I shoot / have shot NRA silhoutte matches both HP and smallbore and am master class in both. which means I shoot offhand way better than most ever thought about . When hunting I try not to shoot offhand , I take advantage of any support I can.
That is my way of thinking as well (not that I'm such a great offhand shot). This gets into a discussion of ethics and opinions which I try to avoid, but I always figured the Shooter practices as much as possible to become the best shot possible, then when he becomes the Hunter he gets as close as possible and makes every effort to make the shot as much of a gimme as possible. I.e., the hunt is one thing, the shot ending the hunt should be as much of a foregone conclusion as it can be. And we all know that even under the best of circumstances, that "foregone conclusion" is not always as foregone as we anticipated.
