Thread: Whats the longest shot youll confidently take at an animal

Funny was just talking about this today with a mate.

I’m very confident out to 300M

I’ve dropped four in the 400 - 430M range.
Two instant clean kills.
One headshot, so also an instant clean kill. But….. I was aiming for the chest.
It was quite a steep downhill shot, and I had a crap rest, and I was 2 from 2 at that point. I certainly wasn’t nice and solid on him. So not sure if it was just a poor shot, and lucky result. Or perhaps the result of the down hill effect and a bit of wind? I realised afterwards I should have used the true ballistic range function on my binos.
Last one was 385, seemed to be an instant kill. Dropped like a sack of shit, almost did a back flip. We were packing up our gear to head down to him, when my mate said he’s up and running. I couldn’t see him in the low light and broken country. By the time we got over nearer to him, he was still very much alive but could barely move. Didn’t have time to do a decent autopsy and see where the bullet took him.

I’m not confident enough in my setup to consider further. I haven’t had the chance yet to stretch to 500, and won’t until I’m 100% sure I have my trajectory dead right.
I passed up a big 6 pt Sika stag at 600. Bolt closed super steady rest no wind, but but didn’t put my finger on the trigger, and eventually decided not to risk it.

Must punch some paper at 400 to prove accuracy.