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Everyone with any smarts will walk away from betting with another like yourself that fits in that "you can't fix stupid" category"!

Yeah, we know smokepole won't walk. He's made sure he's had the last word of an argument that's been dead for a week or better only four or five times now.

I guess that's how he got to 14,000+ posts!

Maybe you can point out what I've said that is wrong, or stupid.

And if post count matters, with 15 you should probably just shut up and take notes.

Yet, you find it important enough to comment on an argument you're not involved in. From the peanut gallery as it were.

PS, the thread was dead for a while; jwp opened it back up, not me. But as long as people want to comment to the effect that laws were broken, or that there should be laws against this guy taking a low percentage shot, I will gladly respond.

We'll find out relatively soon whether an law was broken. I've stated that I believe that there were.

Sorry, but I don't have the rest of the day to do that! Post count doesn't mean [bleep] and that's why you can refer back to the "can't fix stupid" comment!

I agree that post count doesn't mean sh**.

So why'd you bring it up?

And if you're going to call someone stupid, but can't point to anything they've said that's wrong or stupid, that says volumes.

Which gets back to you being better off keeping your mouth shut and taking notes.

Try reading that response of yours to me and tell me it added anything to this thread, LOL! You're the one who stated that your huge count trumped mine and meant something, so I should pay attention! "Smokeouttheass" would be a better username from what I've seen of your posts so far and I can see from what the other members already mentioned that you're one who has to get in the last word, regardless of what you have to say or how stupid it is just to get it in! Now you can come back with another little ditty or two so you can accomplish that! Bye bye, buy bonds!

Pretty light cartridge for shooting elk at long range.

JD338

Reading is not your strong suit, I see:



No, I didn't. What I said was, "if post count matters, with 15 you should probably just shut up and take notes."

You're an idiot. My response to your calling me stupid was not intended to add anything to this thread, it was meant to put you in your place, which it did.

But as long as we're on that subject, what have you added to the thread?

Let me know when you have a point to make. I don't want to miss it.

I flubbed a 400 yard shot last year due to unseen winds. Vertical position was right where I was aiming but wind drift, calculated later for a 10mph wind, moved impact about 13" toward the rear of the animal. Had it been a head shot it would have been a clean miss. As it was we trailed the elk over one ridge, across a valley and over another ridge before losing the blood trail.

We believe it was a high liver shot, just under the spine and behind the lungs. We will never know for sure but lots of dark blood and the blood we found high up on brush on the entrance side while trailing it support our belief regarding the point of impact.

If I can screw up a broadside shot like that I know I can screw up a much smaller head shot at much closer ranges.

Coyote Hunter,

The difference between you and the OP is that you are:

A. Honest in telling what you think really happened.

B. Humble enough to publicly discuss where you think something went wrong.

C. Are more likely than not going to attempt to use what you learned due to your circumstances and apply that knowledge in attempts at future medium/long distance shooting, whether that means getting closer or taking multiple wind readings to attain a better chance at a high probability shot.

Best of luck on your next elk season!

So, any word from Utah fish and game on this?

You'd think that if they were going to charge the guy with anything, it would've happened, and we would have heard about it by now?

Nothing, huh? I guess that's the answer to the question of what he would be charged with.

That horse done dying months ago. Good job, you got in the last whack.

You heard anything?

Haven't heard but I have used this video in my last two hunter ed classes during the ethics segment. Lots of fun reactions.

Good idea and job.

Did you tell 'em the whole story?