I have a few questions that were not answered in the previous post on the other thread.

First off, Prairie boy, you are proof of what this show encourages. Your 2,000 yd. story is ridiculous.

I asked a question on the last thread about the round' s velocities at these ranges. Txhunter also brought this subject up with no response. It needs some verification.


Why are you not going to show the bad shots? Are you afraid of a negative reaction? Are the shots clean misses, or are wounded animals the result? I assume that these shots will never be shown.


Ringman,

As far as being against long range shots, and then being compared to an anti, is an idiotic statement.
How many squirrels have you wounded in this process? I venture to believe that we will never know this either. If this is all the closer you an get to a squirrel, you had better hang it up. Where is the thrill of the hunt? If you want to blow something away at 400+ yards, use a tin can. That way when, and you do miss just like all of us, you are not wounding an animal to suffer an long death. Where is the safety in shooting a rifle round of that speed into the air anyway???

John B,

Your statement on " if you jerk a 100 yards, its a gut shot" is not a true statement at all. Not all " jerks" are the same, so there is no factuality to this at all.

Why couldn' t you get any closer to the game on the statement earlier?? Was there an uncrossable void?? Seems to me that you retreived the game at hand, so why couldn' t you get closer?? All voids can be crossed that I have seen and you know that, it is just a matter of deciding to be greedy on a long shot, or put in the time to cross it. If it is truly uncrossable, you should have called no joy and pursued another animal. There is no hunting skill involved with these type of shots. There is no need for these type of shots. It seems to me that the lack of hunting skills is being replaced by shooting skills. One of the major magazines even suggested that such ranges are usually exagerated, if not, unthinkable.

800 yards shots are not usefull unless your life is on the line......

Like I said in the other thread.........

If you want to impress me, make a shot at a silhouette at 1000 yards.

If you want to depress me, mess up a shot on an animal at 1000 yards.

You want to offer up challenges?? Here is a challenge to you,

Show what happens when you miss and include the " bad" shots in your show. Then see what kind of reaction you would get from it. Show the disclaimer saying " This is what happens when you mess up a shot on an animal at 800 yards."

I will bet a substantial amount you don' t do that either......................

You asked for veiwpoints to this, so take the bad with the good.