Does anyone hunt deer under 600 yards anymore?

[Dogleg]

Yep, here is what I have shot all my deer in.

In many ways its easier to shoot long than to try to thread a bullet through that mess. Brush deflection brings luck into the equation, while the long range shooter does everything he can to eliminate luck.

 

[remyltr]

I don't hunt in yards

i prefer bush lines,fields and swamps.
there is were i find my quarry

 

[j.krug]

that's a long shot. I am a 300yrd and under guy.

That's pretty much my self imposed comfort zone too.

I admire the folks with the skill and confidence to take those shots but I like to be closer and more "intimate" with the critters I shoot.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Mostly.

 

[BigUglyMan]

I don't hunt in yards.

It makes the packing out so much easier though.

 

[caramel]

Just knowing i can do it make me feel good and good... JP.

 

[saskcop]

For me, deer hunting is strictly a short range, still hunting proposition. .30-30 or a .243 BLR is usually the tool of choice.

 

[Kudu]

I blame wild tv and there infomercial programming for peoples obsession with long range lead flinging. Anyone with a little money can buy the fancy gear to throw hail mary shots out over 600 yds but I wonder how often animals are assumed to have been missed that actually stagger away with a berger in their guts?

If someone is too lazy to get closer than 600 yds they are probably too lazy to go and look for blood and track an animal that seems like it "just ran away". I guess if they were not too lazy to do that they would have gotten closer to them in the first place and if they had any hunting/tracking skills they wouldn't feel the need to play deer sniper from across a valley.

Too much wild tv, too many video games and too many lazy people imho. Being able to shoot accurately is a worthy skill but is only a very small part of learning how to hunt.

What he said - I agree!

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

So, what is an average shot at an antelope?

 

[rookie wildcat]

Well, I can shoot out to 600yds if I need to, but, normally my animals are shot at less than 300yds. Animals range from 50yds to this years buck at 360yds. Hard to cross open land. Tried it a couple of times, made it once or twice. But once they notice you, gotta steady up and take the shot. I try not to shoot beyond 400yds anymore. Heavy woods still hunting got me a deer at 10 yds. Busting and chasing them can get you shots of 5yds. Guess I am just lazy, as well.

 

[jethunter]

I'm from the old school. What the hell is a meter? Does one read it? As in hydro meter?

No, a BS meter. On a scale of 1-10 CGN average is about 4 but it depends on the day of the week, phase of the moon, and whether us cranky old pharts have had a recent bowel movement.

 

[jethunter]

It makes the packing out so much easier though.

A friend of mine once arrowed a deer from a tree stand on his property. He waited some time and then tracked his deer about a 1/2 mile where he found it bled out beside a haystack 30 yards from his house. That's about as easy as it gets.

 

[bearkilr]

So, what is an average shot at an antelope?

I've shot 4, the furthest was about 180 yards, the closest 60.

 

[TheTooner]

This season's whitetail was shot with my Ruger #1 in .303 British running at 75 yards across an open field.

That would be too difficult for me. At fifty yards I might try it jogging, but at seventy-five I will slow right down to a walk.

 

[WhelanLad]

Yep! walking them up an shootin in typically less than 150m is how I do it 80% of my time.

wl

 

[Brutus]

Hawken style traditional caplock rifle in .50 calibre patched round ball.

Can you guess my answer?

 

[catnthehatt]

Of my three this year one went down under 200 yards, under of them under 130 and one under 60.
I only used the irons on one however, anybody wanna guess which one?
Cat

 

[Pure Energy]

Farthest I have shot one in bush like that was 100 yards, I was on watch with my .30-06. I use the .30-30 for dogging.

 

[Curt]

Yes sir. I snuck my 11 year old son to 19 meters from his 4x3 mulie buck this fall. Thought we should practice a sneak as last year he shot his first deer from 190m.

 

[drache]

My Axis 243 is sighted in a 300 yards. But my buck this year was taken at 100-150 yards.