Just my 2 cents worth. Hunting as defined by the Webster dictionary "seeking game". As soon as you go out the door of your house with a gun in hand, you are seeking game. I thought like you also that long range shooting was not sportsmanship. True years ago all we heard about as long range rifles were 308 and 06 which don't have much hitting power out past 500 yards but now they have rifles that are very accurate/scopes and range finders. It is very difficult to judge distance this is why so many people wound or miss. Now they have range finders that can tell range to within 10 feet. I was skeptical also but some fellas that speak out on this forum have a good argument which wasn't in place 15 years ago. Us old fellas have to acknowledge the new crop of hunters coming out with all that fancy gear perching themselves at strategical locations and sucessfully knocking down game at ranges well over 500 yards. After all packing all that gear, you really can't stalk anymore.
