You would have to be a pretty lousy hunter if you can't get closer than 300 yards to an animal.
Two observations. First and foremost is that most people can't estimate range. What a blowhard says was 500yds was probably more like 150.
Most of the deer I’ve ever harvested have been under 75 yards. It’s just the nature of where I hunt and how I view hunting. I don’t find it taking super long shots to be impressive hunting I find it rather sad actually. Learn the craft get closer.I have been hunting for 45 years. I've hunted the West, Midwest and West TX. I've taken White Tail, Mule and Coues deer. Rocky Mtn Elk, Black Bear, Mt. Lion. All types of furbearer critters and varmints.
When I get with a group of hunters and even buddies of mine. Out come the stories of " I shoot my animal at 550-800 yards on average. And on and on they go how they are true snipers of the hunting world. I am sure every now and then a few do attempt to take an unethical shot that far.
Theses super hunters are shooting 243, 7mm-08, 270, 30- 06, 300 Savage, 25-06 and 7mag.
I do my small game / varmint hunting with my 243 and my big game with my 30-06. The longest shots I've ever taken were at varmint (whistle pig, badger, crow and coyote) all at about 420 yards.
I'd say 95% of all my kills have been 250 yards or less.
Took my 1st bull elk in 93 outside Flagstaff at 95 yards. A really nice 6x6 Do hunters now a days really shoot that far the majority of the time? I find it very hard to believe these fine people are being truthful on most of their hunting stories.
Yeah. One thing that I learned when I went out west was you seldom see mulies and prairie goats that aren't staring at you. They might be 1/2 mile away, but they have you in sight.Wyoming Pronghorns!!??
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Yeah. One thing that I learned when I went out west was you seldom see mulies and prairie goats that aren't staring at you. They might be 1/2 mile away, but they have you in sight.
Yeah. One thing that I learned when I went out west was you seldom see mulies and prairie goats that aren't staring at you. They might be 1/2 mile away, but they have you in sight.
With the number of them that I have killed in traps, my average is likely better expressed in feet than yards. All those zeros would drown out the long range shots. Not only that lots of places I have hunted line of sight wasn’t ever more than a few hundred yards at most.
Others have different experiences than me though. I can tell you one thing a prairie dog hunt 100 yards would be pretty boring.