#3 then #5 would be my choices if that's all there was. I am very confident in my rifle @ 125 yards from a decent rest. I shoot a .270 using Barnes TSX bullets so I would expect a pass-thru shot on either one.
George
George
What shot would you take?
- Thread starter CoryTheCowboy
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3 & 5 are easy heart-shots at that range.
Waiting for them to move a few steps may not be a possibility. 6 of the 8 have made the guy taking the picture and the very next move they make may be at a trot. On an unaware animal waiting for a better shot may be an option but with alert animals like these you usually take the shot presented or you eat something else.
Waiting for them to move a few steps may not be a possibility. 6 of the 8 have made the guy taking the picture and the very next move they make may be at a trot. On an unaware animal waiting for a better shot may be an option but with alert animals like these you usually take the shot presented or you eat something else.
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- Prince Albert, Sk
From a precision standpoint and if the shooter was calm and collected and doesn't get buck fever there isn't a shot that couldn't be made to drop any of those animals where they stand.Even #1 , there is enough there to see the underside of the head.Remember it's only 125 yards and with a scope you could thread a needle!! Richard Kuklinski would know where to shoot it however he was always a lot closer.
Would a sniper be taking home 7 animals if they all stood like that for the shots? You bet he would!
Now back to myself, I couldn't say until I was sitting there and how I felt at that moment and typically I would be peeing if I witnessed something like that in nature and not be able to get to my gun!!!
Would a sniper be taking home 7 animals if they all stood like that for the shots? You bet he would!
Now back to myself, I couldn't say until I was sitting there and how I felt at that moment and typically I would be peeing if I witnessed something like that in nature and not be able to get to my gun!!!
canadaman30
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None cause I don't have a bull tag.................
Honestly 4me it took about 2 seconds to decide without a second thought, 3,5,6.
Honestly 4me it took about 2 seconds to decide without a second thought, 3,5,6.
You come over a rise, look down and see this. You have you favourite big game rifle and are leaning against a tree, so a solid rest. Shot is 125 yards.
Cory
(Sorry if this has been posted before, I didn't see it)
5, 3 and maybe 6.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
3,6, and 5 in that order for me. 5 actually has a much smaller area of vitals clear than 3 does.
People often don't know or forget that the rumen is mainly on the left side of the animal, and shields the vitals with a soggy mass of grass and twigs that is very capable of stopping a bullet of a medium caliber or light construction. #5's vitals are in a very narrow band just directly up from the far side front leg. Err by hitting 4" right of aim and many bullets won't penetrate enough. 4" left will not hit vitals but may break the head of the humerus, but I have seen several elk move very well on only one front leg.
The frontal shot has been OK for me in similar situations but also leaves little room for side to side "wiggle room". So, as long as I could hold within a 6" circle under the circumstances that I would be shooting under, I would take 3,6 or 5.
Actually if the bull elk that I was hunting were that prone to stand around in broad daylight in the open I might just wait for a tender delicious spike instead of those old boys, I don't really need any more antlers on my walls.
People often don't know or forget that the rumen is mainly on the left side of the animal, and shields the vitals with a soggy mass of grass and twigs that is very capable of stopping a bullet of a medium caliber or light construction. #5's vitals are in a very narrow band just directly up from the far side front leg. Err by hitting 4" right of aim and many bullets won't penetrate enough. 4" left will not hit vitals but may break the head of the humerus, but I have seen several elk move very well on only one front leg.
The frontal shot has been OK for me in similar situations but also leaves little room for side to side "wiggle room". So, as long as I could hold within a 6" circle under the circumstances that I would be shooting under, I would take 3,6 or 5.
Actually if the bull elk that I was hunting were that prone to stand around in broad daylight in the open I might just wait for a tender delicious spike instead of those old boys, I don't really need any more antlers on my walls.
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
At 125 yards I see quite a few options
X2 Nice bull to boot.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
Come on guys be honest, there would be a lot more shots taken than guys are letting on here.
