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I never claimed to be PC and I'm not bashful or cowardly in speaking out on things which I and many others know are wrong and need to be addressed. Long range shooting has nothing to do with hunting skill, it's all about ego. If the OP wasn't trying to brag, he wouldn't have posted the distance he shot the deer at.


When someone chooses to shoot at an extended distance when there are options to get closer it isn't about hunting. It's about ego or laziness, or some other twisted logic. The OP at one time hunted with a handgun which requires you to get close to the animals. Now he sits on ridge tops and snipes at deer when he clearly could have gotten closer. If we as hunters don't speak out or police our ranks about tactics and equipment used in the fields while pursuing game, the politicians certainly will.

That same type of equipment pictured was presented on the Military Channel when discussing sniper rifles and equipment used by sniper teams. Why would someone buy equipment like that for hunting unless they had some other deficiency they were trying to make up for? Why not just by a Barret rifle in 416 Barrett or 50BMG and than you could shoot mule deer, elk, moose, bears at distances measured in miles? Heck, why not just get some night vision goggles and then you don't even need to worry about the weather or time of day?

The animals we pursue and hunt haven't changed in the last 100+ years. So what has changed? Why all of the sudden is it acceptable and necessary to use guns and equipment better meant for killing soldiers at extreme ranges? The only thing that has changed is the people carrying the equipment. They want to stroke their ego, brag, and get the instant gratification of killing an animal. They don't want to put in the hours and resources needed to get closer to the animals. They want to sit on one mountain top and shoot to the other instead of stalking within reasonable ranges.

The same disease that is infecting the hunting family has already polluted American Society and will never go away unless people stand up and speak out. That disease is the PC entitlement mentality.

Can anyone honestly say that shot was the only shot the OP had?

I see a ridge line that he could have very easily walked behind to get within 300-400 yds of that deer. That thread and those photos proves the point I feel about long range shooters. The OP is playing G.I. Joe Sniper and not hunting. That equipment he has pictured there is the same type of equipment used by military snipers all over the world. I have more respect for the guy that uses an over the counter factory rifle from Remington, Savage, marlin, Ect., to make the 400 yd shot than I could ever have for someone that uses his wallet and custom snipers rifles. That kind of shot with that equipment is like shooting fish in a barrel. There is no honor in it and it is nothing for HUNTERS to be proud of.

They want to stroke their ego,

They want to stroke their ego, brag, and get the instant gratification of killing an animal

I came to this forum because I noticed another topic of interest and saw this thread from another sight.