Erik Cortina’s Ethical Hunter Challenge #2 On My Home Range
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- I finally found the time to get some friends together, and I got the proper 5" round target with a target behind to spot misses. I will build a flapper for future videos. But I had 4 friends come out with two rifles each to try Erik Cortina's Ethical Hunter Challenge at 500 yards and to say it was humbling is an under statement. The shooters that came out were all experienced shooters with top gear and we only used hunting rifles and the gear we would use in the field hunting. We are hoping to do this again real soon, so I hope you all like the video and subscribe with notifications so you won't miss new videos and challenges, thank you, #longerange #longrangeshooting #longrangeprecision #riflerange
Thank you for trying this challenge. It is indeed a tough challenge. Good job.
#WrongAmmo😂
Hi Erik, It is a great challenge and the guys that tried it want to do it again, I'm sure I will get some new shooters as well. Thanks for the great challenges and everything you do for all of us shooters. Thanks again, take care and be safe.
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Bring it to my challenge, let’s see how it goes.
Erik Cortina is the God of Ethics, if he says it’s not ethical, it definitely is not ethical. He is the one and final voice on the matter. He is so cool and ethical I would like to meet him
Perfect, always willing to see some real life hunting rifle trying this challenge
Hi Jack, Thank you and thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
Great video Al. Great shooting by all!
Hi Scott, Thank you very much and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Good representation for the challenge!!!
Hi and thank you very much and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Great to see u guys up north doing the Eric Cortina challenge I think it’s great why to find out how good u and ur rifle are with a cold bore @ 500m!.
@@64joedirt Hi, thank you and yes practice, practice, practice for sure. We owe it to the animals we hunt to be the best shots we can. Also making sure we take ethical shots. Shooting longer ranges gives you the confidence at closer ethical ranges. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care my friend.
It's a tough challenge, but you guys did awesome! It's laughable, but those "hunting" guns performed just as well as those bench queen PRS style rifles weighing a ton. For ballistic apps it's garbage in, garbage out. The data going into your ballistic apps needs to be perfect and super accurate to get the most out of it. As you've seen even a 1/2 or 1/4 inch matters. More practice will have you guys hitting that target with much greater consistency in no time. Great job! :)
Hi and yes, I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care my friend. Practice, Practice, Practice
Texas wind is the great equalizer
@ Hi Doug, yes by watching Erik’s video it’s always windy at his range. We do get good winds but we were lucky and got a calm cold day. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Great shooting guys! Tough challenge for sure. Especially for guys not used to shooting on camera. Young man Hayden is well on his way to being a heck of a gun hand!! Keep shootin buddy.
Looked like some cool new stuff from MDT being released at SHOT show. Hope to see some reviews in the future. Thanks for the entertainment Al!
Hi Karl, it is a very fun challenge. It was great having Hayden with us shooting. I didn't know he was going to be there until he showed up with his dad, it was great to have him with us, he is a great kid. I'll pass the message to him , if he doesn't see it here, thank you.
Yes MDT has really nice new stuff. It's going to be an expensive year again . lol.
Thanks again for all you r support, it's greatly appreciated, take care my friend.
🎉 My bad that the 223 was off for the event. It’s a new rifle and was around 250rounds. My guess is it decided to settle in THAT day? It’s back to holding zero. Hayden had practiced a bunch and been very consistent (could see it when he shot the Sako…and when I shot “his” 223). Shows how important it is to stay on top of your setup. Awesome challenge. Can’t wait for the next one 😉.
OUTSTANDING VIDEO THNX... WASH WAS INCREDIBLE
ABSOLUTELY 💯%
Hi and thank you very much it's greatly appreciated. Take care.
Brrr🥶. Looks freezing.
I’ll stick to AZ.
I like the show!
Hi and thank you. Yes. it was kind of cold that day, but we here are used to it and we had a wood stove going to keep the chill off of us. Thanks again and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care and don't get too hot in AZ. :)
Great way to spend a winter day. Im up near Mackinaw Michigan and snowed out my range. 😢
Hello in Michigan, it was a great way to spend a Canadian winter day. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care and stay warm.
looks like a fun challenge.
Hi, yes it is a very fun and challenging challenge. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
That looks like a fun challenge
Hi Dennis, it is a fun challenge. Gets the nerves going when you know it will be publicized on TH-cam. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
I think part of the reason you see so many misses when Erik hosts is that the wind seems to be pretty brutal at his place. If the wind was like that in the field, you either would get closer or not take the shot.
Maybe or us cold climate mountain guys are just built different.
@ maybe. Just trying to give benefit of the doubt to the guys missing by 5 moa on a shot I could come reasonably close to making every time with a 1971 model 70 and ammo I made in my laundry room
@ Lol I'm just messing around. And those guys on the challenge are shooting 20 lb+ bench rest guns to boot
Hi John, I agree with you, always try and get closer, especially when the conditions are less than ideal. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
@ I am not really sure how much a difference a heavy gun makes with this level of precision. If your holds are off, the gun could weigh 500 lbs and you would still miss
Hold the line boys!
Thank you and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Far play to the young lad he’ll be the boss man soon enough if he keeps practicing. But I noticed 4 bullets 4 people all stacked on each other. (First round) Maybe there needs to be 3 or 4 target as slightly different ranges and they pick a card before they shoot on what target they have. But shows hunting rifles are no different to target if your comfortable with it.
Hi Chris, Yes Hayden is a very good shot and very well disciplined, his dad has taught him well. We are going to do more challenges in the future, not sure what yet, but the guys are all for it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Great Challenge! And you are all really good shooters! Unfortunately shooting ranges like yours are pretty rare in Europe and not next door😢. At my place 300m is the longest we have available. Enjoy your shooting range and hunting in Canada!
Hi and thank you. Yes, I am very fortunate to have a range with the distance we can shoot. I am also very fortunate to be able to hunt the animals I can hunt here in Canada. I don't take it for granted that I live in a beautiful country. Thank you very much for watching and taking the time to comment, take care, be safe and shoot straight my friend.
@bcextremeoutdoorsman hunting wise I am also fortunate, but with the shooting ranges I could get jealous 😉. Enjoy your beautiful winter!
It absolutely amaze me how far rifles have come the old open sites 303. Would have had a lot of trouble hitting that target.😂
Hi Tony, they sure have come along ways from when I was a teen. I remember doing hold overs without a range finder or a ballistics calculator of any kind, on a deer sized target made of paper. It was just for fun and we would drive away from the target and not tell each other what we figured the distance was and take some shots. I was terrible and still am at judging distances, but it was good practice. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take and shoot straight.
Well Erik looks like you might improve the hunters that don’t have a glue. Thank you as a guide 30 years ago I seen some of the most messed up animals I ever seen.
Hi Tom, Thanks for watching. I could not even imagine the number of messed up animals you have seen in 30 years of guiding. One of the main reasons I never pursued a guiding career. Thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
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Thank you and thanks for watching and the comment.
Big difference between shooting in zero winds and Erik's tornado valley. Pretty good shooting though, not a shot I would take.
Hi, its a challenging shot even with minimal wind. It does get pretty windy at my range, but that day it was calm. Erik defiantly has big winds all the time at his range. Thanks you and thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
lots of different challenges as a shooter, cold weather shooting has its own levels of difficulty to deal with. Even though it was a mild day as far as wind goes that range has two cross winds down range and usually a tail wind at the shooters location with regardless of the Measurable wind conditions lead to tricky shooting every time one is at the range
Great at least your shooting a real hunting rifle
Hi Tom, Thank you and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care,
Great vid! Went spring bear hunting last may near Adams lake and didn't even realize we have a target range that starts with number 5 at the front in BC... Did you guys find that you would reduce lots of elevation in cold winter? Or is it at 500 it's just not a noticeable difference?
Hi and thank you, Adam's lake is a great area for black bears. Im not sure what you mean we have a range that starts with a number 5 at the front in B.C. ?
There is a little bit of elevation change due to the cold, but nothing to drastic at 500yards. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
@@bcextremeoutdoorsman oh I live in Vancouver and the furthest range we have in the lower mainland is only around 192 yards with my rangefinder, which is only an hour and half away. It's so refreshing to see someone that put in the time and effort and practices with 500 yards ethically!
A good video. I was wondering about having the bipod feet directly on concrete like some of the shooters did. I have seen changes in POI versus having them on the soil or a shooting mat. I have also seen changes in POI in cold weather versus warm weather when most ammunition load development is done. From the equipment you guys have you must do a lot of shooting have you guys seen that too?
Hi Scott and thank you. Yes my positions were not very good. I usually shoot off of a carpeted 4x8 inclined sheet of plywood. But some of the guys didn't like it, so they removed it. Next time I will replace it. If I do this challenge again with no snow I will get everyone to shoot on the grass. When I am shooting at targets that small, I do see a POI of impact change in different weather conditions. But for the most part it isn't off too much.
Thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Nice job but please change target ,to which will flip on impact like Mr Cortina has ok
Hi Joesph, Thank you and yes I am working on getting a flapping target. I don't have it yet and I might not have it for the next challenge, but its in the works. Thank you again for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Also, on the 280ai, what length is the barrel, and what powder are you using to get 2930fps on a 175 berger? Thanks. sweet rifle!
Hi, and thank you. The barrel is 24" and I am using H-4831 SC Hodgen powder. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
I'm super jealous of the velocities y'all get at your elavation. Where I am at sea level, a 280AI with a 24" tube and and 175 would pressure out most likely in the high 2800's.
@ Hi, I could easily push my 280ai faster, but I don’t see the point. I get great accuracy, no pressure and easy on the brass. I am lucky I have a great barrel. If your rifle is accurate your speed is fine. Thanks for watching and talking the time to comment, take care and shoot straight.
It's not easy. But Eric Cortina ranch has not snow and freeze😁. So it is not in the same condition
Hi, yes Erik has no snow, but he has more wind to deal with. On this day it was very calm and very minimal wind, it was just cold. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care and be safe.
@bcextremeoutdoorsman Wind is an enemy, but so is frozen land under your nuts😁. I have been shooting in Finland St winter, and the most coldest day was -28°C, doing a prone on that cold, it's not nice no more.
@@PassionforRifles Yes, the cold is another variable that can definitely make shooting a challenge to go with the wind. They should invent a heated shooting mat to keep us warm. lol. Shoot straight my friend.
The way that 338 drilled through the big plate and struck the snow, a direct hit might have wrecked it all. 😯
Good thing you went last.😉
@ Yes for sure, that’s why I shot the 338 last. I had extra hangers and targets if something broke. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
What area of BC is this!
Hi, That was the Kamloops area. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
77gr 2850fsp with a short barrel 223 hmmmm
@@Lucysdad66 Hi, Jared is a very experienced shooter and hand loader. I’m sure he’s got no pressure signs, I didn’t see any signs of any. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care and shoot straight.
True MOA at 500y is 5.235......
@@chriscrawford2197 Hi Chris, yes you are correct, thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
Ha ha. What did you do with my first post??? This is not a hard challenge. Nuff said.
@@lmbear Hi and I did nothing with any post. If it’s a real nasty post TH-cam won’t post it.
If it’s not a hard challenge shoot it and send me the video. I want to see how amazing you are. lol. Nuff said. Have a great day, thanks for watching and shoot straight. Remember this is just for fun and entertainment, I can’t wait to see your video and yes I challenge you. 😊
So, this challenge should be piece of cake for you: th-cam.com/video/L9oReziwFRw/w-d-xo.html
I checked out that challenge, I might have to try it one day. Thanks for watching and the comment, take care.
This ethical challenge cracks me up! Probably one of the dumbest challenges out there right now?? So how many of you guys have used soft point bullets like most hunters use?? 3-9 or 4-12 scopes?? Most of these guys (with the exception of you guys) use match rifles and match bullets.
@@trentsnaza3372 Hi, it’s just for fun and entertainment. It’s good practice, gets the nerves going and again it’s just fun. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, take care.
Thanks everyone was wondering what you thought.....😂
@ Thank you Cody 👍🏻👍🏻 😊