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Good question that relates to my earlier "grey area" statement. Again, my gripe comes down to the bragging about the long distance thing. Having a forum titled Long Range Hunting might initiate some dufuss that has no business taking the shot to attempt the shot in the hopes that he too could post a thread and join the ranks of the Great White Long Distance Hunter, when all he's really doing is sending a bullet downrange....big f'ing whoop-dee-doo I say.
You could say that any information could lead a dufus to attempt something he doesn't have the skills for. Really no different than a guy who doesn't know anything about bow hunting having a 5 pin sight fit to his compound so he can shoot out to 50 yds, or further, despite not being able to consistantly put shots into the vitals at 1/2 that distance.
This forum is for those that have the skills to accurately place shots at long range to share what they know with those who would like to learn.
Even if one never intends to shoot past their rifles PBR, having the skills to accurately place shots at 2 to 3 times that range won't ever hurt.
As I've said, you can't be too good of a shot, or have too accurate of a rifle. True it won't mitigate lack of hunting skills, but it might just compliment them <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
