There was an interesting thread a couple of days ago in reference to "Your Max Range on Game". And then I sawa different threadabout how far would you shoot at a squirrel. This got me thinking(probably not good).
In the interest of not hijacking that thread I took my post from the squirrel thread and pasted it here.
This makes me think about that other thread that was up here a few days ago about "your max range" on a game animal. It's funny how different gameanimals get treated with different levels of respect. The much admired whitetail deer would hardly get shot at past 30 yds (according to many of the replies on that thread) but if it is a squirrel, Fire At Will!! Certainly if you put a post that said you shot at a deer over a bet you would get burned at the stake, but those pesky squirrels, who cares. Don't get me wrong, to each their own, as far as shot selection on whatever game you choose to hunt. I justnever understand how people almost worship the whitetail and have all these posts about how they wouldn't shoot past certain distances or take certain shotsbecause they haveso much respect for the deer("I have so much respect for you oh majestic whitetail that I want to kill you and eat you). Is there a double standardin regards to respect ofgame animalsor am I just reading into this too much?
If you read both threads (or if you didn't) what do you think about perceptions of different game animals and how it effects our choices when hunting them. Not an attack on anyone, just curious.