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| jackelope:
--- Quote ---There still bringing the meat home for dinner. "Are they not?" --- End quote --- if that's what it's all about for you, then that's gonna be ok with you. that ain't what it's about for me. you might as well finish the story about how they're driving down the road, hop out of the truck, set up their shooting bench so they have a rest,......then take the thousand yard shot. thats not hunting, thats shooting. you can go to the range if thats what you want to do. |
| Intruder:
--- Quote ---thats not hunting, thats shooting --- End quote --- 2 points: - I can't speak for everyone that shoots "long range" but the particular individual that I know who does it is an exceptional hunter. He's killed elk with a recurve bow as well as a muzzle loader. The vast majority of the animals he harvests are miles from the nearest road and he uses nothing other than a Harris Bipod as a rest. I've hunted with him on occasion and the places he treks are often down right scary. - Other than relying on a hunter's ethics and good judgement how can we determine what the distance is that represents too far? There are literally dozens of variables(hunter's ability, equipment, environmental conditions, terrain, etc) that go into determining an ethical killing range in any given situation. I'm just not sure how it's possible to say what is too far. |
| jackelope:
i guess all's i was saying is that the guys shooting pronghorns off of shooting benches are not exactly what I would call hunters. thats my opinion, i don't expect everybody to agree with it. i didn't mean to make anyone else sound like less of a "hunter" if one can shoot long distances, do it, and be proud of yourself that you have achieved that level of skill...just don't do it off of shooting benches out of the back of your truck at animals and call it "hunting" again, my .02. not everyone's gonna agree, and i'm cool with that. |
| Intruder:
I would agree that the antelope scenario like you described is far more shooting than it is hunting. Not illegal.... not how I'd describe hunting though. |
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