Did you know that you did not know what you were doing???
No. The first year I got a deer, i got 4 deer. I learned how far I could shoot by shooting at deer, elk, and antelope. I had never shot at a target other than at the range at 100 yards.
We hired a guide one year on an Indian reservation. The first thing he did was set up a target to see how far we could shoot.
I now act like my own guide, and each year before hunting starts, I shoot at a target at longer and longer ranges until I find how far away i can be and keep it in a 12" kill zone. I practice on a number of days and keep measuring wind with a Kelstrel and the range with a Leica.
I am not trying to be ethical or preach to anyone else. I am just trying to do things right.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
