The farthest I've ever killed a deer was 348 yards in the center of neck. Just a .30-06 with 150 gr Hornady handloads. Wasn't too hard really. But, I've never practiced any farther than about 300 yards.
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bloodtrailing
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Had someone shooting off a bench say he was good out to 300. Put a deer target out rather than a hi viz orange dot. Removed the led sled and had him shoot. He hit the deer in the ear.
The guys I went on the elk hunt with begrudgingly agreed to starting at 400yds. We were in a boat headed up lake to our 400yd spot and I hear, "I said we'd start at 400."
Yeah, that's where we are going….
Silence…..
"Well, we said 400."
Yes
We get out on the bank and dude says, "there's no F'ing way that's 400yds"
I toss him a range finder
"404, I'll be damned."
Their hopes of a 1200yd elk kill were dashed immediately after that, lol.
I remember the first time I stepped up to the 1000 yard range at Dead Zero LOL it looked impossible, until I put the glass to it, made it a bit more manageable. 
Savage
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Kinda crazy how many 300+ yd shots on deer end up being in the 170-190 range when you put a range finder or GPS on them…
It's kinda like after action ground shrinkage.
It's kinda like after action ground shrinkage.
Kinda crazy how many 300+ yd shots on deer end up being in the 170-190 range when you put a range finder or GPS on them…
It's kinda like after action ground shrinkage.
Lots of 300-400yds shots up here.
Shooter on one ridge, deer on another
Shoots deer, count every step across the ridge, down the ridge, across the holler, up the other side to where you find the deer
Yep, 407 steps!
Total distance of air between deer and shooter, 76yds lol
And counting all the meandering in between as well!
Savage
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lol yep. That's what I'm talking about!
Savage
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Every shot yo to the last 2 would have had someone saying, "yep. That exactly where I planned to hit it."
Snake
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No way I'd try a shot that far . First off don't practice enough if I had a place to shoot that far . Places I hunt you'd never have a shot that far anyways.
I have one area on the farm I hunt where you could get right at a 900 yard shot. It would take a lot of practice to make that shot, not even considering wind. My normal stands give me options out to around 450 or so. I am comfortable with those shots, but I have chronographed my loads and verified drops at distance. I zero at 200 for those fields so that I don't have to think too hard if I get a case of buck fever.
Under great conditions and with the right rifle/scope I would go 400-450 on an animal but I don't think I'd stretch it any further. I shoot 600-800 quite a bit as I can get that far behind my house but steel and critters are a different game.
Right there with ya, i have no problem with 4-500 yard shots as long as everything is perfect but how often are things perfect when hunting
wish we had a local area to go 1000 plus for practiceRight there with ya, i have no problem with 4-500 yard shots as long as everything is perfect but how often are things perfect when hunting
I'm picky on my normal 20-40yd shots so at 400 the clouds would have to part, wind go to 0, animal standing there in a coma, etc, lol
1000 is fun. I've been to Big Ivy a few times before it closed it went to 1001yds and Dead Zero twice.
Big Ivy was cool because they had an MOA at 1k challenge. They had a 10" steel disc hanging at 1001yds and if you hit it 3 consecutive shots witnessed by one of their range masters you got a moa at 1k sticker. Kinda silly but kinda cool.
The Doppler targets at Dead Zero are nifty as well.
