950 yard bull

[Short Track]

My buddy was hunting solo, wanted a hand. figured I needed the exercise, why not. We glassed for hours, and just by chance saw antlers at about 1000 yards. Time was short. Maybe had an hour of day light. Maybe 1.5 hours left. Rather than make the trek to get into range, which was not possible in the short amount of time. We go back to the truck. He takes out a tripod vise. Probably the sturdiest tripod vice setup I have ever seen. Match grade rifle, weighed about 10lbs +. Heavy range barrel. It was a custom build upper & lower AR type setup. Rifle is literally locked into the tripod. Certainly not a hunting rifle by any means.

Very heavy scope. Out comes the ballistic range finder for the downhill shot. Out comes the app. 4DOF. He dials in the
MOA. 1 shot from the 6.5PRC, and the bull goes right down. Bang flop. I couldn't believe it.

Now I'm thinking to myself, is this hunting? is this a science project with calculators, and apps?
But dead is dead, and perfectly legit. Who am I to say....... But his freezer sure is full, and mine too

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

IMO.....Not Hunting!

 

[mike.adams.467]

Not my thing.

 

[eddielasvegas]

You know, my first thought was not hunting.

But then, I thought do we still ride horses to get from point A to point B? Or grow/raise/hunt our own food? The list goes on and on.

Not my thing, but to each his own as long as it was legal.


Eddie

 

[greyghostnw]

Hunting, the activity of hunting wild animals or game especially for food or sport. Carpe Diem, sieze the day… in this case the moment. Tag filled…Sounds like a spur of moment test though. We who take animals at longer distances generally are well prepared and practiced. Its upto the individual to decide what hunting is and how success is measured. Congrats on making it happen. Although one should know there bullets path confirmed bc/velocity. Todd Hodnett has good info or technique on this…Good luck

 

[GunsAreFun]

I mean, it’s not like you can just buy all that equipment and walk out there and make that shot. I’m sure the friend spend quite a bit of time testing, dialing, possibly reloading, and research to understand ballistics and how to use all those toys.