Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Why Not Just Call In Arty - or an Air Strike...

It was just a hunch using context clues. Stubborn, self righteous, Jeff Cooper quotes, needlessly braggadocious.....screams one obvious thing.................(boomie)

What’s missing is your feelings on shooting distances for hunting.

🦫

I don't like bipods because they add weight and are homely. I like shooting with a sling and am not averse to leaning against whatever is there. I don't like extreme range shots on game but do like long range target sports. I like the idea of using a walking stick as a support for offhand shots where there is no other option.
To me, the hunter who uses a bipod or any other support and makes good shots on game, is acting responsibly. He knows what he needs to do to make the shot. This is much more responsible than making a poor shot offhand. Using the best technique and the right equipment shows respect for the game. This is negated if one tries to shoot beyond the range where a good hit is reasonably certain (I consider "reasonably certain" to be in the 90% plus region). GD

I love that stuff.

It’s akin to telling us how we should park our trucks or wipe our ass.

I was taught from formal and informal marksmanship training, to always get as stable as possible and to use every tool available to make that happen. Having an available rest and not using it, or going on a hunt where long shots are possible or the rule, and not taking the proper tools to ensure a humane kill can be made, is not only irresponsible, it's almost as stupid as making trolling posts about others peoples shooting ....

You're obviously not a boomer so that blows your theory.

Very well said.

I just felt we were all being a smidge cheated on his rant.

😬🦫

Polesmoker posting about "blowing"......color me shocked...lol





Cool your jets, just a joke. Old folks around don't take too well to jokes.

the word you're looking for is BOOMTARD !

not because of age, but because of the GUNDUMMY he's afflicted with .... big game hunting is not a warzone, to even compare the two is evidence of retardation, most likely due to a severe case of E.D.

a hunters responsibility & primary role is killing an animal as quickly as possible with the first shot, cold bore .. if that means using a fixed or random rest for controlled, fatigue free aiming, for firing accurately with confidence, then the hunter is doing his part in "marksmanship"

and that applies to all hunters, regardless of range, skill, experience, firearm/cartridge & equipment used

LOL, sounds like you're the one who can't take a joke, junior.

It's cultural.

Marksmanship - has become a capacity ignored - because, like most skills, it runs counter to Marketing.

It only requires personal development.

And it's unconscionable that the Industry, and its periodicals, have sold out and all but abandoned it.


Image over substance.


So it's not "nitpickin'"... it's spotlighting.




GR

What's cultural? You weren't taught or never learned to mind your business?

Only a foolish Fudd would complain about people using proper techniques to improve accuracy in field conditions.

I'll shoot off trekking poles, tripod, or backpack. Whatever gives me a stable platform to shoot. No reason for ego or machismo to screw up a shot.

Same…. It’s good to get the whole enchilada instead of piece meal.

Shooters have been improvising added support long before any of us picked up a rifle.

Well said MM.

Great picture as well. Those injuns probably were cheating though and worried about how the Campfire would judge them

More like spotting.

As in, you're spotting again, time to change that tampon.

It's not the Indian or the arrow, it's the Sharps. I like that image.

Right tool for the job at hand.
And, a little bit of wisdom tossed in.