Let’s see….

** A PH has just gotten the leopard to come to bait at sundown on a tree branch specifically chosen so the leopard will be silhouetted against the sunset sky just as they’ve been doing for 150 years (as is common practice) and I’m supposed to sit the PH down and give him a hunter safety scolding, eh? I don’t think so --- I’m shooting.

** An elephant in thick jesse charges and one finds ones self at close range and shooting UP for a frontal brain shot --- above the horizon --- and NO, FOLKS SAY THEY ABSOLUTELY WON’T SHOOT, give me a break --- I’m shooting.

** Airplane into the absolute middle of nowhere above the Arctic Circle and hold the same standard of down range fire control as when in crowded deer (or elk) woods --- not likely. Depending on the individual circumstances, I may be shooting.

** A remote Aleutian Island with a clear coastal skyline shot and the hazy Pacific Ocean lying behind it --- I'm shooting.

** Shoot a mountain lion or a black bear out of a tree, same deal, that is skyline shooting --- and I’m shooting. If you miss, it is off into the wild blue yonder.

** Ever shoot squirrels out of/off of a tree with a 22? That is "no certain backdrop" shooting.

** Polar bear, nice and close, and up on his hind legs when we are out on the ice floes of the polar ice cap --- head and chest ABOVE the horizon --- I’m shooting. I'm not going to shoot him in the guts or butt just so I can say I was 100.0000000% certain of my back drop.