Originally Posted by streetglideok

Hopefully this will not add fuel to the bonfire, but my two cents to this all is this. Riddle me this. Some call it shooting, and not hunting because the hunter is spending money for specialized gear and uses patience and practice to become a long range hunter. Some also judge long range shooting in a bad way, because there is no way to reliably shoot that far. On the flip side, many hunters blow a lot of money on fancy camo(redneck fashion shows), the latest charcoal inner suits, 4000 gram thinsulated gortex lined synthetic wool, more calls than the Robertsons take on a duck hunt, their iPhone, $700 rifle with a $50 scope, and the same box of shells they've carried for the last 4 years, and somehow call that hunting. Not everyone fits that profile, but that can be applied to the long range haters too. How many actually spend time on their shooting skills? Judging by the high sales in hunting apparel and accessories, especially for whitetail hunting, and the insane hunting lease prices, many of us are less about hunting, and more about keeping up with the Jones'. The point of this is, there are many aspects to hunting, shooting skills are a big part of it, and it would be erroneous to be critical of someone who spends a great deal of time on it, rather than worry about the latest fashion of orange camo with scent blocking power,lol.