However, it was also very possible I could have had a shot less than 50 yards. Just kinda turned out that the deer came out in the farthest possible spot.

This coming weekend I am planning to hunt a stand I haven't hunted all year, and the farthest shot I'll have is about 75 yards. In fact, I am planning on carrying a hot loaded 9mm carbine that has about the same KE as a .357

Hope to get a shot within bow range. Be fun to mix it up!
 

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