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Long distance hunting. #6376021
11/17/18 06:59 PM
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In Honor of jbyrd63's great shot and nice deer taken (Great job), I found this video of some long distance hunting shots. In a lot of them you can see the vapor trail of the bullet if you watch closely. Skip to about the 1 minute mark if you want to get right to the shooting.



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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376087
11/17/18 08:40 PM
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I wonder how many get wounded at that range and never recovered?

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376105
11/17/18 09:14 PM
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Seems more about the shot than the hunt or the animal

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: danvee] #6376113
11/17/18 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by danvee
I wonder how many get wounded at that range and never recovered?

Depends on how well one can detect how many times the wind changes direction or velocity between the gun and the target, especially after 400 yards. It is difficult to read any further than that. Wind direction and velocity has a greater impact on bullet path at the muzzle, but it is easier to read and then make windage adjustments from where you are pulling the trigger . Dead calm days are your friend for the kind of shooting they were doing.

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376208
11/17/18 11:19 PM
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To each their own for me I would rather kill them up close and personal me vs them not technology, but again to each their own.

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376217
11/17/18 11:32 PM
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I like long range shooting. Most guys do a lot of practice shooting long-range. Look how far people shoot groundhogs and prairie dogs.


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376225
11/17/18 11:40 PM
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Instead of an elevation adjustment those scopes must have a zip code selector.

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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376306
11/18/18 07:03 AM
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Kinda makes me angry!


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: bucksnbears] #6376307
11/18/18 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bucksnbears
Kinda makes me angry!

How so?


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376311
11/18/18 07:18 AM
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And I thought 289yds with a Marlin 30~30 was long. She took 3 steps and down and out.

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: ] #6376319
11/18/18 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by krispcritter
And I thought 289yds with a Marlin 30~30 was long. She took 3 steps and down and out.
That is long with a marlin 30-30..... very long.


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376338
11/18/18 08:44 AM
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First shot hit ground 2/3 way second hit it's Mark. I could not judge the distance over open field. The GIS map measure function measured 289 . 295. Would not do it again.

Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376437
11/18/18 11:11 AM
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Not a Fan at All....not a good thing for Hunting. There are enough people in this world who won't check for blood if an animal doesn't drop at 200 yards. A Big part of hunting is learning the Art of the stalk.


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376474
11/18/18 12:17 PM
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It's not hunting, it's long distance shooting, just because you spot a target 1000 yds out, and don't give it the chance of seeing, hearing or smelling you, how does one call that hunting in the vestige of adventure ?

Same with gophers or potguts, everyone likes to see the long shot, but it's not hunting, it's a long shot.

Just because your target breathes at a great distance does not make it hunting. Even Snipers don't call their skill hunting !


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376487
11/18/18 12:50 PM
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Some of you guys sound like a bunch of antis. If I'm meat hunting and the only shot is 400 yards, I would risk the shot to feed the family. Besides, I know people who can make better shots, routinely, at over 300 yards and others who can't hit the broad side of a barn if they were standing inside it. This is starting to sound more like a "fair chase" thread.


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376493
11/18/18 12:55 PM
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^ I bow hunt and the deer usually never see,hear or smell myself ,so by that logic Gritguy ^ above bowhunting is not hunting..
I call it long range hunting. Mans creation and skill have enabled us.
Most guys dont have the skill or know their gun well enough to shoot a deer beyond 400 yards simple facts.
I say fill the freezer with a long range hunting shot if your confident enough and know your weapon.
So yea long range hunting you either have the skill and equipment or you dont...

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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376506
11/18/18 01:32 PM
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Yea same thing with a spear up in a tree, just cause they can't smell you or see ya or hear don't make it hunting but it does give the sense your letting the game be on the same plane. Is trapping fur harvesting or just holding the animal in place until one arrives, apples and oranges depending on who argues for their point !

Fair chase what an oblique point, just what we teach our children, is it now gone because we are enabled ?

Just love it when people twist the thought to fit their argument instead of reading it for what it is.

This debate comes up every year just like what makes fur bearers prime, you can count on it, pro and con.
Next will come , what is long range any way, just cause ya can does it make it necessary to do so?

It's not hunting by any stretch of the logic you put here that can convince me it is, so enjoy what you can do with that rifle, won't change the fact in my mind how skilled one is using it !


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376515
11/18/18 01:51 PM
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killing deer any way that is legal is fine with me. some hunters like to get real close. use an atlatl, spear, self bow, crossbow or pistol. for the guys that want to shoot a long way I feel the same way I do about atlatl hunters. I hope you only take shots you are confident of making after lots of practice under field conditions.


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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376529
11/18/18 02:18 PM
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What if that person has a physical disability that doesn’t allow him/her to get any closer, and has to settle for a long range shot? Do you consider that “Not Hunting?” If so? Then I’ve been just “Shooting” for last 12 years. Where do you draw the line between hunting and shooting?

Opinions vary.

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Re: Long distance hunting. [Re: Finster] #6376530
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X 2, each to his own sport. Here in Pa my 35 covers most everything I can see......jk


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