I'm amazed. Over 50,000 members on the fire, and every single one is a perfect shot, that never misses, has never wounded a single piece of game, and doesn't need any edge, or anything that could increase their acceptable margin of error, because they are all so perfect.
I think there are a lot of folks here suffering from a confirmation bias, who are very skilled at forgetting about the times when things go less them perfect.
It's happened to all of us at least once....
I made a mistake using a 375 H&H with a downloaded cast bullet. Made a bad shot on a deer, tracked blood for 350-400 yards, jumped the deer, and never saw him again. The lessons I learned were:
- It's better to make a good shot than use a big gun.
- A hard cast bullet at 1500 FPS just makes a .375" hole in a deer.
- don't start tracking the deer unless you see it fall, then still wait longer before going after it.
Sometimes we have to make mistakes so we can learn from them....
