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

 

[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.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Is it more hunting to use a lightweight rifle, get to 300y, put a bad shot on an animal, and know it probably died a couple miles away unrecovered?
Thats a very impressive shot. I could not make that shot.

 

[amassi]

Bunch of dudes who shoot whitetails over corn about to blow this up.
Moose* hunter shoots Moose = hunting

Edited: Moose

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[Kyguy]

Bunch of dudes who shoot whitetails over corn about to blow this up.
Elk hunter shoots elk = hunting


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Since this is the moose forum, pretty sure it was a moose bull. Not an elk.

 

[dtrkyman]

Not my thing, but a hell of a shot and lot's of tech!

Full freezer is a full freezer!

 

[LCguy]

Not really my thing, but not really my business either. Getting within 100 yards is the fun part for me, which is why I hunt with a Muzzleloader. For some guys, long range shooting is the fun part, which is why they hunt with $5k rifles with $5k scopes.

 

[Short Track]

I'm still thinking about this. Many times, I have hired a guide, who knew the area well, knew the animal, did pre-scouting. They glassed the animal. and I shot said animal. Then the guide cuts the animal up, and drags it out on his back, or heavy equipment. That's done every day of hunting season. No one blinks an eye at that.

So as long as it's legit and lawful. I'm ok with it.