Posted on 08/31/2016 11:54:59 AM PDT by w1n1
With the latest guns, scopes, and laser rangefinders, well-practiced hunters are able to confidently take game at over 1,000 yards.
If you are looking to break into the long range hunting arena, or are trying to improve your long range accuracy, listen to what the experts at Red Rock Precision Rifles feel are the best cartridges for long range hunting.
Shooters sensitive to recoil should choose a 28 Nosler and those looking for more power should choose a .300 Remington Ultra Mag. However, that’s just one man’s opinion.
If it's deer or deer-sized game you’re chasing, you can’t go wrong with the 6.5 Creedmoor, though tons of long range game animals have fallen to the good old .300 Winchester Magnum, and the new Weatherby 6.5-3000 is quickly making a name for itself. See the video here. What are you all using?
When I'm hunting, I decide.
I don’t know of anyone who actually would take a 1000 yard shot on a deer. We have a 1000 yard range in this area and the ones who shoot there are only interested in killing paper.
You walked right into that one!
400 yard shot’s are stunting not hunting, develop some hunting skills and move in closer.
Challenge yourself!
“But the BATF would never participate in baiting operations, would it?”
Depends on who you vote for in November! ;)
IBTFBHC
In Before The First Blue Helmets Comment.
An F4 with napalm worked pretty well for me!
1000 yards? The animal is a speck on the horizon.
Get our of your truck and close the distance to less than 200.
You sound like a PETA idiot. Hopefully you are being sarcastic.
My preference has always been for 16” 50 cal ...
Is the deer wearing a blue helmet by any chance ?
Lost me.
An ethical sportsman should know if he is able to run 1000+ yards to overcome and dispatch a wounded game animal which is basically what's going to end up happening.
“”400 yard shot’s are stunting not hunting, develop some hunting skills and move in closer.””
That comment tells me you’ve never hunted West TX and probably never elk hunted in the mountains. I’m pretty sure your going to try and come back and tell me some BS story but I’ve done them all for damn near 60 years now and shoot rifle/caliber combo’s designed for that. But don’t let that stop you, the comment should be interesting.
Why, because the hunter had to go down the canyon and then up the other side. The country is very steep.
.308 Winchester. I think it has a flatter trajectory than the 30.06.
“An F4 with napalm worked pretty well for me!”
That’s not long range!
B-1B with a load of AGM-158s. Now THAT is long range.
Agnes Hailstone Takes Moose With Mosin Nagant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3154129/posts?page=51
How about very large rocks launched from orbit?
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