Well it's 108 in Tucson and in the mid 80's up in Elk country and we have 8-10 more days of this heat wave. 86 up in unit 10 and 9 today.First time I recall getting rain from a Tallahassee land fall.
It's light here, thankfully.
Well it's 108 in Tucson and in the mid 80's up in Elk country and we have 8-10 more days of this heat wave. 86 up in unit 10 and 9 today.First time I recall getting rain from a Tallahassee land fall.
It's light here, thankfully.
It's been crazy hot . I'm headed up tomorrow to park the trailer in 6a for my turkey hunt. Probably should have just left it up there when I was up to help on the archery elk hunt.Well it's 108 in Tucson and in the mid 80's up in Elk country and we have 8-10 more days of this heat wave. 86 up in unit 10 and 9 today.
I'm betting that if he had wounded the animal everyone would be saying it was unethical, but we would never hear about it. I understand and use todays advanced technology and shoot at longer ranges today than 40 or 50 years ago. I practice at longer ranges to be more confident when taking a shot. I don't shoot animals at that distance for bragging rights, but to each there own.I'm getting sick of people piping up about this shot being unethical or disrespectful of the game. That's not what this forum is all about. Y'all need to find a liberal forum where you'll find a lot of people that agree with you.
As to the velocity the bullet probably was moving at, I consider it to be completely acceptable to cleanly take the antelope because it's basically bordering on the subsonic line depending on the altitude the shot was taken at so a clean kill is very likely. I rarely hear about people complaining about subsonic suppressed shots and taking of game at close range.
I applaud the hunter that took this shot and only wish I had that kind of skill.
It appears the the 6.5 Creedmoor was fully adequate at that range for a shot at an antelope.
It's starting to be a forum about ego and not about hunting. There are always going to be people that go past reasonable. You can kill animals with a 22 LR at that range if you hit in the right place.Did some of you forget one of the rules of this forum? NO discussing ETHICS.
Thats true, but how many are wounded at that range and run off, and does the shooter even go look?You guys complaining about a 1500 yard shot. Sounds like your jealous. I've known guy's who have wounded animals at 15 yards.
I was out yesterday and shot at 784 and 1183 yards. Wind call at 784 was 2.5 MOA and I hit just above my circle. Wind at 1183 was fast and flat, and I estimated it at 12, but when I put it in my SIG, it said to hold 5.5 (or something like that). It didn't look like a 5.5 wind, so I held 4.5. I hit about 3.5 to 4 inches right as you can see. So what? I can't do it 90% of the time, and neither can anyone else. Apparently that doesn't matter to a lot of you. I can count with one finger the number of videos on LRH that have shown hitting an animal that wasn't recovered; perhaps I am wrong.
I recorded the wind speed yesterday in the desert; pretty typical afternoon wind. To make a shot as long as the OP, you must nail the speed within 1/4 mph. The TOF for this shot approached 3 seconds. The wind is changing more than 1/4 mph almost every second.
Thats .308 territory. A 168smk takes 3.2 to hit 1500 yardsWhat are you shooting that takes so long to get to 1200? My big gun gets there in 1.4 my little gun 1.7.
I was talking about a 6.5 creed at 1507. I calculated TOF using factory published ballistics and JBM Ballistics. The shots at 1183 where a .338 LM shooting 285 ELDMs at 2850. That particular shot was 2870, and when I saw the velocity, I thought I was going to hit low, because at that range, that is often the case.What are you shooting that takes so long to get to 1200? My big gun gets there in 1.4 my little gun 1.7.