"As long as there is lead in the air there is hope in the heart."
Like Borkon said those of us who have been putting lots of lead in the air for many years have seen a thing or two.
Way back in the day when I was in my mid twenties I dumped a whole chunk of my disposable income (and some that wasn't) on a Rem 40-XBKS in 220 Swift. I loved that gun and shot it a lot. Me, a good friend of mine and one of his buddies I didn't really know were driving a big ranch calling coyotes. My buddy had been talking smack about how I could shoot a rifle. We see a coyote trotting through the mesquites about 550 yards out. My buddy stops the truck, I throw the Swift over the hood, and first shot roll that coyote up, still trotting. I just got right back in the truck and didn't say a word just, like I did that every day of my life. I was just happy I didn't miss by 5 feet. That was in the days waaaay before dialing for me. Just straight up kentucky elevation and windage, pure luck.
I think most shots that we make that are bragging shots have a fair amount of luck to them. They may be based in skill, equipment, and abilities but still have that unknown factor.
One shot I really like that I feel had quite a bit of skill base to it was about 6-7 years ago. One day I was out calling in the snow. Beautiful still day, soft snow, 4-5 inches of it. Shooting a 220 Swift again (not the old XBKS, that had long since been rebarreled by then, but a Savage with a Shilen barrel). It was a very accurate rifle and was dead on at 200. A pair comes in and I bust the first one out around 135. The second runs off, goes under a fence, and over a little hump. It stopped at 275 and looked back. He was over the hump and just the top part of his head sticking up Also right behind the fence post, the post was covering part of his face. I had maybe a 1 1/2"x3" target to shoot at, just the top of his head. That 220 opened his head like a canoe, just above the right eye, pretty much exactly where I had the crosshairs. I had a really good day calling that day, one reason I remember it so well.
I posted that story here on PM, and a picture of the coyotes in the back of the truck. But then I got a notice it was probably a little too graphic and violated the TOS, so I swapped pictures to one not so bad, lol.