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I wouldn't think of taking a '700 yard shot' at walking deer, much less a running deer. I have more respect for the game than that. If you practiced shooting more often you might change your mind Just speaking for myself, I have practiced shooting quite a bit, but simply do not understand why some folks are infatuated with shooting animals at very long range.I'm not really against it;simply don't care about it. The technology of LR rifle shooting fascinates me;it'a also fun plinking targets at great distance,and I "get" the intellectual stimulation of ballistic problem solving,and hitting a small target at great distance. I always figured that's what varmint hunting was for. But sniping some unsuspecting BG animal at 1000 yards would leave me ambivalent.....at least that's how I felt on the handful of animals I've killed at 500 yards or so.It did not thrill me at all....kind of like not being involved in a "hunt". I have gotten a far bigger thrill when the animals were a lot closer...Felt more involved in a pursuit, and less like a detached assassin. Maybe that's why I got by with a 4X scope all those years. I agree Bob, although I douse more X's and an elevation turret. I've also guided enough to know that someone who can hit an antelope reliably at 300 yards is, well, to be kind, uncommon.
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My feelings too. Sure, they might be able to kill an elk at 1,000 yards. But can they find it afterward? I've killed caribou out beyond 400 yards on the tundra tussocks- not a tree or bush in sight. The corpse is often smaller than the tussocks, and not that different in color. I take a compass line, just to make it easy...
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Bullets got to go somewhere, every now and then an animal gets in the way.
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That's why I LOVE Sky Busting.................(grin)
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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The old 700 yard .30-06 story and many other miracles is EXACTLY why I hate the .30-06!
I can't count the number of times I've heard a tale of tales about magic shots with one!
All the fair weather/bandwagon Dale Earnhardt fans soured me on him as well and I think he was actually a good driver.
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My feelings too. Sure, they might be able to kill an elk at 1,000 yards.
But can they find it afterward? I found a few. 1000 yds. 1100 yds. Heck there was the one time I even found a coyote that died at 4 digits on the range finder. (1017 yds for those that are somewhat slow)'
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Gotta agree with BobinNH on the LR killing stuff. Even though I plink around doing it, when I get serious trying to kill something, I get a big thrill on sneaking in as close as I can comfortably get. Burns obviously knows what he's doing, but based on the hunters I've had, and 42 years of killing stuff, the vast, vast majority of people have no business trying to kill big game over 250 yards. Then there's the wind factor......which will baffle the best of the best lots of times.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Great shooters that snipe successfully and great hunters that are only average shooters are not one and the same. Bob has obviously been around more than a couple great hunters. They both have their own set of bragging rights.
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To say everyone falls into one category or the other would be a mistake.
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Im sure someone has covered this angle ( didn't read the whole thread) but its up to the individual to do what he feels comfortable with. ( Granted many in all schools of thought feel comfortable loooong before they should) If you have the right equipment,amount of practice, and mind set long range may be for you. If you don't care for the idea and aren't comfortable shooting past 300 yards, then don't do it.
Its not rocket surgery...
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Hell, it would be a mistake to say most fall into either of the two categories.
Time permitting I would appreciate one of the LR people taking me under their wing for a little bit. But give me a choice and I would rather hang with one who knows what the game is thinking and why and where they are thinking it.
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Off subject for a second.
Ingwe: That Dog is coming along nicely. Thanks for the advice.
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Gotta agree with BobinNH on the LR killing stuff. Even though I plink around doing it, when I get serious trying to kill something, I get a big thrill on sneaking in as close as I can comfortably get. Burns obviously knows what he's doing, but based on the hunters I've had, and 42 years of killing stuff, the vast, vast majority of people have no business trying to kill big game over 250 yards. Then there's the wind factor......which will baffle the best of the best lots of times. Extra funny,due your incredible CLUELESSNESS. Bless your heart..............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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I'm not a back up and spice to the program,type.
I'll happily take 10yd broadsides all day and every day,but it's hardly daunting to be tooled in accords,to connect the most dots.
Light done right and handy/dandy trumps all,if only because I've got 'em all............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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My point is that if you're not capable of both, you are an incomplete hunter.
Kinda like Sporting.
If you get to a teal station and can't hit teal, you have a hole in your game.
I've called elk in so close I could have killed them with an axe.
The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.
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Agree.
However, when it comes to the LR group it is rare for them to mention they spotted the game at x yards and then moved up to x-y yards because they could.
It's their game and the great ones are just that. Most have a hard time accepting that some can do things they can't, so they think most should do what they can.
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My point is that if you're not capable of both, you are an incomplete hunter.
Kinda like Sporting.
If you get to a teal station and can't hit teal, you have a hole in your game.
I've called elk in so close I could have killed them with an axe. I can hit teal until they get too far away. For me.
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My point is that if you're not capable of both, you are an incomplete hunter. ... I really don't know about that....you may be an incomplete shooter. But not an incomplete hunter. BTW I have mentioned this before, but I shot with John Burns in Wyoming. He clearly knows what he is doing at distance,and is one of the very few people I have personally met who was capable at great distance. His kill record at the 1000 yard marker does not surprise me. I killed a great mule deer after he left;after shooting with him to 1300 yards, the 340 yard shot seemed like a sneeze.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Shooting/hitting POA/POI correlations is the easiest part of any/all HUnts. If it isn't,you've dropped alotta balls along the way.
I get a kick out of The LR Crowd and their Distant Dinks................(grin)
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My point is that if you're not capable of both, you are an incomplete hunter. ... I really don't know about that....you may be an incomplete shooter. But not an incomplete hunter. Jeez, do we have to dredge up that thread again? LOL
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