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😂😂 God damn er Ted!!!Haha

Holy Christ, that was good to go. I just spit a little coffee..

Don't take BH's assessment of all of us NE hunters, we do okay in the NE and the west as well

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Wyoming

Oh really, what's my assessment of all Northeast hunters ? I don't recall giving one.

Tag for scopes are fun to fight about...😎

Zeiss anyone?



Suffering a Leupold VX5



Nikon Monarch swingers here? Didn’t think so...Varmint gun, so who cares.



Steelhead drying before getting a smoke bath....Sorry, wrong thread.



I’ve been lucky so far with these scopes on varmint rigs. At least getting sighted in. Only had to “knock” each scope 3x to hit paper.



The heavens opened, showed me my sin and pointed me towards these.



And these....



“KaPow” - Kung Pow Chicken

It’s pretty easy to see BH, you think if folks don’t see things the way you see it they’re doing something wrong and it’s somehow not hunting in your narrow scope of the world. Many folks learn to hunt multiple different ways and adapt to the situation. You assume that since many folks that take longer shots than what you do in your little corner of the world they don’t know what they’re doing or know how to hunt.

You asked what the cut off for LR was and it was probably boring or somehow unsporting to shoot at an animal further than what you typically do. That’s a pretty broad brush of nonsense. Just because you choose to hunt deer in the woods and like to still hunt around doesn’t mean most of the folks that know how to track, stalk and shoot couldn’t do it in the Adirondacks or any other hunting ground anywhere.

I have taken game in the open at several hundred yards distance in the past. I don't find it terribly exciting. The further away you are from game, the less likelihood of detection, that's pretty simple and universal. Many here assume if we use the wrong scope or choose not to shoot at long distance that we are not good marksmen. In fact , over and over we've seen the optics geeks say anybody who doesn't use XYZ scope simply isn't a good enough shot to know if their scope holds zero or not. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Id agree with that and typically I don’t care what others say about my gear. If it works for me, I run it. The only way I know what they do is to shoot em and test them. If they crap out I fix and sell em, if they work, I run em.

And I totally understand if shooting at longer range of a couple hundred yards at animals doesn’t excite you, the cool thing is we all get to pick when and how we wanna take the shot. I just don’t prescribe to putting what’s cool for me on the next person and saying it’s isn’t exciting or they could do it better my way.

IThe further away you are from game, the less likelihood of detection, that's pretty simple and universal. Many here assume if we use the wrong scope or choose not to shoot at long distance that we are not good marksmen. In fact , over and over we've seen the optics geeks say anybody who doesn't use XYZ scope simply isn't a good enough shot to know if their scope holds zero or not. Nothing could be further from the truth.

For sure. No point in shooting them unless you’ll have some excitement or point of the hunt. I get that.

My point is I don’t wanna crap on someone else’s hunt. We should back each other’s play as long as it’s legal take.

That's simply not correct, & no one has said anything close to that, but you.

In densely covered areas, yes, it's easier for a good hunter to get closer to game in the east or in the west.

What you just don't seem to get is that in the west, in more open or fully open areas, game spots you at much, much longer distances.

It's not a matter of being a better hunter in either scenario, it's a matter of circumstances dictating how you hunt & at what distances shots may need to be made..................or no shot at all, maybe on a book head or a once in a lifetime ram or.............................

Especially if you are hunting for a trophy, & fully mature animal, not an immature 1 1/2 year old.

The more you yap the more you simply discredit yourself.

MM

Watch Burns's video of the buck he killed at 760 yards. Three people talking in a normal voice and the buck doesn't even look their way. Yeah, required much stealth and hunting skill. That buck was super alert and was gonna bust those sneaky bastards any second. LMAO


Long range target practice at a live target.

And she continues to whine as the sand scrubs her mangina..............................another k-unty window licker playing out her only move left.

The only bull-schitter here is you; I won't call you a liar, just narrow minded as in being able to look through a keyhole with both eyes.

Laughin' here.

MM

Do you have a link? I have noticed in these long distance shots that there is often a gorge with steep walls between the shooter and the animal. The instant you take a few steps from the would be shooting position, you lose sight of the animal. Picking steps carefully in rocky terrain is time consuming. Climbing up through chest high vegetation, you can't see anything 20 yards in front of you. You may in fact have to hike around and past where the animal was last seen in order to get it into your field of view. You know what I am talking about if you have ever hunted wide open mountain country.

I hear visibility in Washington is about 100 yards due to the smoke. Thats perfect Leupold conditions.