What is long range hunting and what is hunted?

[liber]

Ok, in my case let's take a Barnes 127 grain LRX, I can shoot the same bullet in 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5 PRC. Does long range stay the same for all of them because they use the same bullet? I'm still going to be 200-300 for myself, with either of the 3. I can see myself stretching out to 400, so anticipating 500 is probably my limit, and more likely I will try to stalk in closer. I probably wouldn't want to use the 6.5 Grendel, but 6.5 Creedmoor would do nicely at 500. That seems long range to me, but I suspect it's not for this forum. And I will add, 6.5 PRC is not common in LR-308, so one needs a bolt pretty much for that.

The other thing is I see people proud of their kids for shooting 300-750 yard shots. To me that means that 300 is probably the ideal shot they're looking for and anything longer is up to them. I would call 750 yards long range hunting, but 300?

I don't have a problem with any distance a hunter wants to take a shot, kids included, just be prepared to track that animal down if you don't kill it with your shot. That is just pure ethics and most good parents do teach their kids that, so that is golden...just that it doesn't really define LRH.

 

[CRP003]

The other thing is I see people proud of their kids for shooting 300-750 yard shots. To me that means that 300 is probably the ideal shot they're looking for and anything longer is up to them. I would call 750 yards long range hunting, but 300?

All I was referring too is 300 yard are the closest their kills have been and 750 yards is the farthest on average. You decide what " long-range" is. They have killed some closer but with muzzle loaders. I don't look for any particular distance. I look for the animals and generally know if we can spot it we can shoot it where we hunt. If we spot them at 1000 yards and under and conditions are right, we will most likely be shooting.

The "just be prepared to track the animal comment"is silly. Of course any animal at any distance we are prepared to track/locate. I also carry another cartridge just in case. The remainder of your comment I couldn't understand.

The cows were shot 200-500yard. The bull at 15ft. Turkeys were shot at 75 yard and 80, that was almost long range for them. The giraffe was treed by my hounds, it was a pursuit only area so we didn't kill it.

 

[GSRetrievers]

All I was referring too. 300-750 are the closest their kills have been and 750 yards is the farthest. They have killed some closer but with muzzle loaders. I don't look for any particular distance. I look for the animals and generally know if we can spot it we can shoot it where we hunt. If we spot them at 1000 yards and under and conditions are right, we will most likely be shooting.

The just be prepared to track the animal comment is silly. Of course any animal at any distance we are prepared to track/locate.

I've seen deer shot at 50 yards that needed to be tracked.

 

[CRP003]

I've seen deer shot at 50 yards that needed to be tracked.

Thanks for sharing, likewise mainly archery hunters,& mono bullet users.

 

[liber]

All I was referring too is 300 yard are the closest their kills have been and 750 yards is the farthest on average.

I don't know if it was your post or others, I've seen several on here and another long range forum. You seem to be responsible with your kids, going hunting with them and what happens if they shoot at 300 and it runs off to 500-600 before it stops? Then your kids either need to take the shot at this distance or you most likely would. I don't see anything wrong with that, not trying to generalize.

BTW, that's a phenomenal pic, I didn't know a giraffe could even climb a tree, was it chased up there by lions or tigers? Silly me, I always thought they were tall so they could eat the leaves out of trees..."Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man, then he ran like a...". I sure my dad had taken me hunting at distance. I had to settle for shooting rabbits in the desert with a 22. We had a beautiful mounted buck in our basement, I loved it, my sisters hated it. Shortly after my parents divorced...so that ended my hunting for a while...those are pretty good memories when I was a kid though...too bad my step-dad didn't hunt...