hardluk1
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jI take up fishing then. catch and release. I like wild game ,they taste gooood. I know if i did not eat game animals I would have no need for long guns.
Max deer kill 7 mm mag
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The longest shot I've made on a deer with the 7mm is 440 yards. It was an unusual circumstance where I was really "waiting" and not "hunting". I was set up on the edge of an alfalfa field and had sandbags, so it was really as easy as shooting from a bench. I wouldn't do this anymore as I've grown up quite a bit and prefer hunting to sitting and waiting.
I fully understand the "coolness" of long range shooting and I have a buddy that built a shooting plat that is 1000 yards long where they can and do shoot deer. I think their max is just over 800 yards.
I do not personally have the desire, the equipment or the skill to shoot at that range. I have shot steel targets at 1000+ and was as good as the agents I was shooting with, using their equipment, in the mid-1980's. Is it more exciting to hit an animal at that distance compared to hitting steel?
I do a lot of bow hunting. Back when I could shoot a bow with an 80# pull it was normal for me to practice at 100 yards when there was no wind and I could hit a 10" target every single time. Theoretically i could have been as accurate shooting at an animal but I never tried it. I like to hunt whitetail in thick hardwoods. It is common for a deer to be within 15-20 yards before I ever see them. i am successful if I can draw my bow and get the pin on the deer inside 20 yards.
To each his own. If you can shoot 1000 yards in normal hunting conditions then more power to you. Try it on a deer target a few times first please. Kind of like a hunt&release deal.
I do not personally have the desire, the equipment or the skill to shoot at that range. I have shot steel targets at 1000+ and was as good as the agents I was shooting with, using their equipment, in the mid-1980's. Is it more exciting to hit an animal at that distance compared to hitting steel?
I do a lot of bow hunting. Back when I could shoot a bow with an 80# pull it was normal for me to practice at 100 yards when there was no wind and I could hit a 10" target every single time. Theoretically i could have been as accurate shooting at an animal but I never tried it. I like to hunt whitetail in thick hardwoods. It is common for a deer to be within 15-20 yards before I ever see them. i am successful if I can draw my bow and get the pin on the deer inside 20 yards.
To each his own. If you can shoot 1000 yards in normal hunting conditions then more power to you. Try it on a deer target a few times first please. Kind of like a hunt&release deal.
Clark
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If I compensate for distance by screwing on the elevation turret or using hold over, and carry a kestrel and make simple wind adjustment, I can kill out to 500 yards consistently.
But I try and try at targets at 600 yards, but I cannot get consistent first shot hits in a kill zone sized area.
That is with either the 270 or 7mmRM.
I think what is holding me back is estimating wind speed at different distances between me and the target.
I was on a bench at the range next to a guy who said he had been a sniper instructor. He was getting 1/2" groups @ 100y with a Rem700 223 on a day I was getting 1" groups with a better rifle. I think he was adapting to the wind better than I was.
But I try and try at targets at 600 yards, but I cannot get consistent first shot hits in a kill zone sized area.
That is with either the 270 or 7mmRM.
I think what is holding me back is estimating wind speed at different distances between me and the target.
I was on a bench at the range next to a guy who said he had been a sniper instructor. He was getting 1/2" groups @ 100y with a Rem700 223 on a day I was getting 1" groups with a better rifle. I think he was adapting to the wind better than I was.
ZeroJunk
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If you live where deer are scarce and might get only a very long shot then attaining the capablity and making such a shot might be OK.
But, shooting a deer at extremely long range just because it is extremely long range seems like a little too much testosterone.
But, shooting a deer at extremely long range just because it is extremely long range seems like a little too much testosterone.
Art Eatman
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ZJ, that's as good a closing summary as I've seen in a while. 
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