35 Whelen
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Several New Mexico elk hunts ago these fellas walked out on the other side of the head of a canyon I was watching. I lasered them at 610 yds. I have a 600 yd. range at my house for practicing prone slow High Power, I would never dream of shooting at an animal that far away.
While I was trying to decide whether or not to stalk them, they drifted back into the timber. But within a 1/2 hour another bull ambled out a little closer at a lasered 360 yds. I dropped to prone, wound my arm through the sling, pulled it tight, held the crosshairs just below the top of the back as he quartered away, and squeezed.
That is the longest shot on game I recall ever making.
I don't believe most peoples claim for long shots. Just this evening I was doing some shooting on my 200 yd. range and thinking how your average hunter would never believe that it is "only" 200 yds..
35W
While I was trying to decide whether or not to stalk them, they drifted back into the timber. But within a 1/2 hour another bull ambled out a little closer at a lasered 360 yds. I dropped to prone, wound my arm through the sling, pulled it tight, held the crosshairs just below the top of the back as he quartered away, and squeezed.
That is the longest shot on game I recall ever making.
I don't believe most peoples claim for long shots. Just this evening I was doing some shooting on my 200 yd. range and thinking how your average hunter would never believe that it is "only" 200 yds..
35W
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