Longest Wild Game Shot?

[MTA]

My longest handgun shot was with my scoped Stainless Ruger Redhawk in .41mag. I took this Spotted Fallow at 118 yards while laying on the ground. Of all the animals I have harvested over the last 50 years this is my proudest moment. Perfect broadside shot and he took two steps and dropped like a rock.
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Impressive shot

 

[hornetguy]

What’d you shoot him with?

It was a Remington 700 in .308

The .308 is enough for coyotes, I've discovered.

 

[bigtex10mm]

Actually the Fallow was not what I wanted from that ranch. When we were driving down the road to the camphouse, I saw a beautiful Black Buck with antlers about 3' long. He was as black as night with no brown left. According to the owner that was a "very" mature animal. The only problem was every time I saw him he was running at full speed like he was being chased by something. I have never shot at a running animal so after two days of that I saw the spotted Fallow with a blonde and chocolate, all three walking together. They were always 200-250 yards away so on the last day I saw them crossing in front of me and I had time to crawl about 75 yards and down into a dry shallow creek. I pushed up enough dirt to make a rest for the barrel of the gun and when they crossed in front of me the spotted Fallow was in the middle. I whistled very loudly and the blonde and chocolate stopped but the spotted took two more steps placing his heart/lung area in my crosshairs. I took the shot and he took two more steps, coughed blood from his mouth and nose and dropped like a rock. This was the first time an animal was killed with a handgun on their place so they liked what they saw and I signed a release so they could use the picture of the kill and in return they paid for the mount. It took me two years to get it back. That was 20 years ago and the mount still looks new.

 

[dee]

507yds on a white tail buck with a 7mm-08ai.

700yds on a crow with a 6.5x47L

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[Lonesome Dove]

7mm-08 AI
Never thought of this one. Hmmmm!

 

[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

Unfortunately I've killed more deer with pickups. All early morning or just before light (3 within 2 months). So about hood distance I'd say. Well closest, not longest. Oh, this thread is about longest kill shot (wild animal, not the 2 legged animals)

 

[TreyG-20]

If it’s a hog, I’m all for taking the long shot. Hopefully you’d just wing him and he’d go off and die somewhere- and bring friends.

I've had several people tell me this including landowners. Not my style, but I get it. We have tons of them out at the property, but I shoot to kill. Now when theres a hundred of them and they're all running, I'm just trying to hit as many as possible. They don't usually to waste when you leave them either.

 

[cvgunman]

Using a 300 Win mag, I shot an Audad at 438yds across a canyon ou in Alpine, but my longest was with 204 Ruger on a coyote at just over 500 yds. The yote was bothering a herd of cows and I let 'er rip. Thought I hit it but couldn't stick around to find out. I went back a few hours later and sure enough it was down and trampled by the cows.

 

[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

Using a 300 Win mag, I shot an Audad at 438yds across a canyon ou in Alpine, but my longest was with 204 Ruger on a coyote at just over 500 yds. The yote was bothering a herd of cows and I let 'er rip. Thought I hit it but couldn't stick around to find out. I went back a few hours later and sure enough it was down and trampled by the cows.

Do you still see any coyotes with mange. Still have some up in west Texas that's more north than north Texas.

 

[E6InTexas]

325ish yards. Big horn waaaaaay up on a ridge.

First shot missed low to left. Second shot DRT.

115gr Sierra 6.8SPC II out of a Spikes 16" AR...

 

[dbgun]

I shot a buck at 225 yards with Remington Sportsman 78, .270 cal, 130 gr soft point. I use to hunt on a lease near Bedias, Tx.

 

[dee]

7mm-08 AI
Never thought of this one. Hmmmm!

Its a fun one. Ran 120 nosler at warp speed or 162 amax/eld at pretty much max standard load speeds but with less pressure.

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[Axxe55]

I have never killed a deer in East Texas much over 100 yards.

 

[billtool]

I have never killed a deer in East Texas much over 100 yards.

Sure. That’s a long shot between pine boughs at that.

 

[Axxe55]

Sure. That’s a long shot between pine boughs at that.

There typically just are not a lot of places for longer shots on deer around here. Lot's brush, and underbrush, and trees of all sorts.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

The small farm I hunt there are some hay fields I can get a 400- 500 yard shot but I keep it at 200 max. I’d do a 300ish if the right deer happen to visit.

 

[Fishkiller]

Longest was 360 yards (or so) on this antelope near Whitehall MT. Rested my trusty .257 Weatherby on a fence post and he dropped like a sack of potatoes. Not the biggest horns

 

[billtool]

Longest was 360 yards (or so) on this antelope near Whitehall MT. Rested my trusty .257 Weatherby on a fence post and he dropped like a sack of potatoes. Not the biggest horns

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Was that a frontal chest shot? Looks like You blew out its rear end.

 

[Fishkiller]

Was that a frontal chest shot? Looks like You blew out its rear end.

No quartering. Blew out one from shoulder. I drug across the blood for the picture for the right angle in the sun

 

[billtool]

No quartering. Blew out one from shoulder. I drug across the blood for the picture for the right angle in the sun

Ha! Just noticed that NAA revolver in your hand. Nice touch.