I am not sure this is the proper forum for this topic, but here goes.


I couldn' t wait to get the outdoor channel so there would be non stop hunting in the living room. Unfortunately there are some programs that have disturbed me.

This evening I was watching a show where they were elk hunting in Colorado, on the last day of the hunt a herd of elk were running up to the top of a ridge, the guide squealed and the bull stopped long enough for the hunter to get a shot.

Now there were two things in this program that irritated me.

1. The hunter said " I don' t know if i hit him or not so lets go up and look arround"

2. " I have never made a shot that long before"


My question is why would a person attempt a shot on an animal on the last day of a hunt that you wouldn' t attempt on the first day?

And is it ethical to attempt a shot beyond a range that a hunter has proven him self competent in.

Lastly why would this be televised.

sometimes i think we are our own worst enemys