Your Best ( iron sights ) Long Distance Shot?

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Best shot I ever saw was my brother running down a hill as a nice caribou was crossing left to right.

Once he got as close as possible and just before the Caribou was about to cross at 90 deg, he threw himself down on top of a grass hummock and nailed it.

We paced it out. 450 yards. He must have run a good 100 yards to get into that position. Now that is what I call control.
 
I once missed spectacularly, I was shooting empty pop cans off of a little dirt mound. The weather had been really wet, so I discovered that the mound was basically a lump of mud when I hit about
Three inches below the can.
The wet mud apparently sent a shockwave into the can because it went higher in the air than anything I had ever seen.
Even more amazing, when I recovered the can it had perfectly accordioned to a little less than half it’s size.

I watched my brother in law miss a sitting coyote at 50yds by three feet two the left with a scoped .270
 
257 yards with a Mosberg 22-lr belonging to a childhood friend. Laid across the hood of my Fathers truck shooting down a roadside ditch >up hill. Not aiming at a coyote or a lynx but at our neighbors mutt chasing during deer season whom stopped in the middle of a two lane county road for a look see at us two. Two shots fired. First shot hit the road 20-30 ft short. Second shot I aimed above the dogs middle about 6-ft. Bullet a solid P. Federal punched thru the animals Right rear leg dead center in its upper muscle. He ran home thru the woods over the snows crust that for me was thigh deep anogony. Dribbling blood. Easy to track. I had intentions to shoot if I could have gotten a bead on him. But the Luck of the Irish wasn't with me that afternoon. Never got another peek at him. A strenuous hurried one mile walk to the owners back door the chase ended up. Caught allot of heat from the owner and also my Father for not catching up to the dog. Although the owner from than-on kept the dog chained when let outside.
Below (link) is a picture of the rifle my friend had that day. I didn't think much of my friend's rifle at the time. But boy the little 22 sure did shoot true & straight. Oh by the way the dog didn't suffer any bone breakage. Just two small holes and it lived for yet another 6 yrs before its passing.

www.gunsamerica.com/920584298/O-F-Mossberg-Sons-Model-342KA-Bolt-Action-22.htm
 
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PTR 91, GI model at 400 yds, off of a table rest, with surplus ammo. I got 16 out of 20, or 16 out of 18 if you count the first two low shots as sighters.
 
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PTR 91, GI model with PPU match ammo. 600 yds off of a table rest at the CMP Marksmanship Park at Talladega, AL.
 
Isn't shooting someone's dog risky if that dog is not attacking you or someone else?
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Not where I was raised. Mutt/s chasing deer or killing live stock on another's property is seldom over looked. The rules were: whom ever owned the dog was responsible for its actions. Denial by owner once. Garnered there wouldn't be a second meet & greet complaining.

Deer have little chance in deep snow when chased by lightweight dog/s who are able to run on the snows crust. Once a mutt is successful at ham stringing deer. Most dogs cannot be trained not too. Such chasing dog/s require being chained for life or destroyed.
"When a loose dog arrives at its owners door having a blood covered muzzle. I highly doubt the owners mutt was out & about treeing squirrel's."
 
I live in a rural area too--and I totally get the negligence of neighbors who let their dogs run free without the slightest concern for what they do. My dogs are kept in the yard and under my control at all times--and on leash when I leave my property--but dogs being dogs--they are naturally attracted to wildlife--and have busted out of my fenced-in yard a couple of times to run after wildlife. It's instinct. If someone shot one of my dogs and then showed up on my property armed and had a connection with shooting my dog, my guess is that there would be a very poor outcome to someone whatever discussion ensued.
 
4 shots from my M1A at 600 yds, one shot scored a 8 ring hit , unfortunately the other 3 shots were not on paper... LOL so an awesome shot pure luck. I have extremely poor eyesight but I wanted to see if I had the capability to conquer 600 yds with irons, unfortunately the answer is no. However I can proficiently shoot my 1903-A4 with a 2.5 optic well at 600 so i'm ok with not being able to shoot irons. I'm good with M1/M1A irons out to 200 yds, 300 yds max is what I feel safe with.
 
Absolutely;
Confrontation in such matters often go hay wire or sideways in a heart beat. Than again country folks differ from towns folk. With country folks: Neighborly Rules are observed. #1._ Best their dog/s not be seen chasing deer on another's property in the Spring or especially during State wide deer hunting season. Given that the mutts owner was so informed of his dogs behaviour shortly before hand.
That mutt's disorder be it instinctive_ accidental release_ broken chain_ whatever? Unlike a deer. Seldom
did a observed chasing dog for a second or third time deserve a "Go free Pass" in the neighborhood where I was raised.

Game Wardens and Peace Officers would have a difference of opinion Oh I'm sure. But Neighborly Rules are still rules whether agreed to or not._ So to speak__ ["know'ed & "Set in stone."]
 
Sure Shot Mc Gee said:
Absolutely;
Confrontation in such matters often go hay wire or sideways in a heart beat. Than again country folks differ from towns folk. With country folks: Neighborly Rules are observed. #1._ Best their dog/s not be seen chasing deer on another's property in the Spring or especially during State wide deer hunting season. Given that the mutts owner was so informed of his dogs behaviour shortly before hand.
That mutt's disorder be it instinctive_ accidental release_ broken chain_ whatever? Unlike a deer. Seldom
did a observed chasing dog for a second or third time deserve a "Go free Pass" in the neighborhood where I was raised.

Game Wardens and Peace Officers would have a difference of opinion Oh I'm sure. But Neighborly Rules are still rules whether agreed to or not._ So to speak__ ["know'ed & "Set in stone."]
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I wouldn't have a mean dog; and I wouldn't have a dog that I had to chain up. My property is fenced in, and my Lab runs free. She barks at everyone who walks down the street; but she just wants attention. Once someone reaches over the fence & pets her, she's good to go. Some grandma was walking with a toddler & the kid stuck her arm through the chain link fence. The dog gave her arm a serious slurping; saliva flying everywhere. The grandma nearly had a stroke. I take her to the range & she loves to watch the ducks at the dam. I haven't taken her hunting; but I know she has the instinct to drag back whatever I shoot. At the range, she once brought one of the ducks to me; alive & well, & not a scratch; but it had to be day that the duck will tell it's grandchildren about. I would say, the very best hunting dog I ever had, as far as beating the brush, was my Jack Russell. If he went in, you knew a bird or rabbit was coming out. His ears had splits from being caught on brush chasing out game. I often carried him in the game pocket of my hunting vest. Maybe he weighed 12 or 14 pounds.
 
We hit targets(pop up human size) at 500 meters in the army with M-14 rifles and iron sights. It ain't magical.
 
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