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?
.220, .221 whatever it takes
Hunting is stalking and taking as close a shot as humanely possible with one shot one kill. The meat and the trophy are goals. The pride comes from a well placed shot. Half of hunting is knowing your target and terrain and placing yourself close. To take shots that are nearly beyond visible range without the use of high priced optics and electronics is not hunting. It is target shooting and good luck finding your kill after the shot and even better luck getting your kill picked up and back to camp. The most successful hunters I know take big game right on the trail in the same spot for decades. Others that pay for hunts may as well have the animal staked out for them ahead of time. There are some legitimate guide hunting for sure on limited access lands that are truly ethical hunts. But going out with calibers designed to shoot down WWII German and Japanese fighters is not sport. That is my opinion and I am sticking to it and you do not have to agree but good look picking up your kill 1,000 yards away and than 1,000 yards back and then to where ever your camp is, unless of course you have paid gun bearers and hired help.
A giant difference between a moving deer, elk, moose at 100~250 yards and any animal at 1000 yards.
I choose the Marlin Model 1895GS in 4570 Gov - 400gr bullet with reloader7 at 40grs - with iron sights (ghost rings).
I can still hit a 12in target at over 200+ yards - what ever you hit - where ever you hit its over
**** “A 1000-yard shot on a game animal seems highly unethical regardless of accuracy claims” *****
Last 2 deer I harvested were from 10’ and about 25’ ... should I feel guilty too?
**** “To be ethical, you use your bare hands ...” ****
Gary!!!! Is that you? Have your Ribs healed up yet?
If you say so. I will assume you have shot at both often and know from experience. I am sure you would not make that assertion with out trying both with the appropriate practice and equipment.
I have sufficient skill to shoot at moving game out to 200 or 225 yards. Shots farther than that the target would have to standing still and slightly quartering.
Beyond that range and environmental conditions start playing havoc with the bullet and the further the distance the more the bullet is affected. If you are a shooter, you know this.
the LD and VLD bullets designed for 1000 yard shooting are not suitable for killing game.
With a sustained 10 mph wind r-t-l or l-t-r how far will a:
22 cal bullet drift
25 “ “ “
26 “ “ “
27 “ “ “
and so on and so on up caliber?
i've been reading the .300 Norma Mag is the new "IT" round
You can hit game bounding along and kill it cleanly...but you can’t kill stationary game at 1000 yards given the right sort of gun and optics? The article even mentioned laser ranger finders so you can have that too. Really, you can’t do it? Too bad. Well, maybe the article was written for better shots than you. A whole magazine for people shooting long range... but I am sure they know less than you about it. You should write them and tell them it can’t be done. Tell them to start a new magazine for shooting moving game a 225 yards since that is MUCH easier.
Actually it is. My statements are based on 43 years of active hunting.
I limit my shots to 25 yards with my compound bow.. that said, I won a 25 dollar bet by shooting a groundhog at 425 yards with a Remington 700 25-06 shooting an 87 grain bullet at 3500 feet per second.
That was , of course , before the fateful boating accident..
;)
It depends on the conditions, and of course the shooter. From a solid rest and not a driving wind, 500 isn’t that hard. With a ballistic app on the phone, a really good rifle, and a scope that tracks properly, I can put the first round in a twelve inch gong at 1000. With this rifle, I will typically put three shots in a bit over two inches at 535 yards. I would have no issues shooting at one at a long range provided I have time to get set, and a good laser rangefinder. I shoot a lot, however, I have, at last count about 16000 rounds loaded, and 140 pounds of powder and 7800 bullets, and 16000 primers to reload a few more with. I just went back and counted bullet boxes and primer boxes to be sure.
If you shoot a couple boxes a year, don’t own a rangefinder or a scope with turrets, or a kestrel, 500 yards is a hell of a long ways away.
no, it does not.
Make sure you have a good doctor on call, because your shoulder is going to get hit worse than what you are shooting at. JMO.
**** That was , of course , before the fateful boating accident.. *****
Shooting from a Boat is always IFFY anyway ... trick is to throw in the HE Frag when you think you are getting close and the Spotter says it is OK
(Rules to Live by)
It sure does for me.
yeah, slightly less than a Lapua 
Sounds like a lot of gear to take hunting.
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