I've always been schooled that one should clearly ID his target.
I would posit that its not so easy to clearly ID an animal when one is in an area where said animal reasonably
should not be!That said, I was hunting to fill my freezer, and I found myself staring through the scope at a large game animal that,
eyes be damned, looked just like an elk!
It was only after a clean shot and recovery that the nuances of exactly which large cervid it might actually be came into question.
