Hunting - What's Your Best Shot/Memorable Experience?

[Don Ro]

In the spirit of the thread:
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Official 2013 Hunting Season Thread
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Tell us about your best/longest/most memorable shot - kill or no-kill...firearm, bow, spear, or blow gun, etc.
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My longest was ~ 120 yards, basic shot just prior to sundown on private farm property in No. Dakota.
Slowly driving home through a field after a frustrating day of tracking...saw him in some brush across a valley.
200+ lb. Whitetail buck...after field-dress. Dragged him for what seemed like forever (I was a strong teenager at the time...1962).

[Don Ro]

Supper!
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[vonsmog]

285 yards at night on a fast walking fox with a 223! He wouldn't stop and was leaving so I took the shot and heard the "WOMP" from the chest hit. Held on top of his glowing red eyes (only thing you can see at night) and he walked right into it. Next day my hunting partner went back to retrieve something and took the range finder to just see how far it was.

[mattdavis11]

We had a helluva hunt one weekend. From Friday evening to Sunday morning, 8 white tails and 1 axis buck harvested. Sunday afternoon my pop and I went out, we had time to blow waiting on the next group to arrive, just driving around, not really interested in shooting anything but the bull. 2 Muffalon come into view on the hillside, nice ones. Bang, down, chamber round, bang, two down. Shots were about 125 yards.

The next group didn't have as much luck, we only harvested 3 does in two days, but the place had been shot up. We did continue to see wildlife, but they were diving in the ditches on the last day.

The best shot I have seen was by my buddy, took the head off a sparrow sitting in brush at 110 yards with a 30-06, called the shot beforehand. Same buddy also killed a turkey with aforementioned 30-06 while it was flying.

[lowyder993s]

This:

[GWN7]

My best.... 550 yds on a Whitetail. He stopped to kick at the does that were following him. I put the crosshairs on the top of his back and shot him thru the heart. .30-06 155g

Most interesting was a buddy and I had just walked into a dry slew and started a push when two spikers broke out. I had a tag to fill and my buddy asked if I wanted one. He was ahead of me. He shot and the deer dropped and skidded about 20' on the skiff of snow on the cut wheat field. It did a couple of half flops and lay there for a about a minute. We were climbing out of the slew and the deer half got up and fell again. I remarked that it may need another one and my friend said no way. Well that deer got up and wobbled for a few seconds while we were climbing out of the slew and then it started to run. It ran for a 1/4 mile at hyper speed and disappeared into a large stand of trees never to be seen again. We went back to where it skidded on the ground and there was a tuft of deer hair and no blood. We figure he hit it on top of the head. Catch and release hunting.

[Gretch]

Black bear, with a compound bow.

[Don Ro]

"Catch and release hunting."
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"My best.... 550 yds on a Whitetail. He stopped to kick at the does that were following him. I put the crosshairs on the top of his back and shot him thru the heart. .30-06 155g"
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That's a long way out there, dude! 1/3 of a mile. Close to 6 city blocks.

[ODDJOB UNO]

oh i just HAD to chime in.


867yds one shot one kill, on a cow elk in wiggins canyon,az. snowing out, wind from my left to right at about 5knots.

this was lasered/witnessed and DOC-U-MENTED.

this was with a mcmillian winchester model 70 .338 win mag/250grain custom moly bullet, w/leupold 4.5x14 scope with mil-dot reticle.

and do YA KNOW HOW I DID THIS?


it all comes from shooting many many MANY YEARS and entering 1000YD IRON SIGHT M1-A matches. thats IRON SIGHTS................NO OPTICS!


labor day weekend we were shooting 1128yds all day long with the SCAR 17 w/3.5x10 illuminated TMR reticle. i dont want to even know how much that cost me at a $1.50 a rd federal match 168gr BTHP


accuracy SPEAKS! practice practice PRACTICE!


let the flaming begin.

being CHEAP....................will make YOU a very GOOD SHOOTER IN NO TIME...........or YOU WILL GO HUNGRY!


make EVERY ROUND COUNT, exhale gently, proper cheek rest, and TOUCH THE TRIGGER GENTLY and KEEP YER CHEEK ON THE REST UNTIL THE ROUND HAS LEFT THE BARREL! in other words DONT PULL YER HEAD to see where yer shot landed. have a proper sling, and wrap your arm thru for proper balance. if yer bobbing and weaving STOP! take a breath, exhale slowly and just touch the trigger off.

practice practice PRACTICE!


and this years elk hunt rifle roundup will be:

fn scar 17 built by phil arrington

marlin 45/70 built by me and nelson ford the gunsmith

and my mcmillian usmc m40-a1 rem 700 with detachable accuracy intl magazines.


being SNEAKY like a NINJA and NO SCENT help also especially after eating nasty azz smoked oysters and doritos!

[SteamWolf]

I caught a decent sized flathead on the first cast with a hot potato chip as bait. I was joking around with my girlfriend who said I wouldn't catch anything better than what she had already caught. Much to her amused annoyance!

[Don Ro]

Too much!
Tie the leader/line around the chip, or what?