What are your longest shots...

Grizz1219

In terms of hunting... Just was thinking of mine... Here's my list..


Smoothbore shotgun.. iron sights... Remington 1oz slug, Ma whitetail deer @ 135 yards

Smoothbore Black Powder, 56 cal. side hammer, Ma whitetail 86 yards.

Shotgun, wild turkey, 3 1/2" 12 gauge, #5's, 50 yards, NY

Archery, compound bow, 35 yards, Eastern Wild turkey, Vt. 18.5 lb tom

T/C Pro Hunter, 50 Cal. BP, T/C Shock Wave, 250 gr, off hand at 125 yards, Ny Whitetail

T/C Pro Hunter, 30-06, 150 grain Federal Fusion, 286 yard Whitetail, Alabama

T/C Pro Hunter, 30-06, 180 grain Federal Fusion, 309 yards, Africa, Gemsbok

T/C Pro Hunter, 338, 225 grain Federal Fusion, 290 Africa, Black Wildebeest,..

JerryBobCo

I've made a couple of 400+ yard shots on prairie dogs with my .204. I used my laser range finder to measure the furthest at 440.

As for big game, I've made a couple at or near 300 yards. I wasn't able to get an accurate measurement, though. All were with high powered modern center fire rifles.

snake284

The longest recently was two years ago and was a hog at 320 yards with, you guessed it, .270 Win. shooting 130 grain Sierra Game King. It ran about 15 yards into the brush before it realized that it was dead and fell down grave yard dead

Back in the mid 80s I killed two doe while culling at right around 400 yards. They were trotting along in an open field. I shot them with a 6mm with a 100 graim Game Kings.

But these are the exceptions. Most of what I have killed has been at or under 100 yards.

The second deer I ever killed was at 40 yards and my first hog was at 30 yards. Everything else has been between those extremes and most around 50-100 yards although I have shot a few hogs between 100-200 yards.

NN

125 yds .30-06 DRT

Six-Gun

If we're talking big game, just shy of 400 on my gemsbok in Africa. If we count varmints, I can't even tell you for sure on pdogs anymore. I recall one particular shot I made at around 700 yards with my 6mm.

Linefinder

Confirmed pdog - 796 yards, 6mm Rem
Antelope - 444 yards, 6mm Rem
Whitetail - 379 yards, .270 Win
Elk - 110 yards, .270 Win
Fox Squirrel - 85 yards, 22LR

I once got a pheasant with a 12 ga at what we could best make out to be ~80 yards, although it traveled for another 100 or so before it decided I'd actually hit it. As a rule, I don't like pushing a shotgun much past 45-50 yards, but there's exceptions to every rule.

As a young teen, I practically specialized in sky-busting wood ducks with a .410 pump. I really couldn't tell you how far the farthest was, but I made more than a few that I doubt I've equaled with a 12 ga.

Mike

Zee

Somewhere between here and there. I don't recall. But, I aimed high.

USUFB

Feral hog at ~180 yards, with a scoped, bolt action 30-06 and Hornady factory ammo. DRT.

I've also made my closest-ever shot with that same rifle/ammo combo, also on a feral hog. That one was at about 15 feet. The scope was obviously useless at that distance, so I held the rifle "gangsta style" and let the lead fly. :tooth:

Flashover

Deer--250 yards across a double run power line using 30-06
Coyote--525 yards using a 30-06--distance measured using my hunting partners range finder (best shot I ever made on an animal..classed as vermin here)
Moose--75 yards using 8mm mauser open sights
Black Bear--50 yards over registered bait site using .308

I am horrible with a shotgun on flying birds

Just noticed after posting that this is my 200th post..not bad for a lurker :P

justin10mm

Right at about 350 yards on a mule deer and a couple hogs.
Got a crow once at 298 lasered yards.
Jackrabbits at 325 yards with a .243 and at 97 steps with a .357 magnum.
A bobcat at 178 yards with a .30-30 win.

Diver43

My last was a feral hog right at 4 feet Ruger .357 mag.
Deer was right at estimated 75 yards with a 30-06 and my one and only Elk was shot from a long through the trees 65 yards with a .300 Savage.

I have never hunted game where a longer shot was possible.

woodsrunner

Diver43 points out what we're faced with here in Florida....Restricted Long Range Shooting!

I've probably dropped several Whitetails at 125-150 yards, but certainly nothing longer than this. Remember, too, I'm pretty well going to use a flintlock for whatever hunting I do (I should say DID, because I don't care much about it any more except maybe busting squirrels with my little .32cal Squirrel Rifle.)

snake284

I forgot about one day when we were shooting "BIRDS"out of a corn field that had new shoots of corn plants coming up and the "BIRDS" Were eating them. And so we shot at the "BIRDS" sometimes at very long distance. I killed a couple of these "BIRDS" at over 500 yards with a .223 Remington with 55 grain HP
Of course it took me about 20 shots per "BIRD" but i did kill at least two.

And NO! They weren't Whopping Cranes. :tooth:

Grizz1219

You guys do some great shooting!!!!!

HAWKEN

The longest, and luckiest, shot was approximately 1/4 mile, on a crow, with an approximate 10' + or - , hold over., with a 22lr, when I was 16yoa. Best aimed shot was a 100 yard head shot, on a squirrel, with a .243. The longest shot on a deer was 250 yards, S. Dakota, with a .270, 99% of the deer I have harvested have been less than 100 yards. The longest shot with a hand gun was 60 yards, with a 6" Colt Trooper MKIII, .357, on a groundhog. Held to the top of its head, hit center mass...........Robin

jbohio

~225 yards, running elk, 300RUM. Rested against a tree.

130 yards, whitetail, 12 ga rifled slug, rifle sights.