SU35, I echo your feelings. That bullshit about "It ain't hunting unless you are close" is just that. I have seen FAR more game missed or wounded at short range than long range. If you have 2 weeks off and hunt private land, great, get close, but in the real world of public land, short vacation time and LOTS of hunters. Getting closer is pure fantasy and I don't think I have EVER seen anyone pass up a 300 yard shot at a bull, just to get closer and call it hunting. If you have hunted all week and haven't seen anything and one pops out at 300 yards, are you gonna eat your tag by trying to get closer????? I don't think so. That makes about as much sense as, "I don't hunt to kill something. I don't care if I get anything. I just go for the camping." Okay, then leave your rifle home and don't buy a tag. Let's see how much camping you do in the snow then <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Like I said, I am glad I am not handicapped by someone elses narrow minded thinking about what "hunting" is. I go to punch tags by whatever means that are legal. Gosh, that was a heck of a tangent <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Flinch
