That was some fine shooting gentleman. First class, ammo, perfect. Weapon, speaks for itself. Optics, just wow. Shooting, first class! Thanks for the video.
I keep watching these long range kill videos, and I never see any advertisements for a Rifle with a Scope that can knock a Deer or Elk down in New Mexico from California. AWESOME SHOOTING 🤪🤙
The confidence in marksmanship! At those distances, I'd be too afraid of glazing an animal and not getting a second shot. I wouldn't want to think there's an animal hobbling around in excruciating pain for four or five days before it drops. I'm more of a stocker and Lay in Wait on my hunts.
@@1alexcody last i checked a shot animal was hunting, it doesnt change just because you dont want to call it that. Food is food, it takes more skill to make a shot that far then to coat yourself in scent killer and walk up to one. You purists say long distance is an unfair advantage yet you swim in scent killer and wear a bush around your neck and act like thats not an unfair advantage. I hunt at many distances and whether its a shot at 70 yards or 470 yards an ethical clean shot is the goal no matter how its done as long as its deemed legal so put your cock away and stop trying to compare, its all hunting.
If you call this unethical i call you a jealous prick. Those animals dropped right where they stood. And dont try to call it walk and stalk, as much scent killer as yall use and you gonna say shooting at distance is an unfair advantage, youre a hypocritical moron. It takes more skill to properly place a bullet inside a 4 inch circle at 600 yards than it ever would to bathe in scent killer and run around barefoot. You think sneaking up to an animal is hard lol thats hilarious. I walked right up to a deer and shot it at 25 yards with my bow and i didnt have camo on or scent killer. Like i told the last guy, quit comparing cocks and be happy for an animal that didnt suffer. These were clean perfectly executed shots and the animal didnt have a clue as to what was going on. I believe id rather go out not knowing then to be chased by some barefoot retard clicking at me
look at the terrain, they most likely hiked 3-4 miles with 3-4000 feet elevation change. back country high mountain hunting you need to be a good shot if you want the big animals.
In one of my favorite moose areas, they shut down rifle season for two weeks for bow season. So, during this time, I decided to just scout the area for animals. I SEEN 5 MOOSE WITH ARROWS STUCK IN THEM...still alive wondering around... In another area, southern BS, I know of a guy who shot 11 elk with a bow...NEVER RETRIEVED ONE
My 85 yr old aunt put a lot of venison on the table with a 243 Remington lever action with open sights and didn't have to pay thousands for guides and gear. We always ate well. THAT impressed me
If I'm being 100% honest, years ago when I first saw a Best of the West video, my first thought was "BS! NO ONE can constantly shoot animals ethically at those ranges. Had to be 10 misses before they filmed a clean kill." About 3yrs ago, a hunting buddy of mine who was a "NIGHTFORCE OR DIE!!!!!!!" optic guy pulled out a new rifle with a scope that wasn't a Nightforce with a "funny blue turret on it." I asked him what it was, never remembered the name from BOTW shows. We all tagged out and his was at 650yds (hog hunting) 10mph crosswind and one shot dropped. I asked him if I could take a look through his glass which at the time was on a 7mm Rem Mag (now a 28NOS), and he explained the reticle and custom turrets to me. I sort of gave him a "it's never that easy" look and he asked if I wanted to try it out. We picked out some rocks at 500, 650, 800 and 950yds. I dialed the turret to each target he called out and had one miss out of 8rds total. SOLD!!!!!!!! Never shot that rifle before, never used a Huskemaw Scope and it was like I'd been shooting it my whole life. It does take some time to collect all your data, and doing so as accurately as possible. Once you have that, it's game on and if you miss, it's on you! I now call these scopes the best kept secret in the hunting optic field, can't really think of any reason to use anything else moving forward for any hunting rifle. And, if you're going on a trip somewhere else, different elevation, temp, barometric pressure, all you do is call up, give that info with your true BC and about 2wks later it's at your door step ready to put on your scope (2wks at most. I got a dual stack in 5 days from day of ordering). I see this comment is a bit old but, if you haven't already, give it a try and you'll be hooked with the Huskemaw Advantage!
@@johnwright6090 I know I don't but, every once in a while a critter happens to run in to the bullet I send out there so I go with it and call it "my plan the whole time"!!! ;)
Let's see $3-5k for the rifle, $1.5 k for the scope, $.5 k for the spotting scope, say $10k for the guide, divide the total by 1200# for elk, so about $13/lb min. Online elk steak about $36/#, interesting.
One you got your stuff all f ed up.. Most these shots are likely a .338 norma or lapua... Other stand in cartridge's... 300winchester mag, 7mm ultra, 300 prc, 300 wsm... A solid rifle will run you 1500... A scope will run you 1000-3000 depending on brand and features... I have rifles that can do this but I dont (ethically I wont shoot over 500)... They cost around $2750 complete...
Big deal I had a Savage model 110 chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum that could literally stretch bullet holes at 200 meters with no problems anytime you wanted to, why spend ridiculous amounts of money and take totally unethical shots? Oh my bad their egos
That looks better! Did Hornady not want you promoting Berger or something? How did you guys catch the footage of the mountain goat rolling off the cliff and hitting the camera?
Because Huskemaw stages all of this Best of the West bullshit and edits out all of the many misses and wounded game shots to encourage people to take 1K shots on a fucking deer. Huskemaw = Joke
I was going to ask the same thing. Either the jackasses hauled that carcass back up the cliff and then kicked it back off, which is by far the most likely, or they got in close to set up that camera and still decided to air mail a shot in from the next county. Fuckin joke either way.
Before you can have a opinion- you need to learn how to spell and write a few sentences, you dumb ass. I am so sorry that you have never been hunting or needed to so you could feed your family. Your the fucking MORON( I USED CAPITAL LETTERS SO YOU CAN GET THE SPELLING ). Listen Koshy, why don't you order hooked on phonics to learn how to spell and maybe someone will listen to you. Well probably not- you wouldn't understand
@Redshield666 what hes saying is taking shots on game at those distances aren't something most people would consider ethical. the slightest miscalculation in wind or elevation holdovers can result in a wounded animal.
Great shooting guys. I just got my dream caliber 6.5-284 norma in a savage 110 heavy barrel. I’m assuming y’all are reloading for the 143 grain. Can I ask what powders do you recommend as I’m also getting into reloading.
montymontanoyolo are you blind? Clean shots? I would 9 out of 10 of these shots hit outside the killing zone. Some hit the animal in the spine, other hit in the ass. This barbar (I will not call him a hunter, because he is not) has flagrantly broken the two golden rules of hunting. - Your shot must hit the killing zone and the animal should fall down emmidietly and it should be dead when hitting the ground (or seconds after). - If you are not 100% you can comlpy to the above rule, don’t pull the trigger. Here in Sweden we hunters has law to comply to. Among other things regulating hunting, the two rules above are written in Swedish law. If someone makes a video like this in Sweden and the authorities saw the video, that person would for sure spend his/her next couple of years in prison. I enjoy hunting and fishing but mostly when doing that I enjoy the wilderness. To be a hunter allso means to respect the nature and all living beeings. This content in the video shows so far the opposite of this you can possible come. This video is a manifest of pure barbarism.
@@mrSkandalpolisen and that's why Sweden sucks and America doesn't. We don't need a band of idiots creating stupid rules. If your telling me you can guarantee an animal hits the ground drt at any range your a liar
yotehtr1 Well the laws are not there to make things convenient to us. The laws are there to protect us and the all of the ones that has no say in the law making. They dont say that you are not allowed to hunt, they say that you have an obligation to do it as painless as possible for the animal. By the way, here in Sweden we have far more hunters per capita then you have in the US. Around 4% of the Swedish population are registered and licensed hunters. That makes about 400000 hunters in a country with 10 million inhabitants. I doubt there are 400000 hunters in USA even though you have 32 times as many inhabitants.
mrSkandalpolisen 400,000,000+ gun/firearms. At least a million of them hunt in some form. It’s nice Sweden has these laws and I agree to a certain extent- some of these shots I wouldn’t have taken. But I’m not these hunters and they’re hunting legally. So it’s a moot point.
Takes a lot of skill to hit stuff at any of those ranges, I definitely couldn't do it but we all know there are tons of gut shots and hitting them in places that just wounds them to slowely bleed and suffer to death or maybe not even die, just suffer for the rest of their existence Shits fucked up, This is coming from a hunter who hunts from stands, You are the type of people that gives ys hunters bad looks.
Most of these shots are Under 600yrds!! Where I hunt that is the norm. 600+ is considered reaching out there. And I shoot 10inch steel at 1600yrds on the weekends for practice with my RPR Gen2 308 and 200-300yrds with my Rp rimfire. So yes with practice 300-400yrds is just another trigger click from behind the scope! Lol
GungHo before every shot the icon popped up for what scope was being used along with the caliber of the round. It was the same scope every time. Pay attention to detail
Did you see the video? How many of the shots hit the killing zone of the animal? Killing zone means area where a shot will instantly kill the animal (just to inform you if you are not a licensed hunter).
mrSkandalpolisen funny that!? But most if not all them kills went down straight away 'DEAD ? is that what happens with bow hunting?? Funny'again but most people track the animals in to the woods after their normal people style of shot lol But not you I don't know you're name but iv heard you're the best in America if not the world????!!!!
Open country targets some good conditions to make long range shots. Easy recovery too. 👌Rodgee production now there’s a channel with long range hunting.
Some of those shots are in bigger bore country. I’ve got a 6.5x284 Norma and it shoots fucking lazers but the energy at 800+ on some of that larger game leaves a little bit to be desired
It dropped a pronghorn at 1240 yards, it has way more than enough power. If it can drop a whitetail at 300 yards its powerful enough to kill something at 1240
I just have to add that for every kill shot past 500 yrds they probably missed 2-3 shots as they walked those rounds in on the target. NOBODY JUST DOPES A 900 - 1200+ YRD SHOT AND HITS WITH THE FIRST ROUND. NOBODY. Wide open range shots like these are very rare and only available out West or from a high ridge to opposite ridge back East. If you want to eat, you have to get in close (inside 200 yrds) and more than a .308 or .270 with a 3x9 is just plain overkill. Take it or leave it. But it does come from 40 years of actual hunting experience.
Dude your so cool. I love people on the internet who can’t just be happy for others and their decisions. I think everyone should be just like you when they grow up.
@@travisfincham5383 ...Or we could all just be like you! OMG! What it must be like to BE YOU! A KAREN, Sticking you nose where it doesn't belong, infringing on others opinions, shaming others for calling out BULL SHIT where they see it. Your mother must be SO proud. Did you get paid to write that reply? I bet your invested in this shit company. I've looked through that glass and the clarity is crap past 500 yds. The parallax is shit! All I did was point out the obvious. If you want to see what you are aiming at, spend a few hundred more and buy a Tangent Theta scope. Besides, as so many others have pointed out. Real hunters bring them in close or get themselves in close before they even think about taking a shot. You want to prove how good you are at long range? Join a club. .
William Mesmer why are you recommending a brand of scope that is literally overpriced for delivering the same quality as the top vortex, Nikons, and luepolds yet at double or even triple the price. If you are going to tell people the spend that much at least tell them to invest in a decent piece of equipment at that price. You know like Swarovski or Night-Force. Glass that delivers past its price. The fact that you would condemn the parallax on these scopes and then turn around and defend a two stage parallax that does not allow for fine attuenment is arbitrary.
@@michaelackman4455 ... Well that is just not true. What you are suggesting is that a Mustang is the same thing as a Ferrari. Sorry. Sell that BS to someone who hasn't fired thousands of rounds with all of these optics. If all you are going to do is shoot at 100 - 200 yd targets, then mount a Tasco 5x20 and be done with it. BUT, if you are going out past 1000yds optics clarity and parallax error is everything. Do you own a Tangent Theta, or have you just seen one at the range? At this point I doubt either. How many times have you gone to the range and seen a guy with a new optic thinking this is going to make him the next Carlos Hathcock? I literally know of half a dozen people who have $20k in optics they don't use or even have mounted. All I'm saying is if you start where you should, by purchasing the best optic you can get, and THEN build your platform around it you'll be saving a lot of money in the long run.
William Mesmer how am I suggesting that. Tangents are not worth their price especially when the worst of Nightforce destroys them in top quality. Also I would much prefer my vortex due to price and the fact that I get a more adjustable parallax along with a larger level of MOA attunement. I don’t understand why you are advocating so hard for something that has no leg up on anything else I mentioned besides being an overpriced middle ground that isn’t really a middle ground
I’m sure you hurt their feelings with your comment on a couple year old video. Do you know any of them? Done any research? Or did you watch one video and decide to comment?
when your margin for a miss is measured in feet and not inches the results are often spine/neck/guts. note the bull moose with zero wind gets hit in the middle of the neck....
I like how there are all kinds of the sniper videoes on youtube they take 5 shots at 500 yards before they hit target these guys have to get it right the first time its badass
Sniper 500 yards?? Lol I shoot 12inch steel at 200-300 with my Rp 22lr rimfire and 1600 yards with my RPR Gen2 308 for fun. Look for the Milk jug challenge videos. That's my goal this summer a gal. jug at 1 mile with my 308.
I've been a hunter for more than 45 years. I've taken game on three continents. I have never had to shoot more than 210 yards. I have never had to shoot a big game animal more than once... Question, am I not as good a hunter as you are or am I not as good a shot as you are? I think that if you can't get within about 200 yards of what you're hunting, you're probably a better target shooter than hunter.
To further what has already been stated to you joe. Your ethics are for you. We all have our ethical beliefs if you cant deal with it dont watch. I personally dont ever plan to shoot out this far on game myself. I prefer up close as possible. Others prefer the distance shot. We may not be hunting partners but I personally think its stupid to judge someone off a set of rules that you make for yourself.
Some of these hunts are on thee 2012 highlight reel. How can they be using a 143 grain Hornady ELD if they were not released in 2012 they were released in 2016??
I don’t care who you are. The greatest PRS shooters don’t make 1240 yards every shot. There’s a ton of variables at that range to be consistent enough for that to have been an ethical shot. I wonder how many were edited out after a gut shot or having a hoof blown off still out there in pain every day, but alive. Just get closer!
I absolutely agree and I have written to many of these “ Long Range Shows” All in the name of these companies misleading people for profit, I gaurantee there are way more wounded animals now than when people were truly hunters and not some long range yahoos, On the other hand I am not opposed to taking a longer range shot if the rifle and shooter are up to the task but I dont think they should condone this irresponsible behavior.
@@toddrisner9929 Agreed killing shit with 6.5s at .338-378 wby distances is completely unethical not a huge fan of these shows that turn hunting into bench rest meat target shooting
funny how most of these kills were very clean , more so than a lot of the short range shooting I've seen videos of on here..... so by some comment n here I'm gathering that a good 3 point shooter in basketball has no skill because he isn't dribbling in for a layup ?? any way excellent shooting !!!
Milo Burgholder nah real men don’t use bow either they use spears like our ancestors did lmao, everyone has there own opinions, I like long range gun hunts and I like bow hunting but honestly I think gun is funnest just because I’m a gun nut
Long time ago people were hunting animals for eat and now ( sports) ? It's fun to hit in water bottles, I did that 500 metres. Protect the nature and the animals!
Why not show the wounded game as well? NO way can you call the conditions EXACTLY right each time. You guys need to show the wounded game as well. And if you state there was none...total BS. This isn't hunting....this is a stunt.
Have any of you ever shot with this type of equipment? A 500 yard shot with this stuff is as easy as 200 yards with your -06 and 3-9. Would I take some of these shots? Absolutely not, however I haven’t spend my adult life working on these things and perfecting every piece of my rifles. The guy who pulls is 270 out of the safe once a year and takes a 300 yard shot is far more likely to wound an animal than the guy shooting 600 with a system he constantly practices with in many versatile situations. There’s nothing with grabbing the .270 once a year, but if you think these guys are more likely to lose an animal than the guy who never practices you are horribly mistaken.
In Germany, no hunter would shoot at such ranges, even if they could. What they don't show are the shots where they only wound the animals and maybe don't even find them later.
Yeh there's skill in long range shooting,but the real skill in hunting is the stalk into the quarry . I live in Scotland and I hunt the red deer and roedeer buy stalking into 100 yards or less ,I'll take a photo then shoot .
Why is it important to conform to your skill standards? I both do long range shots and stalk red deer in the south of Scotland. Both forms of hunting have their appeal. Let people have fun, complain if there is unethical shots though.
I suppose Mr. Jim Corbet to be the best shooter of all times he use to kill man eater tigers, lions and leopards mostly from ground and with ordinary gun with single shot.
It doesn’t matter if the animal is shot at 5 yards or 500 it doesn’t make a man any less of a hunter, all that matters is that you’re playing it to your advantage as to make a clean kill. If you’re good at spot and stalk more power to ya, I prefer to sit in a blind and wait, and these guys are better at long range hunting. Doesn’t matter how you do it as long as you’re getting out and going on a hunt.
A true hunter gets close - inside the animal's defensive capability. Anything else is just long range marksmanship with the risk of wounding the animal only to have it escape and die in agony. If you want to prove you are a long range marksman go to a PRS match. What is shown in this video isn’t sportsmanship.
To all the haters here ... fix your skirts your slips are showing ... These are some seriously great shots ... You have no idea the effort (practice) that goes into pulling off pokes like these ... These ARE NOT lucky shots
@@scottyj6226 I totally agree... unfortunately I've seen inexperienced guys wound animals at 50yrds (I hunt a lot)...I can tell by the equipment they're using these shots aren't just luck...anyone that randomly attempts these shots just HOPING to get LUCKY are unethical hunters and shouldn't be hunting in the first place...as hunters it's our responsibility to know our limitations
I personally have a Remington 7mm mag. Have a $200 Nikon scope on it. Sighted at 500 yards. I'm not a hunter, I just like to shoot at a distance. I have never gone more than 500 yds but I'm sure the rifle is well capable.
Most of this game has been taken with short range muzzle loaders historically. Modern rifles mean quicker kills, but at least try to get within the same county as the animal.
In the beginning of the vid you guys put a camera below that mtn goat then back up 1200 yds…? I’m all about distance shooting if you have too but that’s kind of strange to me. Made some dope footage tho.
