Originally Posted by JGRaider
Originally Posted by Pappy348
Not because of the added range, but maybe because finding it might be tricky in the dark. Unlike TV hunters, I don't shoot stuff planning to "come back tomorrow" to find it. Part of my personal ethics is not taking a shot if I can't check out the results. The type of cover nearby would be a big factor, and here in the East, property boundaries can be a problem as well.

A guy hunting the same farm as I did last year took a running shot on a nice 10-point last year with his ML. Rather than check out his shot properly and track it, he just folowed along in a general way, searching the woods here and there, and then gave up. I found the buck a couple weeks later (the reason I know it was a nice 10-point). Foolish shot, and poor sportsmanship because he didn't do his job after the shot.


I elected not to shoot this big buck a couple of years ago for the reasons you just mentioned. He was "only" 350 yards away, a chipshot for the ol' 7mm Rem Magnificent.

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You were expecting a tracking job after a "chip shot"?

So what do you guys do, just hunt in the morning?

Luck....is the residue of design...
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