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My springbok was my longest shot ever on any animal. We had sighted the guns to zero at 200 meters due to the fact that Springbok hunting from a rattling old pickup chasing across the Kalahari requires very long shots. They seldom wait long enough for you to find them in the crosshairs no matter what the distance. The PH had a Swarovski 4 to 12x scope with built in laser rangefinder. That proved to be very helpful to identify the rams from the ewes and the distance. The ewes have horns as well as the rams so it was difficult, to say the least, to identify a ram at long distance. The PH told me which one to shoot and after several attempts at standing shots I decided to try to take him on the run. I shot over his neck near his head. The 139gr. Hornady 280 remington bullet caught him through the chest behind the shoulder. This amazed everyone since the distance was 365 meters. That is close to 400 yds. I had some luck on that one.
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