ORIGINAL: bronko22000
I never said I couldn't 'do it' as you put it Mr. Spaniel. In fact I have. And if you read my first post in its entirety you would have seen that I said you should get closer and without practice no one should attempt a shot over 300 yds, especially with any wind. That mulie in my previous post was taken with a single shot from my 270 at a ranged 437 yds. I've also taken whitetails and antelope out to 375 yds.
You misinterpreted my post. And to repeat - no one should ever take shots they have not practiced on at game no matter what the cost of the hunt or how big the animal. We have enough pressure from the anti hunting community as it is. And to take a shot where the chance of wounding and not recovering an animal exceeds the chance for a humane kill then the shot should not be taken. But this decision can only be made by the person whose finger is on the trigger.
I penned a long post specifically to point out how difficult it is and how much equipment it takes to do it right. Essentially I was agreeing with you that it can be done but it takes a lot of preparation then. If we were more in agreement than disagreement I apologize, it appeared you were jumping on the I-can't-do-it-so-you-shouldn''t-either bandwagon.