Author Topic: whats the longest shot on big game you have made with a handi? (Read 2244 times)

mitchell · « **on:** June 22, 2011, 05:52:56 AM »

remember its the longest shot you have made with a handi on big game, please include a story if you dont mind and what rifle you used.

mitchell · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:02:20 AM »

ok hears mine , it was either 742 or 748 yards with a plain Jane handi rifle in 308. it was back when i have kill permits on my family's farm. i was target shooting with my 308 shooting a 165gr hornady SST . i was shooting at 600 yards that day and was done for the day and started cleaning up my brass when i looked up and a nice size doe walked out just before my 800 yard target stand. i laid down click up the correct adjustment for the drop (after ranging her) i had no hold for the wind so i held on her shoulder and let it fly. the rifle recoiled and as soon as i got back on the scope i watched the bullet hit her low in the chest and a few inches forward. heart shot, she folded up right there and didnt even move, the SST passed all the way through her and left a fist size hole on the far side.

Dinny · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:36:38 AM »

Mitchell,
Sourdough may have us all beat. I know that he has made some amazing shots in Alaska with his 30-06 Handi. I am nowhere in the running. My Handi shots have all been less than 50yds. I have been spoiled with good hunting grounds that allow short shots from treestands.

Thanks, Dinny

mitchell · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:46:25 AM »

im sure sourdough does have us all beat!!! long range hunting is such a fun sport i would love to see more people getting into it, if you think long range target shooting is addictive wait until you try long range hunting

necchi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:48:47 AM »

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Sourdough may have us all beat. I know that he has made some amazing shots in Alaska with his 30-06 Handi.

Gotta believe that, he practices at long range stuff.
I tossed in a vote for Dustins 300 yrd WT shot with his 7-08.
I'm only practiced at 200, but will change that this season, I can shoot at a friends farm out too 400.
I believe my 308 will be fully capable at that range with the loads I'm using.
I'm Olde Schoole and believe it takes alot of practice, I don't fully trust myself beyond that point. (yet)

keith44 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:10:07 AM »

Longest shot on game was about 60 yards. I came to Handi's after quitting the long range hunting practices.

dks7895 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:25:38 AM »

Not that long of a shot, but a good story.... disgusted with not seeing anything for the second day, I was eating breakfast back at the house. My buddy comes inside and says there's a buck coming across the front yard. Keep in mind the front yard is about 6 acres. I get up grab my Handi rifle in .270 Win with a fixed 4 power scope and head out the back. He was moving along at a decent clip towards the wood line about 150 yards out. I whistled and he stopped..... BOOM!!!! The whole family watched the deer from the living room. He donkey bucked, ran about 20 yards and piled up. He was only a spike, but I had meat in the freezer. I didn't even have my boots on.

S.E.Ak · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:29:17 AM »

About 30 yards it thick here.

thejanitor · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:13:58 AM »

Went to the state land cutting where I always enjoy sitting watching in the evening when I am hunting alone. Got to the clearing (400 acre clearing) and there was a suburban parked off the road on a hill looking the other way with several hunters sitting in it. I sat my folding canvas chair on the edge of the woods about 200 yds behind the suburban and watched an area I figured they were not (behind and left of them). Well about 15 min before dark I saw a doe on the edge corner of the clearing about 275 yds away. (400 yds from them) I looked at the chevy and no one was moving or really looking, so I crawled up to where some hazle brush was sticking up and "x-ed" two rooted stems and watched as she fed a little closer. At 250yds I felt confident and as I watched my heart had time to settle down and I rested the Handi 7mm08 on the hinge on the solid brush X sticks and squeezed off a round. I don't know which was faster the final two leaps the deer made or the Suburban clown car emptying out looking all over the place.... I just went back and picked up my canvas chair and went to get my gutting done before it was pitch black....

Oh- do prairie dogs count? I really scared some out to 800 yds.. but that was all I could do out that far.
thejanitor

yukondog · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:01:47 AM »

Most all my shots are under 100yrd. The farthest for me was 125 yrds. on a doe cull hunt useing a 44mag. 200 useing a 270 bolt.

petemi · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:37:19 AM »

220 yard buck on my own west 40. One shot bang flop. 22 inch Handi .45-70 and a Hornady LE.

Pete

knight0334 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:04:38 AM »

On big game my longest shot was probably 35ft away with any of my Handi's. I stalk deer in pine thickets and brush, just don't have the patience to sit in cold weather to ambush a deer.

OSOK · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:05:10 AM »

My longest big game shot with a Handi was with my BC... a Deer at 25 yards! I tend to be close where I hunt.
My longest Handi shot was 160 yards with my .204. That one hollowed out 2 two Crows in 2 shots. Shot the first one, he dropped, and his buddy just perched on a limb and watched. I guess he didn't know how fast a Handi could be reloaded!

Rj 1 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:10:44 AM »

Here is the story from last December:

308 Ultra
Well the story starts by me taking my son and his cousin on their first hunt ever. We had a family day and I had promised to take my 8yr old nephew hunting for his first time, my son said he wanted to go also (he has never wanted to go or showed any interest before) . We get into the box blind around 2:30 and fire up the buddy heater to knock the chill off and they begin to talk and play the nintendo. I had to remind them a few times to be quite but they didn't mind. I had planned on shooting anything to get some meat and after it being 20 degrees and the wind blowing 25-50 mph I was tickled to see a deer appear along the field edge. I told the boys to look and after helping them to spot it I put the range finder on it and it was 265 yds. We watched it for nearly 20 minutes and with the light fading I told them to put their muffs on and get ready. I took careful aim on the front shoulder and squeezed off, the deer dropped instantly with no movement. The ultra did it's job well and being the first deer shot with it I couldn't be happier . I think this will be my new go to deer rifle and the 168gr A-Max worked awesome with an exit hole on the opposite shoulder about the size of a half dollar.

I have killed a crow at 434 yard with my heavy barrel 223 handi also

cwlongshot · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:40:42 PM »

Quote from: S.E.Ak on June 22, 2011, 07:29:17 AM

About 30 yards it thick here.

LOL, Same here.
I was gonna say 50, just to make it sound longer

... But 30 is closer to correct here too...

CW

gjdykeman · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:46:21 PM »

225y+, 270 on surviver stocks and an old 3X9 Bushnell scope. At my friends place in NW Pa. Snow, cold 12+" on the ground, crusty. Still hunting, must have walked 5 miles around the place. I thought I was following the property line, Ha. slowly walking along and came across a fresh bed with tracks leading down hill. I stopped and looked and saw something move, way down the hill. 2:30 PM last Sat of season.This place is heavily wooded. Laid down prone and glassed, nothing. Looked up and something moved again, Glassed, nothing. Took 15 min to find that deer in the scope. It was standing and feeding between two trees, all I could scope was the shoulder to the hind quarters. Laid the cross hairs just behind the shoulder and fired. Looked up and all I could see was legs up in the air. Saw it leap once and it was gone. I counted the strides down to were I thought it was standing and stopped at 225. Retried three times to find the spot. I saw a blood spray on the third time but no deer. I looked around and there she was, one leap, laying across a log, ten feet from the spray. Beautiful doe. Biggest deer I ever saw. Weighed out at 175lbs dressed. And thats not the end of the story. I use radios with the other people in the party. I called for my buddy and son to help. Where are you? They were in the camp watching movies, it's too cold out they said, Where are you. I stated I thought I was up the hill from the camp, come help me. I fired my hand gun and they said they heard me and are coming. 30 min no help??, fired again and they said they heard me and are coming. 30 more min, no help? About this time here comes a four wheeler with a guy in an orange suit weaving through the woods. He comes down to me and says hi, watch you doing. I said I got this doe and am waiting for my boys to help me drag her. He says where you out of? I says Doug's place. He says do you no where you are? I says yes just up the hill from there. He laughs and said, I know Doug and you are about 2 miles into private leased property. Oh crap I am toast. He then said, why don't you tie that deer onto the back of my quad and I will ride you to Doug's gate. Sure I said. It took at least 20 min to get to the gate and there was my buddy Dan and boy standing there waiting. They were afraid to come onto the lease property. The gate was 50y from the camp. Doug stated that normally that old guy usually arrests and fines trespassers, But that day was my lucky day.

dangerranger · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:00:25 PM »

I think my longest shot at a deer was 60yds. Ive shot a few coyotes out at 200yds but not with a Handi. I think my longest shot at a ground squirrel was 150yds wikth a 223 Handi. not really game tho. DR

geezer56 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2011, 09:44:35 PM »

Two yrs ago, now. Big 8pt, 217 long steps from stand to blood spray. Handi 25-06, 117 gr Hornady handloads, he ran about 50 yd.

Sourdough · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2011, 11:40:28 PM »

Mitchel may have me beat, or we are neck and neck.

If you count Wolves as big game, 700 yards with the Handi 30-06. 165gr Sierra HPBT. I'll find a pack feeding on a Moose during the winter above treeline, can't get any closer. Although I try and hold my shots to 500 yards. There just is not the energy there that I like beyond 500 yards. Sometimes it just can not be helped.

While I often kill Caribou out to 500 and 600 yards (with a Weatherby), the longest shot on Caribou with my Handi has been 250 yards. It's the one in my Avitar. I got up one morning and there were Caribou all around our tent. Must have been 7 to 8 hundred of them. I climbed up on a rock behind the tent and settled down to look the herd over. Here came a nice Caribou around the hill. I laid the Handi across the top of the rock, and took the shot. Caribou ran about 45 yards then went down.

About five years ago while visiting my folks in Tennessee, my uncle spotted a nice Whitetail Buck up on the hillside. I walked out to Dad's truck and got my Handi 30-06 from behind the seat. I loaded it with the same load I use for Caribou and wolves. The hood of the truck made a good rest. I took the shot, and hit high, broke the spine. Deer tumbled about 60 yards down the hill. After the shot, my uncle, my Dad, and one of my brothers, stepped it off. Best the could figure it was 620 yards from the truck to the spot on the hill where the Deer had been standing. Half that distance was climbing the hill, which would account for the high hit. I was holding the 600 yard line on the scope, center mass.

I made a 400 yard shot with my .223 Ultra on a Coyote this last winter. Should have used the 22-250.

GeorgiaDave · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2011, 09:43:13 AM »

Hello,

I must say that most folks will never see an ol ugly boat paddle push button as a long range rifle but with the right load and some tedious practice they will shoot with most any rifle at any price. My longest Handi shot on big game was a nice 8 point that was also the first deer taken with my then new .308 Ultra. I had taken it hunting a few times and passed on about 30 deer, wanting the first deer with the new rifle to be a nice one. I was hunting about 40 feet up in a big red oak overlooking a small pond. I began seeing deer right away but was waiting on a nice rack. One fat doe in particular had my interest as she kept watching behind as she stepped from the woods and up to the pond. Sure enough, the big 8 point stepped out right behind. I knew it was right at 250 yards to the back of the pond. I also knew I had shot some very respectable 300 yard groups with the hand loaded 165 gr. Varget fired SST's. I aimed right at the top of his shoulder and gently squeezed, the rifle barked, and the deer fell down. A later laser range showed exactly 276 yards. No award winning distance by far, but the knowledge that I can put a bullet where I want out to 300 + yards is quite comforting. And all this with a rifle that costs a fraction of most, I love them. Have a great day ad God Bless You All !!
Dave

gr8ful · « **Reply #20 on:** June 23, 2011, 12:02:18 PM »

275 long steps on a coyote in the edge of a Tenn. corn field, with a .22 Hornet Handi.

M'issippi Bruce · « **Reply #21 on:** June 23, 2011, 04:03:28 PM »

on big game - 210 +- with a .45-70 on a young doe with Hornady Leverevolution loads. No steps, just a twitch after dropping.
Typical shot is more like 30 yards.
Longest shot with a Handi was just over 300 on an armadillo with a .223

spikehorn · « **Reply #22 on:** June 24, 2011, 01:45:20 AM »

My average is somewhere between 50 & 75 yards here in New York. The southern zone where I live is shot gun or muzzle loader. In the northern zone where or camp is, it's pretty thick so unless you are hunting fields long shots are few and far between. I did happen onto a clover field late in the afternoon one day and hunkered down on an old stone fence just inside the treeline. about 45 minutes later a couple deer came out and were grazing. I rested my 308 heavy barrel against the tree I was sitting next to, put the cross hairs on the vitals and squeezed of the shot. The deer bucked turned and ran back into the woods. I found it about 30 yards from where I had shot it. I went back the next day and used a range finder on a hay bale that was near the deer when I shot it, the bale was 160 yards.

gomerdog · « **Reply #23 on:** June 24, 2011, 07:10:36 AM »

A doe antelope about 200 yards. I had spotted this group of about 20 goats and worked my way into a gully where I could sneak closer...wanted to get within 100 yards. Got impatient when I felt I was close enough and stood up to get a better view. They were then at about 250 yards and all of them were looking right at me. When they saw my head pop up, they started trotting not really too spooked across the gully in front of me, but angling slightly toward me, heading up the other side and over the ridge. I hastened up to a place where I could lie prone with a rest over my daypack. By the time I was ready and settled in, half of them were already over the ridge kind of bunched together. The last doe was about 5 yards behind the others. When she topped the ridge, my crosshairs were right in front of her chest and I touch it off. I thought I heard the sound of a bullet smacking a rib, but in one step she was over the ridge out of sight. I reloaded and worked my way through the sagebrush to where I had seen her last. When I got to the top of the ridge and looked over the other side, she was lying dead about 20 yards away. The 100 grain Grand Slam from my Superlight .243 had entered perfectly behind the shoulder angling forward through the lungs and out the opposite shoulder.

gendoc · « **Reply #24 on:** June 24, 2011, 03:40:19 PM »

well it ain't big game... but whatha heck !! kiyot, 329yrds wif tha 220 swift/ rechambered handi
was in tha airboat bout to start up and seen him on one of my fish traps during low tide

my spotter (j3) reported this find to me

tha dog's history is tha only thang i can say

40gr v-max molly 4120fps.... groups .5" @ 200yrds consistantly.
gud enough to let that dead dog lay

kennyd · « **Reply #25 on:** June 24, 2011, 03:46:26 PM »

200 yards on a buck antelope; 25-06 Ultra. Wasn't a DRT shot, and the case stuck (burr where I had trimmed the neck). Used my brothers .243 pallet wood for the follow up.

msc8127 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 25, 2011, 09:59:12 AM »

One food plot that I hunt frequently is accessed by deer through several various openings and clearings into the food plot. You can always count on seeing deer on this stand, but, there isn't much a pattern as to where exactly they are going to come out. The longest shot I've therefore made with a handi, was 2 years ago with my 30-06. If you picture a rectangular shaped food plot, I was in the bottom left corner, and the buck walked out into the upper right corner. Shooting diagonally across the food plot, the range ended up in the 250-270 yard ballpark. It was somewhere around 285 steps for me, but my stride isn't consistently a full yard. The buck fell over right in the tracks he was standing in when I squeezed the trigger after taking the partition through the front shoulders.

gendoc · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2011, 10:23:41 AM »

Quote from: msc8127 on June 25, 2011, 09:59:12 AM

One food plot that I hunt frequently is accessed by deer through several various openings and clearings into the food plot. You can always count on seeing deer on this stand, but, there isn't much a pattern as to where exactly they are going to come out. The longest shot I've therefore made with a handi, was 2 years ago with my 30-06. If you picture a rectangular shaped food plot, I was in the bottom left corner, and the buck walked out into the upper right corner. Shooting diagonally across the food plot, the range ended up in the 250-270 yard ballpark. It was somewhere around 285 steps for me, but my stride isn't consistently a full yard. The buck fell over right in the tracks he was standing in when I squeezed the trigger after taking the partition through the front shoulders.

hey, that wasa great shot !!! thats where i shoot'um when itsa bout dark so i ain't gotta bloodtrail'um in tha swamp at nite cus them gators be move'n round bout that time

i kinda like tha bang-flop thang..........they go down right quick like when ya hit that nerve ball
don't they

GrampaMike · « **Reply #28 on:** June 27, 2011, 07:57:12 AM »

A number of handi-holics here have kills over 400 yards at the Oklahoma P-dog shoots we used to have.

Hey those P-dogs were HUGE... at least the stories were.

DaGris · « **Reply #29 on:** June 27, 2011, 02:57:24 PM »

a few years ago I was sitting in my brother in laws climbing stand..had two does come out behind me just over 100 yards...shooting free hand with my handi rifle in .243 I shot, and missed

..... she ran off, then turned around, walked back to me right at 120 yards...all she did was drop after the 2nd shot, DRT

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Author Topic: whats the longest shot on big game you have made with a handi? (Read 2244 times)