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Longest varmint shots

Hey everybody I was just wondering if some of you guys would love to share some of y'all's longest varmint shots here are a few of mine that I have
The most recent end of March this year on a treeline, I saw this little female at 422 yards munching on this deer rib cage, I had been calling this 70 acre field and saw nothing when I spotted movement she was very engrossed in her prize. I had my Thompson center venture in 204, Fiocchi 32 grain v-max 4125 fps, Bog pod tripod , the rifle had a trigger job done by McCarbo in Florida at 1 pound fantastic trigger and 100% safe.At that range the round drops about 12 inches, I made the necessary moa adjustment and touched one off. DRT, her mouth was frozen on the ribs. Second furthest shot of my life both coyotes. Love the 204 no guesswork in my shots as a rangefinder is always with me. Took her right through the spine about midways back. Optics are a weaver grand slam 20X variable.
Hey everybody I was just wondering if some of you guys would love to share some of y'all's longest varmint shots here are a few of mine that I have
 

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I hit PD's well over 500 yds in N. Dakota w a Ruger 77 .220 Swift. But I walked the distance to measure, so who knows? 22-250 Sako 75 w / Leupold 8.5 X 25. Berger 52g HP bullets.
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I got mine just last week. Northeast TN on a farm just 10 minutes from my house. 360 yard ground hog kill. 6mmBR 87gr V-max. Busted him pretty good, a small entry hole and a good sized exit hole. It never moved not even a tail wave. My previous was 330 yards with a .223 52 grain Berger varmint.
 
Would love to find a place where I could stretch things out, but my farthest was only about 425 yds. Done decades ago with my Rem 700 in 30-06 shooting a Speer 130 HP and a Bushnell Banner 3-9x scope.
 
I had been shooting prairie dogs for almost 20 years and my longest shot was about 400 yards when I hit an unlucky dog at 665 yards. It was May,04 I had put a 6.5-20x40 Leopold with mildot on my Ruger No. 3 .219 Wasp and was shooting dogs in S.D. I was laying on a pond dam shooting a valley about 350 yards wide when I spotted a adult dog on a large bare spot on the hill on the far side of the valley. I thought this would be a good time to play with the mildots in the scope. I didn't have any ballistic charts at the time and had just held high on anything beyond my 200 yard zero. First shot was about 50 feet short but walked it in till I connected with the 55 gr V-Max on about the tenth shot. Fast forward to May,09 first time out with my Ruger No. 1 .204 Wasp. Shooting 40gr V-Max at 4040 fps hit two at 634 yards, was up 8.5 on the scope from my 200 yd zero. After Hornady came out with the 75 and 80 gr A-max I decided to try for a 1000 yd shot. I had a Ruger No.3 rebarreled with a Shilen 7HV barrel with 8" twist. June,2012 Southeast of Zortman, Montana had a hit at 709 yards with 75gr A-Max. June, 2013 same area I had my longest hit at 915 yards. Cartridge is a wildcat of mine 30-30 case,1.900 case length, 35degree shoulder, load is 34.0gr H4350, 210M, 75gr A-Max, 3200 fps. I was up 23.0 inches on the scope from 200 yd zero. I was alternating shots with my shooting partner and connected on the fifth or sixth shot. Had shots at one over 1000 but didn't get a hit so fell short of my goal. Unfortunately that was the last time I was able to make the trip out west to shoot PD's. That 75gr A-Max does work extremely well on the coyotes here in Indiana. First pic is May 09 634 yd hit with Ruger No.1 .204 Wasp. Second pic is Ruger No.3 on the prairie June12 the day before 709 yd hit.
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Kansas pdog, 502 yards. .223 53vmax.
Edit, I made.a mistake, it was with my 6br and a Hornaday 105 amax.
The story behind it is, the conditions were 13-18mph tailwind and downrange I had a quartering wind of similar speed.
I missed by a few inches for 5 shots.
I picked up my 6br dialed 500 yard elevation and popped it on the first shot.
It's not a long shot for some of you, but it is my longest......for now.
 
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Shot a Prarie dog at 197 yds . With my Fx impact MK3 22 cal and 26g slugs @ 998 fps. Standing off my Bog Pod. Took 3 shots to get the wind dope dialed in. But killed him hammer dead. 27.5 moa elevation and 6.0 for wind. Around Faith S.D.
 
Just two days ago I went prairie dog hunting with a friend. Had a p dog on a mound at 411 yards that I got with a 40g nosler in my 223 tikka varmint.
Couple minutes later another one came out and was looking over his buddy. I touched a round off missed him got the previous one that was alread dead. I sent a second one and it out it down right next to the first one.
Really wish I had a scope with more the 14x on it.
 
Been shootin' p/dogs for 25+ yrs

12x-14x is all the scope you need........

Have been using any thing from 221 FB to 300 Win

500 yds is a walk in the park....with the right rifle......and shooter

Prob my most used/fav rds have been .......20-222....223 AI & 6BR.....222 mag

When VHA was still running...I got my 1K yd certificate

When shooting p/dogs...you always look for a patch of dogs....

Wayy the hell out there.......dial into them...my spotter always helped

Pic.....Savage/Pac-Nor 260 AI....142 SMK's

Well beyond a measured 1K yds

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