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#1 ·
I just discovered this YouTube channel yesterday and almost watched all of these guys (the dartman and the neighbor!) video uploads of them hunting coyotes long range. It's pretty spectacular the accuracy they have and thought I would share with everyone here.

 
#3 ·
Don't know where that was shot, but it looks like a whole lot of Kansas that I drove across! Incredible marksmanship.
 
#16 ·
peepaw? You called me "peepaw", really? I had felt a bit bad about calling you out originally but I now that I know I'm dealing with a kid I no longer feel so bad. Not because you are a kid and have no idea what type of gun and round is required to hit anything at 1700 plus yards, but because you called me "peepaw".
 
#9 ·
I do have a couple of questions. You said 1000 yd shots are common where you live. Where is that, generally? What kind of rifle and scope do you have? Do you hand load? What's your rate of success?

I'm a fair shot, and have shot through the same hole many times at 100 yds with my .243 Win, but I make no claim at proficiency at longer yardages, since they simply don't present themselves where I am.

And civilian means it's not military. Military snipers are presented with "match grade" rifles, load their own ammo, and weigh their powder charges out to the individual particle.
 
#12 ·
If you have access to those kinds of ranges it can be done no doubt. Assuming trigger control and fundamentals are right, it's all about knowing what the round will do so you can dial it in. If you research you will find many not just claiming but showing 1000 yard proficiency with "civilian" calibers. I don't know rabbeye nor do I say for certain he isn't exaggerating, but I'm not going to call someone out for something that has been done. It's very much possible. Also at that kind of range there's a fair chance you could even dial in on a coyote because they have no clue what's happening.
 
#13 ·
1000 + yard shot hunting doesn't appear to intelligent IMO. I do wonder what caliber rifle as not many will reach beyond a mile accurately and definitely not under normal hunting conditions. .50 cal, .338? Hmmm, juries out on this one so far....
 
#17 ·
I would not make that claim online because I have no way of proving it unless it was captured as some sort of record and highly publicized. That being said, a 308 will and can shoot to those distances. To say it is incapable is not realistic. Is it the proper caliber to put on game at those distances, in my opinion no. My buddy put his Savage Model 12 6.5 creedmoor on steel at 1 mile this last summer. We have the same rifle and spent most of the summer developing loads. He beat me to one mile. Good shooting guys. When I get a 1000 kill it will be on film so I can prove it.
 
#18 · (Edited)
Not saying a mile killing shot being successful on a standing yote is not possible with the right equipment and most of all, the right person behind the trigger, but common practice...I have my doubts. Disregarding the obvious need for proper equip. and excellent marksmanship skills needed, there are just so many other variables that come into play. Terrain, wind, thermals, temperature,humidity etc.etc.
A thousand to twelve hundred yds is just not a shot the average 'Joe' is gonna do everyday on a consistent basis with civilian equip. and factory loads. Let alone a mile or better.
But much respect to those that can...AND...enjoy it while your eyes will let you...
 
#23 ·
I would not make that claim online because I have no way of proving it unless it was captured as some sort of record and highly publicized. That being said, a 308 will and can shoot to those distances. To say it is incapable is not realistic. Is it the proper caliber to put on game at those distances, in my opinion no. My buddy put his Savage Model 12 6.5 creedmoor on steel at 1 mile this last summer. We have the same rifle and spent most of the summer developing loads. He beat me to one mile. Good shooting guys. When I get a 1000 kill it will be on film so I can prove it.
No one said the equipment was incapable. We were questioning the shooter who claimed that 1000+yd kills, out to 1700yds, on targets of coyote size were, as fastwater pointed out, "common practice".

Not saying a mile killing shot being successful on a standing yote is not possible with the right equipment and most of all, the right person behind the trigger, but common practice...I have my doubts. Disregarding the obvious need for proper equip. and excellent marksmanship skills needed, there are just so many other variables that come into play. Terrain, wind, thermals, temperature,humidity etc.etc.
A thousand to twelve hundred yds is just not a shot the average 'Joe' is gonna do everyday on a consistent basis with civilian equip. and factory loads. Let alone a mile or better.
But much respect to those that can...AND...enjoy it while your eyes will let you...
And speaking of "common practice", where in Ohio does one go to practice shooting at those ranges? Camp Perry? I don't think even they can accommodate mile long shots. I thought their range was limited to 1000yds. Since rabbeye did a "hit and run", and didn't see fit to respond to any of my questions, one is left to wonder.
 
#24 ·
Try Thunder valley in kimbolten ohio.
No one said the equipment was incapable. We were questioning the shooter who claimed that 1000+yd kills, out to 1700yds, on targets of coyote size were, as fastwater pointed out, "common practice".



And speaking of "common practice", where in Ohio does one go to practice shooting at those ranges? Camp Perry? I don't think even they can accommodate mile long shots. I thought their range was limited to 1000yds. Since rabbeye did a "hit and run", and didn't see fit to respond to any of my questions, one is left to wonder.
 
#25 ·
My son lives out west. He has a military FN Rifle in .308, with a Leupold tactical 6 x 24 ( I think), scope. He occasionally shoots at 1000 yards. It can be done as I've witnessed him putting his shots in maybe a 20" circle at that range. BUT, everything has to be just right. Wind, barometric pressures, temperatures, and all kinds of other factors. Plus, not right out of the case either. He has to warm up a bit. But I have seen him do it.

Jon
 
#26 ·
And that's kind of the point isn't it? One poster here claimed to do it all the time like it was nothing! Other posters questioned him, and he pulled the disappearing act. I have no doubt that certain people are willing to invest the time, money, and patience necessary to hone such a skill. But that is hardly a "dime a dozen" phenomenon! And a 20" circle will miss plenty of 'yotes!
 
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#33 ·
All I know is dartman and the neighbor have a great channel and it's enjoyable to see the shots they place! That was what this original post was regarding until someone had to say no big deal I do that all the time, and if you go back through that posters threads you will find they tend to troll here with comments on other threads. Consider this thread closed.

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#35 ·
BD

Somebody always know somebody that can do the improbable. Good for U. Let's C some video of those 1000yd. Yote kills. Anybody??


Roscoe
Sorry, no videos that I am aware of made by people I know coyote hunting. You are welcome to come out to Rayner's Shooting Range for a long range rifle match where you will see many people capable of making 1000 yard shots on coyote sized targets all day. And they can replicate those results over and over. I will admit that many of the guys are getting away from the .308 but many of them started there. Here is the schedule: http://www.raynersrange.com/schedule/schedule2016.html
 
#36 ·
Sorry, no videos that I am aware of made by people I know coyote hunting. You are welcome to come out to Rayner's Shooting Range for a long range rifle match where you will see many people capable of making 1000 yard shots on coyote sized targets all day. And they can replicate those results over and over. I will admit that many of the guys are getting away from the .308 but many of them started there. Here is the schedule: http://www.raynersrange.com/schedule/schedule2016.html[/

Thanks for the info Dan. I'd be getting away from the .308 as well for a 1000 yd. shot as I said B4. Good Luck.


Roscoe
 
#37 ·
308 is a poor choice for 1000 yard shoots. It is very capable of them though. The poster with the 1,200 yard kill is B.S.'n. However to say "civilian" equipment is not able to achieve 1,700 yards is far, far from the truth. Just a quick example, A swiss army K31 made the world record open sight shoot at 2,240 yards. That's a rifle that started production in 1933. If you really want to shoot long range there is a ton of stuff to learn and understand, but the equipment doesn't have to be expensive, that's a misnomer. Thunder valley does have a one mile range.
 
#40 ·
308 is a poor choice for 1000 yard shoots. It is very capable of them though. The poster with the 1,200 yard kill is B.S.'n. However to say "civilian" equipment is not able to achieve 1,700 yards is far, far from the truth. Just a quick example, A swiss army K31 made the world record open sight shoot at 2,240 yards. .
The fact that the K31 round, very similar to a .308, was able to reach out that far is really quite remarkable. Only thing about it is that the target was an illuminated buffalo and it took the guy about 60 rounds before he got close and around 75 before he hit it in the leg as I recall. I watched the video of the shoot when I saw an earlier version of this gun for sale on this site recently, was interested, and wanted to research the 7.5x55 round a bit more. I have no problem with the special target as there is no other way you would ever see something even buffalo size at that distance, and I have no problem that the shooter took that many shots to just hit a part of it. My point is that 1500 yards being routine and even "1700 plus yards" at a dog with a .308 is absurd, and my comment about civilian gear is really supported by the fact that it takes 60+ chances with a round like this, by a professional shooter, with top grade ammo, to even come close in his record setting venture. You cannot shoot 60 times at a coyote, hit it once, and then call it "routine".
The OP had a very nice video about long shooting by a straight-up bad ass round, .338 Lapua, and then the thread went astray. The .338 Lapua is an amazing, and expensive, long shooter and I would love to own one. The 7.5x55 K31 is a nice shooter as well and there is a version of it for sale in the marketplace right now. I would love to have it too but, as nice as it looks, it is not worth three days of a pissed off wife i would have after I brought home another piece.
As nice as they all are, they will each only do so much. As some will do much more than others, none of them will ever do more than they are able to, according to the laws of physics.
 
#38 ·
years ago i watched some of the best at camp perry shooting M1 at 1000 yds at a large target and a lot
got maggies drawers. That being said they were shooting at a known 1000 yds.
any one shooting yotes at 1500 to 1750 should contact the army. You would be a prime candidate to
be come a black hat if you can prove it.

I shot a groundhog so far away that when I got to it I found out it was a buffalo
 
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