Jeff,

There aren't "corresponding" stories about short-range misses because they've ALWAYS been part of hunting, even before there were rifles. Why repeat millions of them, especially while clucking our tongues?

What's different about instances like the OP described, of course, is nowadays many hunters think they can BUY the ability to kill big game animals at whatever they consider "long range" after very little real practice.


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