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Congrats and thanks for your explanation. Not that you owed one to anybody, sounds like the right decision.[/quote]
Thanks! I was actually planning on hunting with my 30-30 lever action with open sights, but when my 10 day hunt turned into a 3 day hunt I decided my long range rifle was my better option. Already put in my vacation for next year and have 12 days and plan on killing with the old model 94
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Congrats and thanks for your explanation. Not that you owed one to anybody, sounds like the right decision.[/quote] Thanks! I was actually planning on hunting with my 30-30 lever action with open sights, but when my 10 day hunt turned into a 3 day hunt I decided my long range rifle was my better option. Already put in my vacation for next year and have 12 days and plan on killing with the old model 94[/quote]
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Excellent videos.
What's the story with the video (titled 200+ inch mule deer) showing many large (huge) antlers being loaded onto a plane?
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Congrats and thanks for your explanation. Not that you owed one to anybody, sounds like the right decision.[/quote] Thanks! I was actually planning on hunting with my 30-30 lever action with open sights, but when my 10 day hunt turned into a 3 day hunt I decided my long range rifle was my better option. Already put in my vacation for next year and have 12 days and plan on killing with the old model 94 [/quote] Variety is the spice...
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Excellent videos.
What's the story with the video (titled 200+ inch mule deer) showing many large (huge) antlers being loaded onto a plane? Fair Chase, Im not sure what the story is behind that video, Ill ask my friend that uploaded see if I can get some details!
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Congrats all around,felt like i was there thks
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Nice job what does you rig weigh ready to hunt?
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Thanks for all the positive feedback! Been getting a lot of grief on some other forums I frequent. The rifle weighs 12lb 1oz loaded with scope and bipod on it ... Love the rifle but wish it was a little lighter
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Too bad about the grief you're getting. Lots of people still confuse their own personal ethic with what is "ethical." When the truth is, a 250 yard shot uses superior technology to defeat an animal's senses too. Thing is, lots of guys can make a 250 yard shot.
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I always find it funny when a thread is posted about a long range kill in the long range hunting section and folks chime in with negative responses. I always expect information discussion and examples of long range hunting in this part of the site.
Great job all around to the op.
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If you read the thread, he wasn't talking about this forum, but some others.
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No chit. guess it never has happened on this one?
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I'm sure it has, but it didn't on this thread.
Great video btw spdr, just got around to watching it, loved the playback of the bullet traces and the hits.
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No chit nobody said it did. I made a statement same as you.
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No chit? So what was it that you found funny?
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The fact that some people go to long range hunting sections just to disagree with it. Would be like me going to a fly fishing thread and bashing fly fishing.
I was simply carrying on from your post and agreeing with You and said good job to op. Never said anything about this particular thread other than good job. Did mention I find humor in controversy about long shots in the long range section. I shoulda just said thanks and congrats and left it at that.
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No worries. I've been accused of doing just what you said though, so it kind of struck a nerve, that's all.
I don't have issues with long range hunting, especially when guys like the OP can and did make a couple of clean, one-shot kills on undisturbed animals.
As a matter of fact, this fall on my antelope hunt, they were really skittish inside 600 or 700 yards, and I was thinking that a longer shot at an animal that wasn't on edge might be more ethical, given the skill to make the shot, which I admittedly don't have yet and luckily didn't need on that hunt.
Having said that, if someone does raise an issue about LR hunting, I think the best way to respond is to meet their point head-on, not just say "this is the LR forum, shove off."
Just my opinion, FWIW.
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Thing is, lots of guys can make a 250 yard shot. Most can't !
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