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Or you could say we tend to value the things we're good at over all else. That's human nature. That's why guys who are good long range shooters think other guys who have zero interest in it are "incomplete."

For lots of guys, it's not a competition.

In any case, a "complete hunter" is not yours to define.

But that's just your opinion, it's not a fact.

Lots of people who have "zero interest" in certain activities have tried them, realized they have zero natural ability and zero work ethic to do the work to master them.

You seem to keep missing the sort of Zenish point that all hunters are incomplete. There is always room for improvement. Or maybe you feel you are a "complete hunter" with nothing left to learn and no room for improvement?

Or do you feel only you can define a "complete hunter".

Anyone who is any good at anything had to put hard work, time, blood, sweat and tears into becoming good.

Do you think JohnBurns came out of the womb with a .264 with verified drop data to a mile?

Lots of people who have "zero interest" in certain activities have tried them, realized they have zero natural ability and zero work ethic to do the work to master them.

No, I didn't miss that point at all. Did you see me say I'm a complete hunter, or that someone else is not?

I was simply responding to someone who labeled a whole class of hunters as incomplete. And I'm the arrogant one, huh?

You said physical conditioning is a weakness for you. It's not for me.

But I'm not the labeling you an incomplete hunter because of your lack of conditioning. Because it's none of my business and not my place.



Nice try, but I'm not the one defining "the complete hunter" or labeling others as "incomplete;" that would be you.

Get it now? You and Ringman make a good pair.

Throw in Dick Vitale, and you've got the trifecta!!!!

And by the way "long range hunting" is not a proper noun, you don't need to capitalize it, even though you kneel before it.

Hey you forgot to add "IMHO" at the end of your post.

Hard to believe but there are some good,hard core hunters who are a bit naive ballistically. From a success standpoint they will hunt many sophisticated riflemen into the ground.

They are simple savages who know nothing more than Bluebox Federals in 30/06,308, or 270,and have never progressed beyond "hold dead on", and never kill anything much past 200 yards,if that. They don't need to because they understand how to hunt well and get close. Honestly many could not tell you if an animal was 300 or 700 yards away but none of it is important to them,as their shot judgement is pretty impeccable,and they tend to know when and what they can hit.

If you confuse them with the facts about shooting much past 200-250 yards, their eyes may glaze over but they fill freezers and hang horns on the wall every year.

Every time I see such people in action, or see another elk or deer hit the ground, I have to chuckle at myself and others who excruciate over a lot of this stuff and make it more complicated than it needs to be.