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Old 01-15-2017, 10:29 AM
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Topgun 3006
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Originally Posted by jeepkid
Oh geez. Not this all over again.

To each their own, until hunters stop judging other legal hunters our community will continue suffering and losing the battle.

I can see why the old farts don't care, their hunting days are numbered by nature. But our (non-senior citizens) hunting days will get numbered by regulations unless legal hunters stick together.
You brought it up, not us! This long range sniping IMHO is caused by these TV shows that are strictly out to sell merchandise and make it look like things are real simple. Just buy our xxx rifle and put this xxx scope on it along with buying our xxx bullets and then just dial in and shoot that animal at 1000 yards! You and several others here that are into LR actually know how much practice and expertise with all the variables that it takes to shoot at distance while the majority out there buy into that hogwash thinking that will make them a great hunter that doesn't have to know anything other than dialing a turret, rather that how to spot/stalk, use the wind, etc. Nope, just glass that bull at the top of the hill across that wide canyon, dial in and let er rip! Where will it stop and when will this younger "entitlement" generation that is continually looking for the easy way out of about everything going to realize that it's a thrill to be close enough to an animal to hear it breathing and eating, rather than to dial in a scope and lob a bullet 1000 yards to an animal that may not even be able to be found or recovered because of the terrain involved, etc.?!
Your last comment is spot on because if this long range craze continues to where enough people are able to buy and use that equipment properly and, therefore, take more animals, all hunters will suffer because tag/bag limits will have to decrease to allow for more animals being taken than in the past. Negative comments by many hunters are already being posted on western website Forums about this craze starting to ruin the big buck hunting out in Regions G and H in southwest Wyoming. One outfitter out there that charges more than most for his services even has a school out there dedicated to long range "shooting" and caters to that clientele. I use the word "shooting", rather than "hunting" since the majority of people that are on regular websites like here at HNI feel that's what it is and why it should be limited to gongs and paper targets. Yes, it is legal and there is probably no way to feasibly limit it, but the majority that is still out there that don't do it don't have to like it.
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