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Over some 55 years of "enjoying shooting sports" I remember a few good (lucky) shots. One of my most memorable was not by me but my father. A few of us young lads in our early teens were shooting at matches with our RR bb guns, the object was to light the match. As the bbs piled up against the out-house me pappy happened along and puffing on his pipe stood and watched us younge-uns strut our stuff, with a few broken matches but no fire. Father finally said I'd like to try that and some one handed him a "shootin iron" - a few snickers were heard as he took hold of the gun. Then holding the gun at arms lenght, pulled the trigger and voila fire at last. As he handed the gun back, some one said "want to try that again"?, to which my father replied "I am kind of busy but you all see it can be done" and walked away. There was a man who knew when to quit and if I remember that was the only match ever lit that day or any other. As for me my most memorable shot was a jack-rabbit, running full tilt at 330 paces (I normally take a 39" pace) with a 6mm Remington. My shortest memorable shot again at a jack at about 10' with a .222-he never completed the secound leap as I literally shot him in mid air. Well enough for now. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and the "Best" of everything in the coming year-I enjoy this sight and the company of ALL present here. Take care --- John Can.

Joe, I'll hoist aboard anything at this time of the year, but whatever you want to call that shot it was not sporting. I've shot competitively in international competition and any shot at a running animal at that distance was all for you and not the animal. If I were guiding, I'd take you home. You probably learned from it. Merry Christmas!

Nothing special here, only one remotely interesting was on a goose hunt with my uncle. He hit a goose, but didn't bring it down, it was crossing away from him, so I pulled off the bird I was aiming and swung on the wounded one. The wounded bird and another one crossed just as I shot, both fell stone dead.

Any hunter that has never made a bad decision on a shot is either lying or spends too much time in Internet Dreamland....which are you ?

I need to add another one to the list! As mentioned earlier, my dad was very good with a shotgun, but it was with a rifle where he could perform magic! I guess raising cattle on a ranch in the middle of no-where, spending all your free time shooting will get you to that point!

Anyway, they sold the ranch, and bought a couple hundred acres from my mom's folks closer to town. One morning my Grandma called and said there were some dogs in her field and they had just taken down a deer. My dad told my older brother to grab a shotgun, while he grabbed his rifle (1947 vintage Win70 in 270), and headed for the door. When we reached the field, the dogs spooked and headed across the field for the timber at a dead run. He shot the lead dog offhand at probably about 100-125 yds, dumped the second one a little further out, offhand again, and the third one escaped into the timber. I've seen him do this with deer also, although not his preferred shot.

I may catch He** from some of you for shooting dogs, but in rural Idaho in the 60's, dogs chasing deer were fair game and probably still are in most peoples mind.

Feral dogs have no place in the wild.

They're like coyotes pests and vermin need to be shot on sight!!!
All the best

I rolled a Black Coyotee at over 500 yards running...he got uo a took off. If I hadn't heard reports of people seeing him walking with a limp I'd have swore my shot just tripped him up.

Stray dogs and any cat should be fair game, but shooting them in many jurisdictions is illegal.

Oh no NOT stray dogs but like Joe said feral dogs.
All the best