When we go cariboo hunting we never take shots at 600 metres, this year i will try to take one @ that distance with my Nemesis, on my last outing at our range i practiced a whole afternoon with Nosler Accubond 165 gr @ 600 metres, i am quite satisfied with many bulleyes 7 inch groups i made with that hunting bullet, the Nem is dead on @ 600 metres... With my range finder and some luck, this year i will attempt to set myself to down one @ that distance... A big one... JP.
This year cariboo hunting... Rifle set for 600 metres...
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Please be absolutely sure of your shot at that distance,leave the luck out of the equation if possible.Wouldn't want to see you wound something and lose it just to prove something.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
If you're expecting to miss, I'd probably try to get closer, rather than "challenging" yourself on a live animal.
I can guarantee there are no Caribou within a 100 miles of where you're going.Word got out amongst the herd that the greatest shooter in Canada was planning his hunt in the area and they promptly committed mass-suicide!
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The challenge with hunting is trying to get close to an animal. That's why it's called "hunting", not "shooting". I think it's wonderful you can shoot 600m. That skill comes in handy when some douche gut shoots an animal and it is getting away, and you need to shoot that far to end the suffering. Try not to create that situation.
No ethical hunter that I have seen intentially gets further away from the animal to take the shot.
- Location
- Yellowknife, NWT
Wow. I've never shot game past 175 yards, and only twice past 75 yards, and I am very proud of that, as I would be of shooting great groups at 600 yards. But to place the suffering of an animal in the equation is unthinkable.
And the Cariboo is an area of B.C.. The animal on the 25-cent coin is a caribou. In French and English.
And the Cariboo is an area of B.C.. The animal on the 25-cent coin is a caribou. In French and English.
The gold seekers who named the Cariboo 160 years ago didn't know how to spell caribou, either.
Like Chicken, Alaska. The prospectors wanted to name it Ptarmigan, because of all the wild birds around. But they agreed they didn't know how to spell the word, so they named the place Chicken, instead.
As one who has shot game at 700 measured paces and everything in between down to 50, I zero at 200 yards. I have done groups at varying distances and know the ballistics of my load as I have chronographed it. I have all the drop and windage at distance in a little book. There are now apps that you can use. I have never shot cariboo at over 200 and have shot a bunch with handguns at less than 100 yards. You should read "Snipr Elite" by Rob Maylor where he descibes missing some shots by not reading the wind or bullet drop properly. This year in South Africa, I had a good quick kill of a SCI gold blesbuck at a measured 230M and for only the second time in 40 years, a two shot on a waterbuck at 175M or so.
BTW, I had a guy form CT USA that shot at some 400M across a lake. It took 10 shots to kill the cariboo! He was a world IHMSA champion long distant metallic silhouette shooter!
Henry
BTW, I had a guy form CT USA that shot at some 400M across a lake. It took 10 shots to kill the cariboo! He was a world IHMSA champion long distant metallic silhouette shooter!
Henry
I'm thinking Rob Maylor could probably learn a few things from reading caramels posts.
Hard to believe that the moose population around here almost went the way of the woodland caribou, we're several years into a no regular season on them and there is still only a precious few sizeable bulls around.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
This is the most unethical thing I've ever heard, must be a ignorant hunter, or someone that pocesses a caramelized rifle.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
I think it is good that you have worked up a load and can hit a stationary target in a controlled environment consistently on a day in a weekend to practice. Now lets see, where the caribou roam there is movement, wind and of course the jitters. Not very controlled at all. At 600 yards, your bullet will impact approximately 1 SECOND later.
Now you did not mention your group sizes at that range. The vital zone in a caribou is about the same as a large deer. If it is walking or moves as a result of a startle, compounded with your group sizes, compounded again by wind velocity and direction differentials equates to a high probability that you are going to either miss, or worse yet, wound. That's not exactly ethical, wouldn't you agree?
Now you did not mention your group sizes at that range. The vital zone in a caribou is about the same as a large deer. If it is walking or moves as a result of a startle, compounded with your group sizes, compounded again by wind velocity and direction differentials equates to a high probability that you are going to either miss, or worse yet, wound. That's not exactly ethical, wouldn't you agree?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
A long range beginner's guide to range estimation . . .
600 meter caribou
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Too far!
The problem with a long range game shooting is not making a clean miss. The problem is just making a hit that is enough to wound rather than kill on the spot. Now missing happens at short range too, but the problem is quickly resolved with a followup shot. At long range this less likely, as it takes time to work out a new firing solution. The fact that the OP thinks there is something challenging about hitting a big game sized target well short of a half mile suggests to me that he doesn't have much long range experience, so more time at the range on paper targets is the correct course of action. When you can hit a clay bird placed on the berm 10 for 10 from a half mile, then you're ready to try live targets.
600 meter caribou
600 meter caribou
600 meter caribou
600 meter caribou
600 meter caribou
Too far!
Too far!
The problem with a long range game shooting is not making a clean miss. The problem is just making a hit that is enough to wound rather than kill on the spot. Now missing happens at short range too, but the problem is quickly resolved with a followup shot. At long range this less likely, as it takes time to work out a new firing solution. The fact that the OP thinks there is something challenging about hitting a big game sized target well short of a half mile suggests to me that he doesn't have much long range experience, so more time at the range on paper targets is the correct course of action. When you can hit a clay bird placed on the berm 10 for 10 from a half mile, then you're ready to try live targets.
