So you think you can shoot????

That is good shooting. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Hardly ignorant and irresponsible when it is what you train for.

Ignorant and irresponsible?? How about shooting a crow or raven out of a tree with a rifle. I think there are a lot more idiots trying that than the 1000yd. antelope shots.
The 1000 yd shot isn't something I'd try, but hey if he has the experience to do it, great!!!
BTW, I wouldn't try the crow shot either. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Good shootin, I suspect he's practiced some /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.

Personally, I'd rather stalk in on an animal. Matching my ability against the animal's. No big whoop, regardless.
 
I watched that one and several of his others posted on youtube, that man can shoot at whatever he wants... it is what he does, and not only what he does... he does it well enough to teach others to do it.... he is a precision marksman who takes pride in his skill.... from what I saw... many of the hunters around should try to learn half of what he does just so they will not take unethical shots at animals at what many consider close range. I shoot all summer out to 600 yards, I have taken whitetail out to 594... I know my limit is +/- 25 yards at 600... I will not shoot any farther than that... just my .02
 
Yep that's some shooting.

It's irresponsible to take shots you can't make. I've seen a whole lot more "ignorant and irresponsible" shots taken at 2-300Yds than I have at 6-1000Yds. The folks who shoot long range tend to know what they're doing and have developed the skills and invested in the equipment to do it right.

They are usually just the opposite of ignorant and irresponsible, they are very knowledgeable, and know the precise limits of their equipment, themselves, and conditions, and don't shoot outside them. If you can hit 10 for 10 at 1000Yds there's absolutely nothing irresponsible about it, and the only ignorance is in those who don't know how to do it.

It's just too bad more of those oh-so-moral "normal range" hunters don't take the time to cure their own ignorance and limit themselves to shots they can responsibly make. How many times have you heard someone bragging about the whitetail he bagged at 250-300YDs with his 30-30? Here's a guy shooting at extreme range for his firearm without knowing the exact range, and you can bet without knowing the ballistics of his round at that range. You can also bet that for every one of those dead deer you hear about from that type, there are 10 wounded or clean miss whitetails out there from the ignorant and irresponsible who so like to moralize about people doing what they themselves don't have the skills to do.

Contrast that with Thompson's antelope where he knew precisely what the range was (1011yds) and took 2 hours to set the shot up. You can bet that 2 hours was spent at least in part waiting for ideal conditions and in running the ballistics through a computer for the exact range and conditions.

Ignorant and irresponsible? I don't think so, Thompson makes a living teaching people to make those shots 10 out of 10 times.

Long range certainly isn't for everybody, and some would say it's "just shooting" and not hunting at all (some would say shooting from an elevated stand over a feeder isn't hunting either), but no way is it "ignorant and irresponsible".
 
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Think this guy may have him though....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b59f573156



Yep, I believe that guy has him beat /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

The one thing that is not mentioned in any of these is the wind factor. I would bet everything I have neither one of these guys, as good as they are, would attempt either of those shots with a swilring or variable wind.

I agree with nmleon and redfrog...there are far more wounded animals by people that attempt to shoot 250 - 300 yards when they can't even shoot a 100 yards (how many people at the range have you seen with a 6 inch group at a 100 and say "that will be in the vitals", put there gun up with out cleaning it, and not look at it again until they go "hunting".

I have done both, made shots at 600+...but tops above all is the spot and stalk method and get within "smelling" distance /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif

I don't consider a 1'000 yard shot hunting...that is just killing and at some point in time I imagine, as technology and materials advance, SFI and B & C wil put limits on the acceptable range an animal was killed...or they should!
 
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What kind of scope is that, I'd like to be able to record video from my scope.



I don't think it's the scope, it's the camera attached to it like one of these.

The guy shooting the iron sights was very impressive, but contrary to what they say in the video it wasn't close to "the longest rifle shot ever". Hard to tell from looking through a camera lens, but it didn't look like it was even as long as the 1011 yarder that Thompson shot.

Neither one comes within light years of the 2430YD 50 cal shot reportedly taken by the sniper team in Afghanistan.
 
Personally i like long range and everyone may call it what ever they want. I would have to agree with NMleon and Redfrog these guys know what they are doing!!

Some fellas as stated above called it "just killing" the definition to that to me would be hunting a water hole, ground blind, tree stand, bait etc. I mean everybody knows they have to come to water sooner or later! Now to me, that's "just killing".
 
"Neither one comes within light years of the 2430YD 50 cal shot reportedly taken by the sniper team in Afghanistan."


Ahem!!! Canadian sniper team! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Oh boy I hope we didn't start a debate about LRH. If you guys like that you should check out John Burns' Beyond Belief, shoots a coyote at 1100 yds and plenty of other big game beyond 1000 yds. I just tood a coyote a 540 yds today hardly long range, but my longest kill and i'm happy. check my post.
 
Doesn't it look a little funny the way it fell? Something doesn't look quite right. Did he hit it in the head? I would think the body would show some reaction to the impact, it is obviously a big bore rifle carrying alot of energy. Anybody else see this?

Redfrog,NM Leon, I agree, the limit of your effective range of shooting your rifle varies with each individuals ability and equipment.
 
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