Ahhh, long range hunting. Shooting AT Elk, Bison or what have you from nearly a mile out. My conclusions is basically this: it is not ethical hunting (in my belief system) taking a nearly mile long shot at a grazing animal who at that point doesn't have any clue somebody is out to get him/her. Scent is meaningless for the most part at that distance so they have no real defense - not very sporting and skillful IMO.
IMO, part of hunting is the stalk or for shotguns the skill to call birds (duck/some goose though geese generally "do what I want." ). Nothing's worse than having the skill to call ducks in to where they're cupping their wings than to have some asshole(s) at a public range (Bayou Meto) skybust your ducks. When I did my primary hunting (before we lost our lease) we would lure them in to where #8's would have taken them out. SKILL at the hunt, not skybusting. Skill = skill at calling ducks (tone, different phrasing, etc), no movement in blind, no sound, blend in with the environment. Skybusting is the game birds equivalent to taking a pot shot likely to injure (and ultimately kill) an animal with little-to-no chance at retrieval. Same for ducks. Skybusting where a dead bird will land outside of the retrieval area is not kosher and it does count towards the limit - same thing for "long range hunting (like ChiefBullShitter is talking about)."
Seems like this using "long range" 308 hunting cartridge, which is questionable to kill something like an elk at 600 yards, to shoot at 1700+ yards is lunacy. Granted, apparently we all (but 1) know at 1700 yards that 308 isn't going to get there; but just the same, just the thought sickens me as a sportsman.
IMO, part of hunting is the stalk or for shotguns the skill to call birds (duck/some goose though geese generally "do what I want." ). Nothing's worse than having the skill to call ducks in to where they're cupping their wings than to have some asshole(s) at a public range (Bayou Meto) skybust your ducks. When I did my primary hunting (before we lost our lease) we would lure them in to where #8's would have taken them out. SKILL at the hunt, not skybusting. Skill = skill at calling ducks (tone, different phrasing, etc), no movement in blind, no sound, blend in with the environment. Skybusting is the game birds equivalent to taking a pot shot likely to injure (and ultimately kill) an animal with little-to-no chance at retrieval. Same for ducks. Skybusting where a dead bird will land outside of the retrieval area is not kosher and it does count towards the limit - same thing for "long range hunting (like ChiefBullShitter is talking about)."
Seems like this using "long range" 308 hunting cartridge, which is questionable to kill something like an elk at 600 yards, to shoot at 1700+ yards is lunacy. Granted, apparently we all (but 1) know at 1700 yards that 308 isn't going to get there; but just the same, just the thought sickens me as a sportsman.
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