Longest kill Shot

daddylonglegs said:
Jordan Smith

The first shot was easy to measure. We were by a fenceline and the deer dropped 140 paced yards across the quarter section fence. A quarter section is 880 yds by 880yds. the second shot was paced by boyh me and my buddy. I am 6'6" with long legs and my paces are a little over 1 yd. Both of us agreed that it was just over 1000 yds. Both of these shots were made in the early 70's before range finders were common. I have been hunting for over 45 yrs now and with experience you can get good at estimating ranges on the plains. Things like where is the next quarter section fence, and how large (or small) the animal appears in your scope. I have always used a Leupold set on 10X for long range work on big game.
I never claimed yardage as measured by a surveyor's chain, but thats my story and I am sticking to it.
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daddylonglegs,

Thank you for your explanation. I was just curious because sometimes distances can be extremely deceiving, and there are times when I am completely shocked at what my Leica LRF1200 says. Without a rangefinder that will accurately measure distance, it's hard to say exactly what distance is what, even with a lot of experience under our belt. I've ranged targets with the Leica out to 1300 yards (against a vertical hillside), and I know that out at 1000 yards and over, it is absolutely critical to have an accurate range measurement. At 1000 yards the bullet from my .25-06 is dropping about 7" for every 10 yards farther you go. If you guess wrong by even 15 yards, you will shoot completely under the animal.

As an aside, I am under the impression that one section of land is 1 mile by 1 mile. That means that a quarter section is 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile, which is 440 yards by 440 yards.

I have no intention of criticizing here- you made a couple of very nice shots, but naturally when somebody posts the range of a long-range shot, you have to wonder how much "guess work" is going into the range determination.

Have a great evening
Jordan
 
Jordan Smith said:
daddylonglegs,

As an aside, I am under the impression that one section of land is 1 mile by 1 mile. That means that a quarter section is 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile, which is 440 yards by 440 yards.

Have a great evening
Jordan
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WRONG!! This is the exact same thinking I had long ago and it cost me a huge muley buck when I "knew" that a 1/4 section was a 1/4 mile adjusted for 450 yards by quick math and promptly threw dirt all over him from a shot several feet toooo low. Education can be costly.:redface:
A normal 1/4 section is 1/2 mile across both ways.
 
Jordan Smith

Draw a square with each side representing 1 mile. Now divide that square into 4. Easy to see that the boundaries of each 1/4 are exactly 1/2 as long as the sides of the original square.
As an aside, I have always favored heavy bullets for the caliber. I am amazed by how many shooters do not realize that 175gr 7mm shoots considerably flatter than 140gr 7mm at ranges over 5 or 600 yds and further. The Bisley & Camp Perry boys knew this well, but many shooters just don't get it.
 
Two Jackrabbits both were sitting on their hind legs one was at 365 paces the other at 720 paces.I'm 6'2'' I take big steps. Using my 7 mm weatherby Mag and 165 grain SP with a good rest lying on a snowbank. I aimed on the ears on the first one and about what looks like 12 inches over the ears on the far one. Nailed both through the neck. Tasted Great. My brother was watching me he still can't believe it.
 
daddylonglegs said:
Jordan Smith

Draw a square with each side representing 1 mile. Now divide that square into 4. Easy to see that the boundaries of each 1/4 are exactly 1/2 as long as the sides of the original square.
As an aside, I have always favored heavy bullets for the caliber. I am amazed by how many shooters do not realize that 175gr 7mm shoots considerably flatter than 140gr 7mm at ranges over 5 or 600 yds and further. The Bisley & Camp Perry boys knew this well, but many shooters just don't get it.
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My mistake, I knew I must have been overlooking something. Thanks for correcting me. A 1/4 section is one quarter miles squared, which is equal to 1/2 multiplied by 1/2.

Heavy bullets typically have a higher B.C. than lighter bullets, and higher B.C. numbers win every time at long range. Period.
 
daddylonglegs said:
As an aside, I have always favored heavy bullets for the caliber. I am amazed by how many shooters do not realize that 175gr 7mm shoots considerably flatter than 140gr 7mm at ranges over 5 or 600 yds and further. The Bisley & Camp Perry boys knew this well, but many shooters just don't get it.
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God ain't THAT the truth!!
It amazes me in todays teckie age that more guys won't look at what ballistic programs tell you

This is not directed at anyone, just an observation from day to day business.
 
A number of years ago I read an article about the accuracy of various hunters estimating their yardage. The least accurate were white tail deer hunters - 11 inches.
Upland and water fowlers - 17 to 19 inches. the most accurate were target and varmint shooters 35 to 37 inches.
Other methods used to judge: The distance between irigation runs at the ranch are 100 yards. Sounds long but 1.1 inch nozzles at 600 PSI gives extended coverage. Six power poles per mile. Most city blocks are eight per mile, or one block equals 220 yards or 200 metres(works in the lower mainland where the grids were laid out after the surveys). Good indicators for urban snipers . . .
 
horseman2 said:
A number of years ago I read an article about the accuracy of various hunters estimating their yardage. The least accurate were white tail deer hunters - 11 inches.
Upland and water fowlers - 17 to 19 inches. the most accurate were target and varmint shooters 35 to 37 inches.
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?????

Am I missing something? What does this mean?

Anyways....
My longest kill was last year. 348 yds (lasered) on a broadside coyote with a 22-250. Off the bipod, held right on the shoulder and it dropped right in for a perfect heart shot. Coyote ran about 80 yds before he piled up.

Honorable mention for me was a couple years ago, 205 yds on a gopher with the 17hmr. Had to walk it in with about 8 inches holdover and a foot of windage. Connected with my fourth shot.

Just last week I made my longest standing offhand shot, 22-250 again, 196 yds thru a narrow shelterbelt on a broadside coyote. Hit slightly high on the shoulder but was drt.
 
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Quite a few years back. A coyote in Saskatchewan @200 yards. He was running directly away, up a draw, I knew at the top of it was that range. A friend called him in, and I had him pegged with my .222 Remington.
Holding on the back of his head, with a solid hold, and he made the mistake of looking back as I broke the trigger.
What should have been a back of head shot, became a hit through his righthand eyesocket.
 
The story of my longest kill shot

Geez, I thought my shot was great, until I read all of yours!! :redface:

Mine was a yearling doe, shot with a borrowed Ruger singleshot lever action that I dont even know the model number of but chambered in 30-06. I had only handled the gun once before, and even then couldn't figure out how to see through the sights until he popped open the lens covers for me:D (hahah, who knew they had such things!). Anyway to make the long story longer, we had been hunting for a few days with no sign of life even. Finally saw the deer and it was my first shot at a real live animal on my first ever hunt, using a borrowed rifle. One shot. Down. 245 yards. Nothing, compared to all you guys.
 
Big Whitetail doe, 30-06, 325yds. Paced off-not lazered. Had a fence post to lean on. Had been reading the Federal ballistics tables and had been waiting for a chance at such a shot.
I consider this to be about as far as I want to shoot at a deer.Most of my shots have been less than 100 yds.
 
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