Having killed many animals under 5 yards and having banged a plate at a mile, I know what I prefer for my personal hunting endeavors.
Precisely, and no one can argue with that because you stated it as your personal preference.
But when you cross the line and transfer your own personal values to all hunters, as you are when you say "long range is not hunting" you're in effect saying "if you don't agree with my value judgment, you're not a hunter." Which is obviously not a tenable position.
It's the same as if I say "I prefer not to hunt deer out of a tower blind because it removes the challenge of being detected and bores me to tears." So far, so good.
But when I say "hunting whitetail deer out of a tower blind is not hunting" or if you prefer "is an oxymoron" I've crossed the line and transferred my own value judgment onto all hunters.
Which is obviously bullsh**.
