Does anyone hunt deer under 600 yards anymore?

Wet Work said:
This is a funny subject considering human nature.

When the guys who don't know how to shoot long range hear of guys who do, it must somehow make them feel inadequate so they attack the long range shooters trying to bring them down to their level.

You know, I'm not seeing guys posting stories like... Ya I have this $6,000 rifle and I've won dozens of gold medals in F-Class and I choose to shoot deer at 50 yards. I mean... why would he?

It would be like Tiger Woods playing mini put.
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I have no doubt that some people purposefully put themselves in position to take long-range shots but I think for most, it's just another tool in their back pocket in case they need it. I'd say most prefer the close up stuff but have the gear and experience to shoot the extended ranges if need be. Our shots ranged from 8-600 yards this past season. All of the scenarios required different skill sets. Heck, mini golf is a blast and that windmill can be very challenging!
 
sheephunter said:
Ya we are just in the process of lining up a couple mountain hunts for next year but now that you mention it, all that walking and climbing with heavy loads, I get tired just thinking about it. Maybe there is something to be said for just being an internet expert. Way less work than the real world.
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You can buy trophies on ebay. This working has got to stop; laziness is where its at.
 
Since this thread is directed to my thread the "600 yard hunting rifle" I should respond. I have shot game from 10 yards out to 450 yards. It is not that I want to only shoot game at 600 yards but I have a few places where a 600 plus yard is more then possible. I do have a rifle capable of the shot but as of yet I need practice so I can be capable of a 600 yard shot.
 
This fall I hunted with an original 44-40. It sent a 200 grain bullet out the barrel at just under 1,300 fps. Sighted in for 100 yards, the bullet hits about 50 feet low at 600 yards. At ranges over 600 yards, even a mistake of a few feet in range estimation makes a difference of a few feet in vertical POI. I find that aiming 50 or 60 feet high at these ranges and still dropping the deer can be a bit of a challenge, resulting in the possibility of a miss. For this reason, I tend to hunt with my 44-40 at ranges less than 600 yards.
 
I assume most deer hunting done around my neck of the woods is done under 50yds. When you're restricted by the hunting regs to "Shotguns with shot only", it can make those 600yd shots extremely difficult :)
 
Only shot one animal at 600 yards and that was cow moose with a 4x Leupold scope on a .270 with 130gr handloads.Off a bipod when I was about 20.One through the heart and the second shot 4" higher taking out one lung. About a door height of bullet drop.Finished one wounded WTB at 525 once as well.Harold
 
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My last 5 or 6 deer were probably all under 100 yards and most were under 50. I consider myself a pretty good shot but, like everybody else on this planet, as the distance between me and my target increases so does the chance that I will not make a clean kill.

Am I proud of my 300 yard muzzleloader kill? Yes. But I definitely would have preferred that buck to be standing 275 yards closer.
 
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