coloradokevin
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While I'm hardly the most experienced hunter on this forum, I've still been around for long enough to notice a trend towards extreme distance hunting these days. It seems like a lot of folks today are interested in trying to take game at ridiculous distances, and I can't help but wonder how many animals have been wounded and lost because of these techniques.
The following video is apparently sponsored by Nightforce, but still highlights an example of this trend. While these folks are obviously very experienced, and clearly drop all of the animals that they show in the video, I still wonder if they've lost game on countless other occasions by taking shots at these distances?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX4aqmbaGIo
At 1,000+ yards there is just so much going on that it seems like even the best shooters would be at a huge risk of wounding and losing their game animals. I personally grew up under the philosophy that losing an animal that you've wounded is generally a mark of a poor hunter.
Just wondering what you guys think about this long range hunting trend?
(BTW: I'm not trying to pick on the guys in this video in particular. I enjoyed watching that video, but it raised some questions for me. These questions are even more notable to me when I consider that less skilled hunters/shooters might be inclined to attempt these shots with an even greater chance of simply wounding the animal).
The following video is apparently sponsored by Nightforce, but still highlights an example of this trend. While these folks are obviously very experienced, and clearly drop all of the animals that they show in the video, I still wonder if they've lost game on countless other occasions by taking shots at these distances?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX4aqmbaGIo
At 1,000+ yards there is just so much going on that it seems like even the best shooters would be at a huge risk of wounding and losing their game animals. I personally grew up under the philosophy that losing an animal that you've wounded is generally a mark of a poor hunter.
Just wondering what you guys think about this long range hunting trend?
(BTW: I'm not trying to pick on the guys in this video in particular. I enjoyed watching that video, but it raised some questions for me. These questions are even more notable to me when I consider that less skilled hunters/shooters might be inclined to attempt these shots with an even greater chance of simply wounding the animal).