Cal, brace yourself. About to hear a long littany about how the ol' deer rifle dropped scores of elk and moose in their tracks - slapped them down as though it were a 458 - didn't even take one step. Our problem will be that we obviously don't know how to shoot, why anyone at all should be able to snipe out a 6 inch heart shot on an elk freehand at 125 yards in thin timber in a 8 second opportunity window and of course never/ever be tempted (even with 2-3 thousand dollars and 10 days off work at play) to take anything other than a perfect shot opportunity. Ability to do perfect shot placement will be held up as the answer to all things - even though it is seldom found far from a bench rest.

EKM

Good judgment comes from bad experience! Half of elk hunting is knowing what NOT to do!

Edited by - ELKampMaster on 01/22/2003 10:25:03