Hunting career high point. 175yard shot with S&W 629!!!

Good shot!

Especially for not having practiced at near that distance. I have to wonder though, why haven't you practiced at that distance?

Note that unlike some others, I'm not questioning you for taking the shot. I wouldn't have done it, but then I don't hunt deer for meat. If I did (and my eyes were younger) the distance alone wouldn't stop me from taking the shot.

Sitting, braced, its not as difficult as many would believe. I can ring the 200yd rifle gong at my local range, standing, offhand, one handed with a 7.5" Ruger .45 Colt. But then, I've been shooting that gun with the same load (250@1100) over that same distance (from my back porch across the canyon) for 30 years. I know precisely what sight picture to use for that combination. And I have a really good idea of how to hold for all my other handguns as well.

You're walking about two feet off the ground right now, and you should be! Great job! The sad part is, that eventually it wears off. Enjoy the venison!
 
I remember my first 200 meter shot with a 44. It sure took a long time for that bullet to get to the rams.
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looked like she was ready to run off.
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Even if you knew the exact drop for the range, and even if you made no error in aiming with that short sight radius, with the 1/2 a second flight time, the animal could easily move enough in that 1/2 second to cause a non-incapacitating hit.... if she took a step forward, that's a gutshot animal....
 
Well what can I say that hasn't already been said? Not much I guess other than that time I hit a deer at 300 yds with a S&W 29 one handed, because I fell out of a tree stand and broke my left arm. The deer was a 24 point with a 20 in spread. It was a great shot and trophy buck, but not my best...There was this other time, during a blizzard, so bad you couldn't see, and I had my 270 with just iron sights...



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Just to clear this up for the pessimist amount us.... I practice REGULARLY at 75yards and have shot and shoot many times at over 200yards. I would have thought it was apparent I just didn't pull this shot out of my butt this one and only time. It was the first time I had a chance to use it in the field.
Hunting is all about calculated risks. You want guarantees, then go to the grocery store and stay out of the woods. I have taken 80-100 deer with a bow, 3 black bear, hundreds of turkeys, coyotes, and dispatched more farm animals that would fill a grocery store. I have been hunting since I could pick up a bow and gun. I know what wounded animals are all about and my concept of suffering and humane kills are quite solid. I typically am the guy that puts down the deer thrashing along side of the road by car strikes. Not to sound defensive but,...know YOUR own personal limitations and not judge (or guess) what mine might be. Would I take this shot again????Absolutely as long as the conditions that were present at the time were the same. (Relaxed deer, no wind, solid rest and plenty of prep time.). Remember the bullets moving faster than the speed of sound for most of its flight. Stepping out of the kill zone is not a factor, especially with a relaxed deer feeding.
 
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Most of the people giving you crap for taking such a long shot would be the first ones to shoot at a deer from 100 yards with shotgun and wonder why they tracked blood drops for a while before the trail ran cold. Good shot.
 
Is your name Elmer?

Congrats on the shot.

Did you aim normally and just high or did you raise the front sight? Just curious.
 
I am totally jealous of your shooting skills. That was a great shot and you certainly should be proud, Mystro. Funny that some have to weigh in with negative comments. You have confidence and practice a lot. Nothing wrong with your shot. I had never shot my 270 over 250 yards, but took an antelope fawn at 360 longgg paces with it. Enjoy your doe and ignore the nay sayers. :D
 
Compared to the legend,...My name would be Elmer Fudd.:p. I have read everything I could on the man and consider myself a student of his work but choose to use a modern bullet. He dreamed of a 44cal hunting hand gun that shot a 250gr bullet 1200fps. Even though the 44mag can be driven ALOT higher in speed, with today's better bullets, a 1200-1300fps XTP 240gr expanding bullet is about perfect for accuracy and knock down power. You can shoot these all day long and feel great.

I sight my gun in 2" high with a 6 o'clock hold at 30 yards with a 240gr bullet. I like to see what I am hitting and it allows much more versatility in the longer shots. Of course this varies with different weight bullets. With 180-200gr bullets my sights are right over my 30 yard target. This being lighter bullets shoot lower than heavier bullets.

Is your name Elmer?

Congrats on the shot.

Did you aim normally and just high or did you raise the front sight? Just curious.
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Here is another crafty critter that fell to my S&W M17-3 a few weeks back. This was only a 30yard neck shot but the hyper velocity 22lR put him right down.
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Great shot! I'm partial to handgun hunting myself.
My best was a eight point buck at one hundred yards, with a S&W Model 629 8 3/8" barrel with a 180 grain SJHP and a stainless Leupold 2x scope.
What did she weigh? she looks pretty large.
 
Here is a perspective picture I just took. The weather is much better in the pic than when I was hunting.

That's my big Polaris X2 ATV where the deer was standing.
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Bottom left pic has a red arrow pointing to where I was sitting.
 
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What holster are you using? Looks great.

I keep looking at the Diamond D's and thinking I'll buy one for one of my 41 mags that doesn't carry a scope.
 
With my eye sight if someone setting next to me told me to take that shot, I would have said, “What deer?”:confused:
I wouldn’t have hesitated if I had one of my 44 mag rifles, I know I can shoot that far.
Good shot sir, enjoy the bambi burgers, and once again the 44 shows its merit.
 
I am chomping on venison baloney from a archery kill as I write this. I had a fresh tenderloin steak for lunch on the grill. My 5yr old son and 3yr old daughter love venison. When they see a deer, they say mmmm jerky;)

I am using a bandoleer holster I purchase from Sportsmansguide for $89.00. I have carried my 44 all season in some very rough country in this rig and it is so much nicer and more comfortable than carrying it on the hip. You can sit, lay back, etc. the gun is inside you coat so it is dry and out of the way. You don't even look like your carrying a gun the woods. The weight is distributed close to your body so no sore backs or legs on long days of deer drives.

I tweaked mine a little bit to fit better but its a great deal for what you get.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=148192
 
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