Coyote at one mile

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I watched it and it looked like the bullet struck the ground in front of the yote before he dropped. Anyone else see this?
 
They said in the description that they took simultaneous shots. The. 338 Lapua kicked up the dust and the .300 mag made the kill.
 
Wow, a mile plus 10 yards more, unreal!

I would love to be able to shoot even half those distances but where I live I can't even try... I guess 1 mile is the new 1,000 yards.
 
That is incredible shooting . I would like to know his shooting history .
 
I watched it and it looked like the bullet struck the ground in front of the yote before he dropped. Anyone else see this?
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Even if it wasn't from the other rifle, makes it an even harder ricochet shot.
 
The equipment, practice and talent - that's all it takes. I don't have any of those 3 except time to practice but I don't have any place like that to practice. So... I'll just stand back and say "wow, I wish I could do that". :) Really great shooting.
 
Shots like those are similar to pro golfers getting a hole in one. Yes, there's an equipment and skill level required to get close to increase the chance of such an event, but luck plays a very big part, particularly with a bullet flight time of over 3 seconds.
 
No doubt luck plays a big part. We had a sign up in my high school football locker room that said, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity". If it was truly pure luck it could happen with a .22 round. Not likely though. They claim on the box that the round will travel a mile anyway. We all know that's bunk but the point is valid. A much smaller round could have done the trick with a whole lot of luck involved. Then there's shots like the one made by Billy Dixon at Adobe Walls. He supposedly killed an Indian at over 1500 yards with a Sharps rifle back in the 1870's. The rifle would reach that distance but making an accurate shot was impossible. It was pure luck. Modern rifles have a much better chance of hitting a target at that distance.
 
Just as a pro golfer won't make two, three or four consecutive holes in one, those long range, small target hits don't usually occur in multiples either. If it can't be repeated with some regularity it's luck or statistical probability. A pro golfer is statistically more likely to get a hole in one than an amateur because far more of his/her drives land closer to the pin.
 
If you go to his Youtube stuff, you'll see multiple instances of hits at 700+ yards. Lotsa practice. And having the proper equipment makes a ton of difference. Precise hand loads, proper VLD bullets

On the hunting forum, guys talk all the time about the ethics of long range shots on game. On our prairie dog hunts, we get consistent first round hits at 300+ yards with a target grade AR .223. I understand there is a world of difference between that and 1,000 yards, but I suspect few shooters have the equipment and skill to hit something the size of your hand at 300.
 
I don't think hunting ethics are at stake here: they don't mean to 'harvest' an otherwise harmless animal, they are trying to eradicate a peste, so if an animal is hit and dies afterwards, without being retrieved, they don't consider it bad, because that also serves their purpose.
YMHO
 
I suspect few shooters have the equipment and skill to hit something the size of your hand at 300.
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I don't agree with you here. I think there are lots of folks around with the equipment to do what you describe. I just measured my hand and it was 4" by 5" including the fingers. That really isn't a big challenge for a good rifle at 300 yards. It isn't that tough to do at 500 yards. When I was practicing more I could hit something the size of your hand at 500 yards pretty consistently. I actually have a much better scope on that rifle than I did when I was shooting 4"-5" groups at that distance.

The lack of a place to shoot and some health issues have brought my skill level down but the equipment is still in the safe to do that job. I took it out shooting today in fact. My best group at 100 yards was just over .6" but that was 4 good shots and a flyer. Throw out the flyer and that group was right at .32". And I wasn't using real good ammo most of the day and I still managed to shoot several 1" groups. That works out to a 5" group at 500 yards if the wind isn't an issue. At 300 yards that size of a target really isn't that hard to hit. I have to admit that my eyes started to flake out on me after about 30 rounds making it harder to get good groups today. I just need to get in some practice and get my health back up to a good level and I'm sure my rifle would easily stay inside the size of a hand at 300 yards. Adn trust me there are lots of people around that shoot better than I do. They have the equipment to do it too.
 
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