best shot ever made?

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what is the best shot that you have ever took in your many year's of hunting?
my best shot would have been my first deer, with one shot i exploded the shoulder,ripped apart the lungs,and put a shot dead in the middle of the heart.
 
For me, it was three seasons ago. I had only two days to hunt and harvest two whitetails, one buck, and one doe tag. First day, I took a buck. Went out the next day and saw nothing all day. I parked my truck in an oil lease back in the rhubarb, so shooting in the surrounding area was OK. Three minutes before legal nightfall, my friend and I were at the truck unloading our rifles when a small doe steps out of the woods into a field adjacent to the lease. I proceed to grab the rifle ('03 Springfield in 30-06 with a Tasco 3x9 scope on it) and load two rounds in the mag as I stepped away from the truck hoping for a shot. Fired one shot standing from approx 100M away at the broadside doe and missed the her clean (my hunting partner will attest to the fact that I regularly miss the easy shots and ace the difficult ones). Cussing as I worked the bolt to chamber the last of two rounds in the rifle, the doe starts across the field at an all out run instead of returning to the woodline. That was her fatal misteak. I clearly remember passing her with the crosshairs and drawing a point in front of her chest as if I was in slow motion. As I squeezed the round off and followed through, I watched her fold up and skid near ten feet in the freshly fallen snow. My partner was watching the whole time and said it was quite unique. As the 165 grainer struck her in the sweet spot, her two front legs folded up underneath her, and she just plowed snow! Practically had to dig her head out of a snow pile she created to gut her. The round took out both lungs and most of her heart and she was literally dead before she hit the ground. Distance was only 125M in the end, but still a very memorable shot, as I don't like the easy ones I guess!
 
My best shot was on a small black bear at 200 yards with a Winchester M70 30/06. The bear was facing me and sitting in hallowed out stump, all I had was a neck and head shot with a bit of his chest showing. I put the cross hairs on its chest and just as it turned its head I let one go. Well the scope had been knocked off and it was shooting about 8" high so the bullet smacked it in the back of its head, then it deflected down broke its spine in about 3 places and exited out the chest.
needless to say it was BOOM, flunk kill :D
ttyal
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Charging grizzly at 40 yards.The shot entered the throat,travelled the length of the spine and came to rest at the rear hip.The bear stopped immediately, turned sideways and allowed me to take a second shot which broke both front shoulders.It was not a long shot but I call it my best shot because if I had missed,it may have been my last shot.Yes ,I did have a grizzly tag,and the nice rug in my rec room will always be a reminder.
 
When I was a kid I had a Crosman 1400 .22 cal pump up single shot pellet gun. I was in an old abandoned quarry near my home in the country just south of Ottawa. My buddy was with me and we were taking turns shooting things and when it was my turn he laughs and says, "Hit that bird!" I turn and see the faint outline of a grackle in a tree at about 120 yards. I pumped the Crosman up to 9 pumps and aimed about a foot or so high. Well, it was only a grackle, but pop-flop. My buddy couldn't believe it! :D
 
There have been a few memorable ones, but I think maybe it was a quite a few years ago on a rabbit with a 72# Mike Fedora American long bow.
The rabbit hopped across the trail and stopped a full 75 paces away.
My friend didn't see it at first becuase of the falling light.
he said it was too far as I came up and loosed the judo head in one smooth motion.
We both watched as the arrow arched up and down , pegging the bunny!
My friend was amazed, and I was stunned, but I had been shooting that bow steady all summer, and as we had just finished an extended stump shooting afternoon , I was "in the zone".
I had never made a shot that far away on an animal before, let alone attempt one since.
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My best shot was also one of the scariest moments I've had hunting. I was in a canola field with my goose spread and had one more to go to get my limit for the morning. Anyhow, as I'm calling, I spot a lonely single coming directly towards me, only problem is that he's way way high and showing no sign of descending.

So I kept calling and wouldn't you know it he's making a bee line right towards me, so I decided to go for the long shot (I defintely should not have done this, but back then I was not a very disciplined hunter....).

I swung the barrel of my old 12ga up and passed the bird and allowed for a huge lead. BOOM! I figured the shot was about 65-75 yards directly above me and there was an obvious delay from the shot to the impact. Wings crumpled on impact and down he came....right towards me!

All I remember was hearing the rushign of the wind around his loose feathers as he sped towards me and I just froze there looking up, wondering where he was gonna land . I didn't know which way to run so I just froze. It ended up crashing to the ground about a foot away from where I was lying down and then bounced into my blind, litterally into my lap.

When I took him home for the gutting, I found a single bb had entered under his beak and not exited. I've learned my lesson and that was a totally lucky, yet amazing shot that I'll never attempt again.
 
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gunasauras said:
my hunting partner will attest to the fact that I regularly miss the easy shots and ace the difficult ones
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Gunasaurus,

I can relate, you and I must have the same affliction:D .

My best was 3 years ago at a buck running full tilt across a beaver dam (or running as fast as a deer can run on sticks) 150 yards away. I had a .270 with a scope set a 4X and a good rest. I managed to squeeze off 2 careful shots before the buck crossed the dam and ran off into the woods. The big boy never missed a step, so I was certain I blew it. When I found the buck, he had a 2-shot, 1-inch group in him right behind the shoulder. I couldn't duplicate that if I tried!!!

Ninepointer
 
There have been many memorable shots, but definitely the best was only about 3 years ago. I was hunting private land with a companion and the landowner was along with a vehicle to haul the deer off the field when we got them. My partner was packing an old Marlin 30-30, and I had my M700 270. We spotted several deer in a small depression about 130 yards away, and the landowner indicated that we should go ahead and take a couple. I deferred to my partner, since he was the most limited in range. He lined up on a broadside shot and touched one off. The deer humped slightly, then got her legs under her and took off, almost straight away, but heading slightly left. My partner threw another shot at her when she was about 160-170 yards out, but no luck in connecting. By this time, I realized that the old 30-30 was going to be a bit tough to hit with since she was over 200 yards out and still going pretty good. We also realized she was headed for a brushy draw that would make finding her a tough proposition. My partner says: "go for it!" I chambered a 130 Partition and held out in front of her some ridiculous distance, thinking to myself: "What a hope shot, she's 275 out and running hard" but I swung and squeezed one off anyway. Imagine my surprise when that 130 caught her and rolled her with a solid hit!! Our Host says: "Wow, Helluva shot" I didn't comment at the time, but I was thinking: "Just a doggone fluke, really" I would never try such a shot unless the game had been hit previously. Too dicey. It was 291 long paces from where we shot to where she lay. Postmortem revealed practically a perfect hit through the lungs with the 270. 30-30 hit was quite low and had not entered the lung area at all. Later, I shot my doe at about 80 yards, standing, Broadside. I like those shots better! Regards, Eagleye.
 
My best shot was the result of 2 years preparation. I was a teenager back in the 70's. I hunted whitetail and Mulie's where I lived in Saskatchewan. When I was 18 I made a horrible shot on a whitetail and really messed the deer up. I was sickened and disheartened at the suffering I had inflicted. I had hunted for some years already but that day I put my rifle away and had a long sober think. I could quit or I could make sure I did everything in my power to never repeat that sad shot again. I went with the second option.
I sold my pump 30-06 and bought a Savage 110S in .308. I rigged it with a good scope and Harris bipod and found the feed it liked. I shot weekly alone and with coaching. I continued to do so for 2 years and at the opening day of mulie season I found my animal. I trailed it and set myself up on a ridge, The deer was below and turned to offer a quartering away shot. As it stood I sent 150 grains downrange and through the animals heart.
This I know because when gutted and dressed all four chambers of the heart were mush. I figure it was 340 yards but owing to all the dead ground between the deer and I it is an estimate for sure.
It may seem extreme to spend so much time to get it right but the disgust I felt at my previous fiasco did truly motivate me. And the name of hunting deserved that I do better. Thanks to HPBT for the coaching and witnessing that shot. Beware the hunter who owns but one gun.
 
Best shot. When i was about 10 yrs old i had a pellet gun. I saw a crow about 100 yds away up in a tree. I aimed a couple feet above his head. CRACK. The crow hears the shot and starts flying off, then the pellet hits him square in the head and he falls to the ground. He was dead when i got to him.


Ohhhh. Best shot???? I thought you said "luckiest shot".:)
 
Walking along a dry marsh to start a drive i saw a deer out near the far side.With nothing to use as a lean I cranked the power up on my scope and tried an off hand shot.Pow I saw hair fly and the deer take a couple leaps.Right through the lungs.It was a bit over 200yrds.It still makes me smile when I think of that one.The first buck I had ever shot.
 
The year before I got married I saved up and booked a trip to Montana for Mulie and Pronghorn.
Saw lots of decent Pronghorn but nothing out of the ordinary for Mulie's.....until the last morning. We spotted a small herd about 800 yards away sunning themselves on a hillside, looking through the bino's we could see what looked like a decent buck right in the middle of the bunch.
It was wide open country between us and not much to hide behind. So we began crawling for what seemed like hours and got to within 350 yards when one of the does spotted us and stood up.
Then they all stood up, we just stared at each other, we were able to crawl another 50 yards one yard at a time. At this point they started getting more nervous and slowly started heading for the top of the hill.
As the buck silhouetted against the skyline he looked real good, he paused just long enough to look back at us, I stood up put the cross hairs just across the top of his back and squeezed one off.
Luck would have it the 270 Nosler Partition hit him right in the heart and he tumbled down the hilside.
I remember my guide jumping when I fired because he didn't expect me to shoot that quickly. Caught him completely off guard but made my day.

Outfitter was Cedar Breaks Outfitters, hunting the Powder River, guide was Jerry MacDonald, I found out that he passed away about 4 years ago God rest his soul. Good man and great guide, couldn't do enough for you.
 
Kudu was only 40 yards but they are fast and he was intent on getting the hell out of Dodge. Walked and he was beded down in a donga, well I fushed him like one would flush upland birds.
Shot him in the neck breaking the spine, used a .270 Brno but was the sort of shot a upland hunter would use. Well he dropped like a sack of ####
 
I just got to the range with my shooting buddy. I strapped on the pistol belt, loaded and holstered. I turned to my friend and told him that I was going to start shooting, then I stepped up to the line.
Then a pigeon flew out of the rafters behind me. It flew across infront of me from left to right.
From the draw, 10yds, 1 round, dead pigeon.
 
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Off topic, but do you happen to know a guy named Bruce Mills? He's from your town.:p :D
 
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I just got to the range with my shooting buddy. I strapped on the pistol belt, loaded and holstered. I turned to my friend and told him that I was going to start shooting, then I stepped up to the line.
Then a pigeon flew out of the rafters behind me. It flew across infront of me from left to right.
From the draw, 10yds, 1 round, dead pigeon.
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Had a newbie with me at the range this summer. He was trying his hand at 45colt from a blackhawk. A pigeon came over our range too. Buddy takes a poke at it, downs it at about 80yrds out and I'll bet 40 feet up.

OK, so it was a big pigeon. A big black pigeon. Biggest, blackest pigeon I ever saw...........:D
 
id say my best would have been with a slavia 177 break barrel rifle with a 6x scope on it. nailed a starling at the top of a huge maple tree. the tree was about 70-80 yards away so i dunno how far the actual shot was. it was offhand and likely pure luck.

how bout when a rabbit ran out from a folded over bunch of weeds 2ft away from my side and i fired from the waist with my 870 blowing its head off. 12gauge+rabbit 5-6ft away=twitching rabbit. :D
 
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