Your best shots???

[Strut10]

Hey.................why can't we brag a little???

No B.S............ what are the best shots you've ever made with a rifle???? On game or on target????

Brag yourself up.

Remember.................no b******t. These are shots you really made on purpose.

[wtnhunt]

Longest shot on a small animal was 175 plus yards on a bobcat last fall with the .270. Have hit a few yotes a pretty good ways out while they were on the move, but none farther than the cat. Shot a deer in 2003 with the .270, the shot was only about 70 yards however the shot was squeezed between two trees with a margin of error of less than 2 inches left to right where the deers vitals were exposed between the trees and fortunately was able to get that deer stopped on a mouth grunt at just the right spot. Wife climbed up in the stand and looked and asked how I ever got the shot off between the trees and after looking back at it I had to be lined up leaning forward just right where I was sitting in that ladder stand to miss the trees. Best shot with the ml'er, got it on video, little over 160 yards on a buck following a doe right as he stepped into a lane. Farthest shot ever on a deer was right around 200 yards also with the .270.

Targets, honestly dunno. Have not done much shooting long range. Can usually get pretty decent groups.

[snapper]

Best ones that stick out in my mind...shot a groundhog over 500 yards with my .22-250. And took a all out running doe at 200+ plus yards with one shot with my winchester .270

[Doc]

Best ones that stick out in my mind...shot a groundhog over 500 yards with my .22-250. And took a all out running doe at 200+ plus yards with one shot with my winchester .270

Once upon a time, one bow season, I had a deer come in about 150 yards away and stand behind a tree with his vitals covered. Off to his right was a huge boulder. So I banked my arrow off the boulder and heart shot him. That was probably my best shot. :yes:

............. What? ............ You don't believe that? .......... Ok, then I won't tell you my fishing story. :fish:

[92xj]

436 yards - Doe - A-bolt 270 - South Carolina Gas line

1907 yards - 48" steal hanging disk target ground with a flapper wheel to be real reflective and shine whine it moved with impact with sun light. - 338 Lapua custom kaboom - zero wind (waited 3 days to shoot to get perfect conditions) - Mountains of North Carolina.

500 yard 6" groups with my 22-250

500 yard 2.5" groups with buddies 220 swift

emptied a 13 round mag in a 22 before the first case hit the bed of the truck. That was actually really awesome sounding. As soon as the last BANG for the gun, it was ting, ting, ting,....

I tried for a year to repeat that, but never could

100 yard bullseye shot, absolutely perfect with my bow across a pond on the first shot. All luck. I tried 100s of times again and could never get close to the bullseye. Also, didnt have pins on the bow then as well.

Edited August 18, 2010 by 92xj

[Jeramie]

Oklahoma Antelope - 35mph winds, 217 yards and a finish shot at roughly 250 yards. Both were fatal but im picky about putting the animal down (.243).

Coyote at roughly 250 yards with a Savage chambered in .270.

Several Prairie Dogs from between 200 - 300 yards with the .243 and handloads (hornady btsp, 100grn).

Concrete block, 125 yards with a .357, 6" Taurus revolver (red dot scope).

And finally, I had a doe and fawn once broad side at 286 yards. I passed the shot as typically you can get within 100 yards or less. The next day I returned and took the shot at a tree she was standing next to. Hit dead center and a couple inches low. Could have easily made the shot but passed it, using my best judgement.

Granted im no where near the 1k meter (or yard) shots a lot of people make but ive never needed or even felt the need to take those shots.

[Dakota]

First Deer (Muley) - 200 yards, bedded down on the hill side, straight on neck shot

Elk - 280 yards broadside

Bison - 100 yards, crumpled immediately with one shot from the .30-06

Pheasant - 50+ yards with 12 ga. 3" steel #2s

Turkey - 150 yards with rifle, weird shot (got neck and both legs) with a .22-250

Whitetail - 50 yards with bow, couldn't find her unfortunately...good blood trail and everything...so that really doesn't count...

Dakota

[dbHunterNY]

I've made some long shots at wood chucks with my varmint rifle, but that doesn't count in my opinion. However, on target I've got it to shoot groups just under an inch at 200 yards. I think that's a good shooting rifle, so I'm not surprised to make good shots.

My few best shots I made when I was 16 and 20 yrs old I think.

At 16, I was in my dad's treestand over looking a swamp and several fields. I shot two pup coyotes out close to 250 yards with two bullets using my dad's Remington 7600 pump with an old 3-9x30 Buhsnell scope. They trotted out, I shot the first one, and then shot second one on a slow run back to the edge of the brush

At around 20 years old, I spotted a doe and buck just in the woods at the edge of a field. They saw me, but the doe was laying down content and the standing buck wasn't leaving her. I took my time, got a steady rest, aimed for the bucks head, and shot. That was paced off at close to 165 yards. The buck dropped so fast and out of sight I wasn't sure what happened. When I walked over to where I last saw it, there it lay with a hole in its head.

Those are my three best, aside from shots at chucks.

Edited August 18, 2010 by dbHunterNY

[Ethan Givan]

Shot at and hit a coke bottle 3 times at about 500 yards with my .308 that was zeroed at 100 yards. Looked up the trajectory at that distance, then held the crosshairs at approximately the right height. only have a 3x9 scope so the line of the retical was as wide as the coke bottle when looking thru the scope.

Several years ago I shot a running squirrel at about 40 yards with a shotgun.....from the hip . Rolled him. My cousin saw me do it and he asked me repeatedly for half an hour how I did it. I never would admit to it being pure luck.

Just the other day I busted 3 eggs at 50 yards standing with no rest with a .22 using only iron sights.

Turkey hunting one morning I had a bird show up out of nowhere. He saw me before I saw him. The problem was my gun was laying on the ground beside me because I was actually getting ready to leave. He was locked up and getting ready to get the heck out of dodge so i grabbed my gun, shouldered it, and killed that bird at 40 yards while he was running in one fluid motion. the gun went off as soon as the butt hit my shoulder.

Killed another turkey with my bow at 20 yards. I hit it perfectly and it didnt go anywhere. The best part about that shot was I had to hold my bow at full draw for close to 2 minutes before it made that final step into a shooting lane.

Thats the best I got. I dont do alot of long range hunting or target shooting.

[Jeramie]

Several years ago I shot a running squirrel at about 40 yards with a shotgun.....from the hip . Rolled him. My cousin saw me do it and he asked me repeatedly for half an hour how I did it. I never would admit to it being pure luck.

This actually reminds me. I bought a .17hmr and scoped it. Shot a lot of prairie dogs at roughly 50 yards with it. Brought it home (after a hunt out western Oklahoma) and took it squirrel hunting. I had a fox squirrel at 80 yards through timber (on a branch). Ive always heard good things about the .17hmr so I tested it and canoed the rats head at 80 yards. I like to fell over! Held dead on and took him out of the tree.

[JimT]

Sprite can from 400 yards

Doe after holding 70# for over a minute

woodchucks out to 350 yards

all four tacks holding up my paper target, one after another, from 50 yards kneeling,

Witnesses for all except for the doe...

[Rick Irvin]

I shot:

An Axis Buck @ 265 yards

A Red Fox @ 386 yards

Both with a 6mm Remington VLS

My Wife shot:

A Whitetail at 305 yards

With a .22-243 Middlestead Remington 700

[jokostel]

570+ Yards, Whitetail Doe (I say + because my gps didn't fully sync until a handful of steps after I started walkin)- That was done with a 270WSM, 130 Ballistic Tip doing 3450 at the muzzle.

370 paces(my paces; I didn't have a gps at the time) Prairie Dog- 223 Rem

Took two shots, even though I have tactical scope on that weapon, I ran "Kentucky Windage" rather than mess with the turrets...hehe

480 Yards- Jackrabbit- 243 Winchester 95 CT doing 3150(a LOT of 7828 and a LONG barrel) Taken with the rifle resting on my truck hood... motor still running...lol

[Grady269]

Best Shot I ever made was on the biggest buck I ever killed. I walked him up in a clear cut with lot's of gulley's, stumps, and lap piles he was about about 85 yds and running wide open. I killed him on the 4th shot from my 30-06 Browning BAR. To say I was shooting quick would be an understatement. (I had 4 shells in the gun)

now 85 yds may not seem far but when the horns are big and the ground is un-even and the deer is fast and your shooting off hand, well i am gald I only missed 3 times.

He hangs on the wall to this day......

[Dakota]

I have a buddy who shot a 14" buck and doe antelope at 300+ yards on the run with a .300 Ultra Mag all in one shot! Was aiming for the doe (he didn't want the buck considering he's shot bigger ones) and saw horns come up in the scope a milisecond before he pulled the trigger; the doe rolled and the buck ran a bit and then fell.

Dakota

[wyohunter]

i've made some.... how on earth did i pull that shot off, while pheasant hunting, but the one im the proudest of is last year deer season, 253 yard neck shot on my 4x4 whitetail.... 300 win mag 180 gr bullet

[Michiganbuckhunter]

Well I had a 250 yard shot on a doe with a 300. wthby mag. dropped her. But around the house i shoot pop cans at 150 with iron sights with a pelt gun. but do any of you watch impossible shots on outdoor channel? forgot the name of the guy but he shot a target at 600 yards with a .44 iron site handgun. that was sweet.

[doubleA]

Nothing to be proud of, nor intentional but this happened a couple days ago. While shooting at a 800 yard target ,I shot a power line in two that was between me and the target. The distance was 595 yards from my position to the powerline and the wire was about 1/4 inch dia....go figure!

[7th]

I have made some good shots but some that I am proudest of would be the 3 targets I shot with my Sav 116 .300 Win Mag: 200yds, 5 shots and .378”, .388” and .371”.

I also made 5 shots at a silhouette at 1,409M with a SR-25 using 175gr, Millett 4x16x56mm, Sierra Match Kings at 2,660fps. Hitting it 2nd,4th and 5th shots.

[bowana]

27 yards 5 pt Bull Elk Montana 338-378 Weatherby 250 Grain Nosler Partition,,,,,I thought to myself....are you kidding me??? Oh Yea!! I'm the long range hunter alright. Then I rechamber my 30-06 to a 30-06 Ackley improved 40 degree shoulder. I carefully taylor make a handload that launches a 180 grain Nosler Accubond at 2915 fps. Wyoming Mule Deer in the Snowy Range.....I say to my guide, will the big Mulie come out in that canyon (around 450 yards)?? He says keep glassing. Then I say...what about that big mulie right there (55 yards)? He says shoot...shoot. Come on! Maybe one day I can pull something bigger than a pitching wedge out of my shooting bag!!!!

[coles]

I was out deer hunting by myself one afternoon and was just drivin lookin for bucks. Had seen a ton of coyotes already so i told myself i was going to shoot the next one i saw. The next one i saw happened to be running full out. I knew he was a long ways but didnt have time to range. I grabbed my rem 700 22-250 shooting 45gr hollow points. I led him quite a bit and guess my elevation. pulled the trigger and saw him flipping across the ground. I think he flipped 4 or 5 times. I walked up to where he was laying dead and ranged back to my truck and the shot was 440 yards. Of course I was by myself!

[oneshot]

First shot at 100 yards cold bore with my Rem 700 .308 sniper rifle, in the bull.

Then I put another shot at the top of the bull and continued to place each shot next to the other working to the left in line.

That's what I have proof of now but it isn't my best....

[Jeramie]

forgot the name of the guy but he shot a target at 600 yards with a .44 iron site handgun. that was sweet.

My guess would be Bob Munden. Havent seen the show but very few people have ever lived that could handle a handgun like that.

[Rhino]

My most memorable best shot was with my buddy's Contender pistol in 30-30 while we were on a deer hunt in Texas. We had both killed our bucks and we were driving around with the guide to do some doe thinning. The guide stopped & said shoot that one...a doe alert looking at us in broom weed at ~100 yards. Not much of a target in that stuff. I folded her up like a duck with my buddy's pistol. The guide couldn't believe I made the shot. Neither could my buddy. I got the feeling afterwards our guide didn't really want to clean does, hence stopping to give me the long shot with the pistol.

Longest shot I've ever killed a deer with a centerfire rifle was ~300 yards with my .30-378 Wby Mag.

Longest muzzleloader kill was the elk in New Mexico back in 2001. If you recall Don, I shared that story when I joined the forum in 2002. 1st shot was ranged at 167 yards. Made him real sick but didn't put him down. Last shot was ranged at 224 yards. Shot 4 times & hit him 4 times. Elk are tuff cirtters. Too long of a story to re-type again. Needless to say...there was a frenzy of reloading going on so the elk wouldn't get to the tree line & out of that meadow.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

I'm not the greatest long range shot in the world, especially now with my tired old eyes, but I've taken a few over the years.

I put a round into the ear hole on a doe at 350 yards with my 220 Swift. Good solid rest and no wind. Also rolled a running coyote at approximately 200 yards with the same rifle, but that was mostly luck.

Shot a coon out of a tree at night using a spotlight and my 223 from 150 yards. Dead between the eyes. If you've never varmint hunted at night this probably doesn't sound too hard, but go try it sometime.

Killed several turkeys with an open sighted handgun. Those days are about over now. Open sights really give my eyes fits.

And then there was the 7mag shot at the coyote. First, a little background. I had been shooting some long range with it and had it dialed in to shoot 4 inch groups at 400 yards. It was a perfectly windless and chilly morning in the deer stand and I had been watching two yotes chasing rats in a prickly pear flat across the canyon that I was hunting. I finally couldn't stand it any longer, so I got a good solid rest in the fork of a tree and waited on one of the varmints to turn broadside. I started trying to calculate bullet drop in my mind for the distance involved, but finally just gave up and decided to hold 6 feet over the target. Apparently, 6 feet of holdover at 1500 yards isn't nearly enough. I watched the round kick up dust about 10 feet short of the coyote. He took off running, but it was so far away that the other one, who was about 30 yards off to the side, just looked around for a minute, and then went back to hunting rats. And I decided to save the rest of my bullets. :surrender: