634 yd spiker

I went out last night to try and get my first deer for the year. I have had a few chances this year but haven't taken the shot for a number of reasons. But last night it all came together.
Rob and I headed out to watch a large clearing at the top of a face. About 7pm three deer, two hinds and a yearling came out.
Ranged them at 634 yds. Conditions were
634 yds
-9 degrees angle
1006 mBar
18oC
40% humidity
4 mph wind from 112 degrees (from over right shoulder)

I was using my 7mm Rem Mag shooting 168 Bergers at 3070 fps.
Shooter said 10.7 MOA up and 0.9MOA right.
Dialled that in to the scope and waited for the yearling to offer a broadside shot. It finally did, and i dropped it with one shot. Rob managed to video it but that will take a while to put up, so here are some photos in the meanwhile.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...erandrifle.jpg
The spiker with my rifle, Rem 700 Trueflite No 4 26"7mm rem mag,Leupold VIII 4.5 -14 x 40 LR, stock made by me

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...eandspiker.jpg
Me and the spiker

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...Viewofshot.jpg
View back up to where the shot was taken from

Good shooting stug :)

Fantastic Stug, great shooting, well done.

Great shooting Stug, nice looking rig too. :cool:

Nice shooting mate.

I wish you would hurry up and start taking more orders on those stocks:)

Nice work.

Nice one :-)

Lovely lovely, great shooting !

Nice Stu,still waitin to blood my stock,hopefully soon.

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Originally Posted by Titanium

Nice Stu,still waitin to blood my stock,hopefully soon.

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Fingers crossed, Souwester blooded his the day before me.

Good stuff.

great shooting

Well done. Thats a great shot !

Bit of a marksman stug.
Had a bit of training or just done the hard yards?
Great shot.

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Originally Posted by walkabout

Bit of a marksman stug.
Had a bit of training or just done the hard yards?
Great shot.

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Self taught, read heaps from Greg Duley and Longrangehunting.com Then it is a matter of putting in the effort. I am a believer in Shawn Carlocks idea of rock hunting. That and being a gadget/gear freak helps.

Shots like that don't just happen, there's all sorts of stuff going on.
Must have a good shooter there stug. Plus some good skills.
I would be interested in knowing a bit more about good rifle skills if you have a mind to share.
Even some links would be a help.

Good point. I'll start another thread in the shooting section with my ideas and then others can add their ideas.

Wow Stug, nice going. You must be a crack shot.
I was having a bad day the other day on Saturday trying to hit coconuts at 350m with the 708. Took me far too many attempts.
Granted it was so windy it blew a couple of trees down on the farm, but I still gave it a go and made a few explode :P

634 yards is a long way to hit anything...