ORIGINAL: Edcyclopedia
Well I can say that for me it's true. Unfortunately my daily life makes things busy, which is most of our EXCUSES!.
My accuracy used to be an inch or less @ 100 yards and is now around 2 1/2 - 3 ".
I will keep any eye on the future and if this dips much past 4", I will reel in my shot distance in, not wanting too push my own personal limits.
I can say that last year before going to Texas I was practicing enough to get it close to that 1" window.
SO PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT or at least better.
Collectively, we need to make sure we our doing our part,ethically, to avoid wounding / maiming animals by being as accurate as humanly possible.
Secondly, I believe too many people force their shots, which again is all part of the ethics thingy!
Bottom line is everyone comes up with an excuse as to why an animal got away.
I would have a hard time believing that if an animal was broad side and the shot was accurate, that the animal would not go more than 100 yards before dieing, period.
I also believe this would help the management side of things, because people would have to pass on some animals, not having a conscious shot.
very good post.
my brother is very good hunter BUT his wife wants MEAT.
he is going nuts over it, he only gets 2 days to hunt a year as she keeps him busy .[:@]
you should have seen his face, he said,BROTHER SPROUL I TOOK A SHOT AT LITTLE OPENING ON DOE TODAY BUT I HIT A LIMB.
he did not even know what size of doe it was,only it was MEAT.
he said i was stupid for not shooting that big buck with my bow at 30 yards that was looking at me in wind.
i only shoot a buck behind shoulder, he said, JUST SHOOT.
MEAT is turning good hunters into lousy hunters and this is why you find a wounded deer.[:@]