lefteyedom
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There is nothing new under the Sun. When people started shooting deer (wounding many) with 22 hornets, 22 mag, many states set minimum calibers at .24. Muzzle loading was a 50-70 yard sport, then in-line rifles, scopes and modern primers came along. Now states are getting far more restrictive on what type of weapon can be use for primitive weapon season. Bans to effect the long range shooting of game will come and when it does we will be as much to blame as those "insert you favorite name here" are.
We cuss the lawmakers yet never look in the mirror. Hunting is more than use animals as targets. Yes, it take skill to shoot a target at 1000+ yards but that is not hunting. I got over the trill of just killing something before I was a teenager. At 45 with 20 years of military service behind me I still like to hunt. The idea of a fair chase still means something. An elk steak on my plate should take more effort than knocking down steel target at the range. If that is all that hunting is then we should just go down to feed lot buy a cow. Back off what ever distant that it takes to feel manly and fire away.
We cuss the lawmakers yet never look in the mirror. Hunting is more than use animals as targets. Yes, it take skill to shoot a target at 1000+ yards but that is not hunting. I got over the trill of just killing something before I was a teenager. At 45 with 20 years of military service behind me I still like to hunt. The idea of a fair chase still means something. An elk steak on my plate should take more effort than knocking down steel target at the range. If that is all that hunting is then we should just go down to feed lot buy a cow. Back off what ever distant that it takes to feel manly and fire away.