Originally Posted by scenarshooter
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?


As to the "chip shot"...it was too windy for me. Couldn't lay down either due to tall grass. A man of your caliber may pull it off, probably not me.

It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.