Thread: longer range hunting

all too complicated - .308, 2.5-3" high at 100m use some 150g factory - i recommend hornady good to 250/300 outside of that focus on calculation and adjustment

limit yourself to 200m - if your further away then get closer.

may not be that easy freezer as there is alot of open ground. I really just want to be able to shoot out to 300m ish if need be. Sounds like i can just keep my zero at 100m and aim a few inches high to shoot out to 300m(wind dependant)

I shoot 150gr federal blue and the rifle likes it.

Originally Posted by superdiver

may not be that easy freezer as there is alot of open ground. I really just want to be able to shoot out to 300m ish if need be. Sounds like i can just keep my zero at 100m and aim a few inches high to shoot out to 300m(wind dependant)

You can. But unless you practise it and get good you'll just ge taking a punt

300 is easy with a little practise. As said earlier 2.5" high at 100 yds. Will be dead on around 230-240 yds and about 6" low at 300. Get a rangefinder and practise.
My friend has a Sako A7 .308 and regularly shoots animals at 700yds, he does practise regularly out to 900yda though.

Originally Posted by superdiver

may not be that easy freezer as there is alot of open ground. I really just want to be able to shoot out to 300m ish if need be. Sounds like i can just keep my zero at 100m and aim a few inches high to shoot out to 300m(wind dependant)

Easy? Come on John, People bow hunt thar. Your've said that the property has good numbers so just take the opportunities you can and enjoy the stalk.

Originally Posted by JoshC

Just use what you've got. Sight a couple of inches high at a hundred, or zero at 200m if you wish. Hold dead on the shoulder out to 250m, or just below top of shoulder at 300m.

+1. If an opportunity is available then re-zeroing for 200m would be more forgiving of error in estimating the range out at 250-300m. If you find the elevation adjustment is repeatable then the click count can be used to switched between for bush and open country from then on.

Once you no where its going doesn't matter how flat it shoots I out shoot most of my friends with a 16'' 308 I just no the rifle very well and trust that bullets going exactly where it went last time I shoot a 5-6ish'' gong at 500 I limit animals to 300 longest shot being 320 on a samber stag kills well you have all the gun you need

The key piece of equipment is not your rifle but a rangefinder which you havent mentioned. Wihout one you will be limited to about 200m max and need to practice pacing out distances to learn how far is 100 and 200m and how good your estimation is.

Without a dial up scope you will also be relying on guesstimation how big 6" or 12" is on the deer. They dont come with foot rulers printed on. My impression seeing others struggle is a holdover reticle wiih varipower scope is little use for hunting so dont upgrade unless you go to first focal plane or a dial up turret which both cost and are not needed under 200m.

Up to 250m wind slope temp altitude even mv and bc have little effect and as far as you can hit a 6" target under field conditions you are good to go on a deer.

"Hot barrels" and have a great time !

Originally Posted by Dougie

Just did a little jam on my calculator with my boyfriend's .308, enough energy with 150gr past 900yards.

So.. The world is your oyster

My 2c: just get closer. It's your first animal, there's already plenty to be stressed out about. Have fun.

I've recently whacked my longest kill to date, 443yards. I happily shoot 400 at the range all the time but I tell you what, 400+ on a real live animal is a fuckin' long way away. It takes a lot of things to all come together to make those successful longer range kills happen.

Not saying anyone is embellishing the truth but it might just pay to note that anyone who tells you a distance they shoot deer at, yet don't possess a range finder, well...
Personally I know only three people that are consistently shooting animals 500-1000+yards.

There's a good thread on here somewhere about the average distance of deer shot by forum members. Good food for thought. Spoiler alert: it's around 200yards.

Anyway..


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Dougie. I just wanted to say that I think 900 is a little far for a 308. Might have enough energy but not enough velocity for reliable bullet expansion. I know you are not taking shots at this far with one. just wanted to say that energy is not everything. especially with 150gr bullet in 308. 168 and 178gr amax are one of the most frangible and only good to about 1400fps. 700ish meters.
Just food for thought.

Cheers
Rob

Learn to dial or use a ballistic reticle and a rangefinder, do things properly if you're gonna do them, you owe it to yourself, and you owe it to the animal youre hunting. Its horrifying the amount of videos you see of kiwi blokes hunting on youtube, hunting at ranges longer than they can reliably shoot, and basically just taking a punt on holdover, and then after a broken front leg and a lump of lead in the guts theyre all smiles after their third round finally manages to punch a hole thats fatal, shocking behaviour.

Shocking that they dare even putting such videos on net and bragging about it!

The world is your oyster with access to a property like that.
do what stug and others have said and get a nice dial up scope later on. You can also put a couple of marks on your bushy for a poor man's dial up. You can hire a range finder for the trip also.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Learn to dial or use a ballistic reticle and a rangefinder, do things properly if you're gonna do them, you owe it to yourself, and you owe it to the animal youre hunting. Its horrifying the amount of videos you see of kiwi blokes hunting on youtube, hunting at ranges longer than they can reliably shoot, and basically just taking a punt on holdover, and then after a broken front leg and a lump of lead in the guts theyre all smiles after their third round finally manages to punch a hole thats fatal, shocking behaviour.

I've had people tell me that using a range finder and a range card is "unsporting."

superdiver - if you're at all interested in learning to shoot animals at ranges greater than the norm (<300m) check of Thomas Haugland's(@NORWAY) youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/sierra645
He goes pretty full-on in terms of having the best of the best equipment. But you can do the same with lesser equipment, the principles are the important part.