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You have a condensed version?

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Another great video.

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smacks of best of the west don't it

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Where do you think they learned it??


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Mr. Burns,
Respectably, I have a question.

After looking at your video & having wondered the same about Best of the West; your video shows several success shots. How many times were there wounded animals not recovered that did not appear on the video? What would you say the ratio is between downed game and lost game from these LR rigs? I realize human error is a factor.


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Reloader28

I could speak about The Best of the West after I left but what would be the point??

As for us if you watch the video you will see desert big horn sheep, rocky big horn sheep, and other rather hard to draw animals that no one want to wound and then lose. We really don�t take shots we are not pretty sure won�t turn out pretty well.

We really don�t try shots that would be low percentage.




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I am proud to see you here. I am looking forward to your input. Free advice from people like yourself is invaluable.



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Same here. I'm tickled to have access to what you are up to nowadays.


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RL28,

Did you get your answer to your question sir? You asked a direct question re: how many animals were wounded correct?

Seems like a song and dance, 'We really don't shoot....really don't try...'

I think that was a side stepped PC answer.

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65BR who cares how many animals were lost. It happens. I have lost three deer in my hunting career. One was shot at 199 yards (30/06 165 grain sierra), one was at 127 yards (300 ultra 180 partition) and one at 221 yards (300 ultra 180 accubond). I damn sure had enough gun and bullet in all cases but really can't tell you what happened ( I do have guesses). In all three cases the deer were shot from a rest.

I have also killed a few animals between 300 and 503 yards and never lost one.

Losing shot animals happens once in a while. Get over it.

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I am curious as to why such a limited choice of calibers? I wouldn't even pick one of those calibers for longrange hunting. How about some 300 win mags,300 ultra,338 ultra?? Spending that kind of cash I can't imagine being so limited to those calibers.What kind of performance can one expect at say 300 yards? What is a custom trigger? Jewell,timney, or?? Not enough details on what a guy will get for 6 grand.

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Dink, sorry I hit a nerve sir. I own up to having shot a few deer in my life that got away as well. They were in the open, not disturbed and hit with proper bullets, and I understand THINGS happen and accept it.

That said, I believe in 'Fair Balance' which is say what you get when the FDA tells a drug company to put the side effects, warnings, etc. in the labeling so the consumer knows what they might get, in addition to the benefits of the product.

Make sense? I may be wrong, but I'd bet ALOT higher percentage of game gets wounded and lost when shot at 600-1200+ yds, than from 0-500 but that's just MY guess.

Does it matter? Well obviously not much to you. But I prefer to not risk a wounded or lost animal, and don't take risks that will increase that probability, but that's just me.

I'd bet there are many on the board, whether posting or not who DO care when an animal gets wounded or lost. Hopefully more than not, strive for one shot humane harvest when hunting.

So no worries, we can agree to disagree Dink and that's ok.

Have a nice weekend sir.


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Originally Posted by DINK
65BR who cares how many animals were lost.


Did somebody really just say that? Really??

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65BR I bet alot less animals are lost long range. Think about the wind and drop just to make it to 800 yards? The guys that take those kind of shots with out knowing what they are doing are simply guessing. I would say that they will be much more likely to wound game 300 to 400 yards because the chance of them getting a bullet to them is much better.

I do care when I lose a animal because I have every intention of putting my tag on them. When it happens though I don't loose much sleep over it. It is just a animal and something will eat it.

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65BR who cares how many animals were lost.


Did somebody really just say that? Really??


Yes I said it. Are you going to change your mind about long range hunting if 3 out of every 100 animals shot are lost? What about 7 out of 100? How about 9 out of 100? It will not change anyones mind on long range hunting so who cares how many animals are lost its not going to change anyones mind on the subject.

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I watched the video and while I have several thoughts about it, the one that disturbed me was the grizzly at long range. If I am ever blessed to hunt them, I want to be in tight with them. In several of the other photos it seemed like it would have been fairly easy to close the distance. Different strokes for different folks.

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