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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
890 Yard shot
6 comments:
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Kim du Toit said...
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It should be noted that only a VERY FEW shooters are capable of such accuracy. I'm not, my Son&Heir is -- although he'd probably prefer not to use a scope, the young showoff -- and at a rough guess, only a few hundred shooters in the U.S. of A. should even TRY that kind of shot. Note that even this guy wounded one deer.
Wish I knew what rifle, scope and ammo he was using...
A 900-yard shot is actually not too difficult on a human, by the way, but over a thousand... phew.
Incidentally, a "15-minute hold" means that he was aiming about 18 feet above the deer, assuming a 400-yard zero with a .308 Win. And that doesn't take any crosswind into account either.
Yowzer. Phenomenal. -
2/6/07, 12:49 PM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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Thank you for that insight, I was thinking the guy had been stalking the beast for 15 minutes.
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2/6/07, 1:08 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Now stop to consider that a man shot an killed an Indian mounted on a horse at just over a mile at Adobe Walls with a Sharps 50 Cal. one of the people present that witnessed the shot was Bat Masterson.
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2/6/07, 1:40 PM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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A friend & deer hunter veteran of 90 years just wrote:
That "wounded deer" looked like a heart shot to me. She won't go far. Dead. -
2/6/07, 2:22 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Longest shot I ever made was free standing from about 350 yards. But it was downhill at a running antelope running approx 40 mph on an oblique angle moving 45 degrees away from me. One round, behind the front shoulder and through the heart. I normally wouldn't shoot a running antelope, they don't taste that good if shot when the meat is hot. But this one had been gut shot a few seconds earlier by my uncle and I didn't want her running into the next county. I had to run about 60 feet to get a clear line of fire without the ranch house or my Uncle in the line of fire.
I don't think I could have ever hit something 900 yards away. Never had that good of eyesight. Now, 25 years later my eyesight (with help) is better but my reflexes are gone. -
2/6/07, 11:44 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I once got a Mulie at near 400 yds but it was an unclean kill (creased abdomen, guts out) and I'll not try one so long again. Mine was a true field shot, by which I mean taken quickly, no rests, aids, supports, bipods tripods, sand bags nor nuthin'; I'm proud of that.
That Tennessee shooter is fantastic. I hope he takes only a few animals a year and leaves some for us amateurs. -
2/7/07, 9:02 PM
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