When a neck shot goes to plan

[john robbo 30]

 

Shot tonight @ 21m's

 

[martin 332]

Not quite so many people jumping on this one John.....cracking video!

 

Martin

[wireviz 8]

that was a nice wee vid but i would ask why didnt you just hit it with the sticks Well done mate now thats my type of stalking up close and personal

[rascal_2005 79]

would love a bit of roe buck stalking, do you sell it?

[gav243 1]

well done great shot and another great video

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Perspective customer on this thread already John .Nice vid mate ,up close and personal.

[john robbo 30]

web site on my signature.

[bossman999 9]

Nicw shot and nice clean kill , it looks very open ground , are backstops a problem? just curious

[john robbo 30]

Not for most of the time.

E.yorks and holderness is flat other than on the wold land.

the flats consist usually of sand or carr land which is soft and stoneless.

We always shoot off sticks so allowing a downward travel of the bullet.

The other thing the camera doesn't show due to the zoom is the scale of our arable fields.

A small field here is 40-50 acre most are 60-90 and some 100+. If you look at the link photo of the video that hedge behind the deer is 275m's and the furter one is over 500 there is then 3 more fields of similar size before there is a rd. Thats well over a km. Even a rifle fired at the horizon would hit the dirt a long time before it got anywhere where it could do damage.

Making most hedgerows 250m's minimum. Now say 2-3 fields you are 3/4 km off soft soil.

Shooting down hopefully through the deer and then into the soft ground, In the unlucky event even a riccochte would not carry a km.

The land HAS been approved to 3006/7mm rem.

Most farms around here are 550-600 acres minimum with just 1 dwelling on the farmstead so angles of fire can be established.

We NEVER shoot off bipods on the low lands just occasionally on the wolds.

I usually tell clients to remove the bipod as its a waste of energy carrying it.

Edited June 2, 2011 by john robbo

[bossman999 9]

thanks for the reply

happy hunting

[matt_hooks 188]

Talk about running into trouble! If you'd waited a few seconds he would've run straight into you and you could have saved the cost of the bullet!

 

Well judged though, must have been a fair bit of hold under at that range in .308?

[john robbo 30]

must have been a fair bit of hold under at that range in .308?

exact oppersite actually the bullet willnot have risen into the sight line so will shoot about 11/2-2 inch low so hold over is applied.

I dont think it was in this case but the neck was verticle so in the pre hunt briefing I had told him in the event of a close neck shot to imagine an "adams apple" and aim there.

[matt_hooks 188]

must have been a fair bit of hold under at that range in .308?

exact oppersite actually the bullet willnot have risen into the sight line so will shoot about 11/2-2 inch low so hold over is applied.

I dont think it was in this case but the neck was verticle so in the pre hunt briefing I had told him in the event of a close neck shot to imagine an "adams apple" and aim there.

 

I meant hold over , fingers walking without brain connection there!

[riggers 2]

cracking vid there mate and a well executed neck shot again good instruction as always keep them coming

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Good video there mate. Are yous behind a hide there or not? The deer was totally oblivious to you, even being so close.