JBONE777 Report post Posted October 31, 2006 WHAT IS THE LONGEST YARDAGE YOU HAVE EVER SHOT A COUES BUCK AT? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultramag Report post Posted October 31, 2006 350 and it seem like a mile. I dont know how some of these guys can shoot 500-600 yards and hit what they are aiming at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted October 31, 2006 350 and it seem like a mile. I dont know how some of these guys can shoot 500-600 yards and hit what they are aiming at? 10% skill 90% luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultramag Report post Posted October 31, 2006 10% skill 90% luck so its not just me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ernesto C Report post Posted October 31, 2006 Shooting at a coues over 500, 600 or more yards is one thing..................................but actually hiting it or killing him is another. My longest shot so far at a coues was 320 yards and actually I did got him. Ernesto C Aim for the vitals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I will tell you if I get a deer in November Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted October 31, 2006 All of 180yds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted October 31, 2006 Last years buck at 360 yards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I will be honest here I shot a mule deer buck at 490 yards And droped it dead with that one shot. I shot a coues buck at 415 and missed the first shot and he stood there and i shot again and killed it with the second shot. When you have grown up hunting coues as long as i have you come to be a good shot at long ranges. Most of my shots are 300 and lower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowsniper Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I have never killed a coues with a rifle, but once I killed a small mulie at 565 yards. I had my 300WM balistically mapped out to 800 yards, so once I ranged him I just dialed in my scope in and the trajectory was right on. There was a slight cross wind that I didn't account for, so I hit him about 12" back, but he went right down anyway. If I hadn't had a spotter to tell me that I hit him and to guide me across the canyon by radio to him, I never would have found him. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkhunter Report post Posted October 31, 2006 377 and 238 yards, my old man had 4 bucks this past weekend out to 550 yards but we watched them for over 3 hours hoping they'd move closer but no go...crap! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I've never had a rangefinder so I can't say for certain. Back when I was younger I shot at a lot of running bucks across some very big canyons and managed to have a couple run into the hailstorm of bullets I sent after them. Today I try to keep my shots way under 300 yards. The mark of a good hunter, IMO, is not the ability to shoot game animals a quarter mile away. A good hunter would cut that distance in half. I watch the Men's Channel when I'm in Greer and I want to scream when some clown checks his rangefinder, adjusts his scope, steadies his bipod, and drops an elk or a deer or an antelope in its tracks at 994 1/2 yards. It makes me wonder how many animals he wounded when wind drift or a wiggle caused him to hit a jaw, the gut or a lower leg of that animal before he got a "clean kill" on tape. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAF Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I think I have the CD with that guy your talking about Bill.He shot a coyote at 1100 yards.Antelope at 800 yards etc.But to answer your question I missed the last one I shot at about 300 yards in 30 mile an hour winds.But the closest one I ever shot was at 20 yards. Ashow I watched on hunting couse,said most of your shots on these deer will be between 250 and 300 yards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 31, 2006 my longest has been 300 yards and that was on my coues buck in Mexico last year. I don't practice longrange shooting, so although I think I could probably shoot farther, I am not comfortable with it. I prefer 200 or less. And many of my shots on coues have been within 50 yards. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAM Report post Posted October 31, 2006 I shot a mule deer in New Mexico a few years ago at 380. Dropped him on the spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
