ORIGINAL: Buster T
Buster. ... just curious as to why you think 100 yard shot in a high wind on a moving deer is NOT a bad idea???
First off, I wasn't the one taking the shot. The guy who did figured he could make it, he took it.
Second, I can't make that shot, not right now. He obviously thought he could.
Third, he DID make the shot, didn't he ?
If you think you can make the shot, if you're capable of making the shot, and if the shot was taken and made ......... how does that = bad shot ?
The ends DO NOT justify the means ..... [:-]
Doesn't it ?
I finished a Fred Bear field notes kind of book recently. The man was a heck of a shot - and he missed, and he missed often. He took shots I've been conditioned to believe were bad shots. He took shots I've been conditioned to beleive were "unethical" and "bad". He made some shots, he missed some - he was a bowhunter, nothing more, nothing less when afield.
I think thats been lost somewhat. Nobody likes to wound animals, but the Fact remains, some "good" shots go bad, some "bad" shots end up with a dead animal ......... and that means all we really have are shots, doesn't it ?
I expect each and every bowhunter to take shots they think they can make and are capable of making. This isn't a law, its not a rule - its what I expect of myself, my hunting partners and everyone else. Thats it. Simple. Easy.
I chapped a guy a bit recently on him taking a neck shot on a buck. I didn't tell him it was a "bad" shot........ he thought he could make it, and he did. What I told him was that it wasn't a high percentage shot, taking them all the time would lead to wounded animals, I was pretty confident in saying that.
Same for this guy. 103 yard shots will not be 100% kill shots all the time. Fred Bear taking a 65 yard shot at a world record sheep facing him, and shooting half drawn isn't high success either - but they made those shots because at the time, they thought they could.
'nuff said