I agree with you 100%
I'm waiting to see the video of all the wounded game that staggers of into the woods. All we see is the kill porn.
Again, this is an opinion rooted in ignorance of the realities of the long-range hunting art.
A few years ago I attended a hunt with a number of 24HCF members. Our host had a very nice long-range rifle along, which he offered to many of the guys attending to take longish shots at pronghorn, where stalking closer was not possible. Ranges varied from low 300's out to 725. Eight pronghorn were targeted by 6 different shooters, and all 8 goats were DRT.
All of the shooters were skilled riflemen, but none had experience at those kinds of ranges. Shooting conditions were ideal, or the shots would not have been offered or taken. Coaching by experienced long-range shooters was supplied.
At the end of that hunt our host shot a buck at a laser-measured 934 yards. One shot, DRT.
No wounded animals "staggered into the woods". And in my experience after 40+ years of Western hunting, this sort of long-range hunting success is the norm, not the exception.
