Is 500 yards a long shot?

[missjordan]

“It depends”

Does the shooter know proper form? Know their ballistics? Practice longer shots a handful of times a year? Then no 500 yards isn’t a far shot.

For the hunter that whips their gun out 1-2 times a year, shoots off a bench before opening weekend and goes hunting. Then yes it’s too far of a shot.


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[khuber84]

Even a very good shooter can have a challenge at 500y in funky terrain and heavy winds. It all depends on shooter, environment and situation. Is it high stress? Rushed shot? Biggest trophy they've ever saw? Buck fever? Lots of variables.

 

[Coleredding00]

Even a very good shooter can have a challenge at 500y in funky terrain and heavy winds. It all depends on shooter, environment and situation. Is it high stress? Rushed shot? Biggest trophy they've ever saw? Buck fever? Lots of variables.

environmental conditions and shot position are the two defining variables, there are conditions where almost no one has business taking a 500 yard shot, and there are conditions where its not a second thought. The difficult part is having the restraint to know when you aren't capable of making the shot in the conditions you are presently in, when the best buck of your life is about to get away and you are desperate.

 

[Justin Crossley]

pigs, nature's reactive target?

So you don't mind wounding them because there are too many of them?

To each, their own, I guess.

 

[Ryan Gosling]

for hunting, if i dont think i can get a perfect hit the first shot then i wouldnt take it. for targets, 500 yards is the start of long range