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What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 01:34 AM
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I shot 2 ducks last year at 60yds but I usually won't attempt a shot that far. I feel comfortable at 40 to 45yds depending on the situation. What's y'alls longest shot?
If it bleeds I can KILL IT
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 02:46 AM
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Judd
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Skybuster you are.
I'm a decent caller so I shoot them 20-30y feet down. I also pattern my gun to shoot perfect at those distances.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 04:34 AM
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Nope I'm not a sky buster just curious what's the longest shot guys on here have made. And yeah your not a duck Hunter if your gun does not pattern perfect
If it bleeds I can KILL IT
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 04:44 AM
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kweber
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Bob Brister killed pigeons at 100 yds... full choke 1100, I think... pigeon shoots for $ are a high-stakes deal... kinda like steer tripping...you haveta be invited... I've seen some way-up pass shots on geese, too.... 100+yds... we open up on them coming over camp... pretty cool watching one fall from stratosphere...
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 03:39 PM
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I have shot geese at 100 yds --- 10 ga. shooting #2 3 1/2 in. mag,,, I think I had accidentally bought lead shot also.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 03:46 PM
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If it bleeds I can KILL IT
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 03:57 PM
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In the era of shooting steel, about 60 at the sprig I got on the wall from the coast. Just kept doin that pinner thing, circling just out of my comfort zone. Finally had enough and took the shot.
It's all about where I am. I hunt a lot of big lakes so I don't normally do that. The chance of losing a cripple is too high. If I'm on a pond or somewhere that I know I won't lose one (like a big marsh flat) I'll let it fly out to 50 every now and then.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 04:09 PM
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Nope I'm not a sky buster just curious what's the longest shot guys on here have made. And yeah your not a duck Hunter if your gun does not pattern perfect Sure...
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 04:48 PM
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Just over the spread of the guy I set up next to, so about 100 yards? Big lake. Public.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/23/17 09:50 PM
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I used my rangefinder once to gauge the out edges of my rice check on a federal spot, the outer edge was 65 yards, a sprig paddled in right at the edge, and I took him by lobbing in 3 1/2" #2s, how in the world do you guys estimate how high ducks are above you? I know I've led high ducks so far that it seems like 3 seconds before the BBs get there, and I've shot at geese where you could actually hear the BB's hitting them but never phased them.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 05:29 PM
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I have shot geese at 100 yds --- 10 ga. shooting #2 3 1/2 in. mag,,, I think I had accidentally bought lead shot also. I have too but back in the day when lead was legal. 00 buck. All it took was one pellet. One hit just below breast bone and the other, a speck, I busted a wing. Brother yelled at me for sky busting and I said it is not sky busting when they hit the ground.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 05:38 PM
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Navasot
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turkey running at 80yrds lol
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 05:38 PM
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Navasot
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skybust=good shot
Anything within 50yrds of me gona die...
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 06:55 PM
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Nav is the biggest skybuster in Texas.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 07:09 PM
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It's not skybusting if you hit it.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 08:01 PM
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It's not skybusting if you hit it. Yes it is. If you mis, it's called skyblasting.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 08:15 PM
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It's skyblasting if the distance makes you question the ethics of it. For me that's beyond 40yds. Most of my shots are 25yds or closer. I haven't bragged about questionable hunting ethics since high school, good times!
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 08:20 PM
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I shoot them 20-30y feet down. I also pattern my gun to shoot perfect at those distances. Exactly, I could skybust with the best of them if I used full choke, 3 1/2 inch #2s, but then I would obliterate the 20 yard duck over the deeks.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 08:36 PM
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I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 08:41 PM
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For me it depends on what science experiments I have planned that day.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/26/17 11:28 PM
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/27/17 12:59 PM
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Navasot
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It's not skybusting if you hit it. Yes it is. If you mis, it's called skyblasting.
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/27/17 01:11 PM
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I shoot them 20-30y feet down. I also pattern my gun to shoot perfect at those distances. Exactly, I could skybust with the best of them if I used full choke, 3 1/2 inch #2s, but then I would obliterate the 20 yard duck over the deeks. but its fun to watch them go poof
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/27/17 08:38 PM
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With Hevishot Duck, I folded a mallard at better than 70 yards stone cold out.............
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Re: What's your longest shot??????
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10/28/17 05:25 PM
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uplandhunter
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Longest Turkey that I have taken was with Magnum Blends at 65 yards grave yard dead
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