Long Range Question
#41
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 298
RE: Long Range Question
ORIGINAL: jeepkid
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
#42
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 59
RE: Long Range Question
Yes, really it does....I think we as a whole prefer not to be considered people who'd take risks with losing an animal like that....some people can do it, most can't. It shouldn't be something the average person should consider.
And are you.......12?
And are you.......12?
#43
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 298
RE: Long Range Question
ORIGINAL: leben_sie_gut
Yes, really it does....I think we as a whole prefer not to be considered people who'd take risks with losing an animal like that....some people can do it, most can't. It shouldn't be something the average person should consider.
And are you.......12?
Yes, really it does....I think we as a whole prefer not to be considered people who'd take risks with losing an animal like that....some people can do it, most can't. It shouldn't be something the average person should consider.
And are you.......12?
Am I......12? 12 what?12 Hundred pounds? 12 years old? 12 times smarter than you? 12 times better than you at hunting? Where did you get 12 from?
#44
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 59
RE: Long Range Question
Well, it seems you answered my question....
But, regardless, our opinions have been stated, and while it seems to me that yours just makes you seem ill informed and mildy ridiculous, it is indeed your opinion. So, more power to you.
I've stated mine as well, simply based on the fact that I personally believe it is unethical to put a game animal at a higher risk of a non-lethal shot simply because an individual thinks that he or she can hit it a half mile away. Just because you theoretically can, doesn't mean you should....
But, regardless, our opinions have been stated, and while it seems to me that yours just makes you seem ill informed and mildy ridiculous, it is indeed your opinion. So, more power to you.
I've stated mine as well, simply based on the fact that I personally believe it is unethical to put a game animal at a higher risk of a non-lethal shot simply because an individual thinks that he or she can hit it a half mile away. Just because you theoretically can, doesn't mean you should....
#45
RE: Long Range Question
ORIGINAL: Badger_Girl93
Does it matter?
ORIGINAL: jeepkid
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
The people that are capable of "long range" shots should do it any time they want. The people that aren't capable, but think they are since they bought a new "ultra-mag" are the ones that are giving long range hunting a bad name.
#47
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 59
RE: Long Range Question
ORIGINAL: jeepkid
Yep, its all the guys that sit 50 yards from a food plot that are saying anything over 500 yards is unethical. Whats more ethical, the guy that shoots THOUSANDS of rounds a year preparing and practicing or the guy that shoots once before season and says "good enough"?
The people that are capable of "long range" shots should do it any time they want. The people that aren't capable, but think they are since they bought a new "ultra-mag" are the ones that are giving long range hunting a bad name.
ORIGINAL: Badger_Girl93
Does it matter?
ORIGINAL: jeepkid
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
I know that it takes a lot more skill, determination, patience, equipment, etc... to hit an animal over 500 yards then it does to plant a food plot and set up a tree stand.
So who is the "better" hunter??
The people that are capable of "long range" shots should do it any time they want. The people that aren't capable, but think they are since they bought a new "ultra-mag" are the ones that are giving long range hunting a bad name.
Like I said....I'm not knocking anyone's marksmanship....but anyone who does serious shooting at extended ranges should know that there are a lot of variables to take into account that can't always be accounted for in the field, as they might be on the range.
Besides, where do you live, where you can see a game animal at 700+ yards?
#48
RE: Long Range Question
ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
We all need to quit bickering amongst ourselves-the antis would LOVE this! Now yall quit yer squabbling before I turn yall over my knee.
We all need to quit bickering amongst ourselves-the antis would LOVE this! Now yall quit yer squabbling before I turn yall over my knee.
#50
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Posts: 283
RE: Long Range Question
i would choose either the 7mm mag or the .300 win mag for that range shot if you want the shot to have most of the guess work taken out. The speed of the .30-06 is slower than either of them and would require more judging in you aim out to that range. the 7mm and the .300 are very flat shooting and you dont have to worry about haveing to adjust as much for those long range shot and they both have more energy at those ranges than the .30-06. For use with all of these choices with 150 grain bullets, the .300 and the 7mm are both over 3100 fps at muzzle and the .30-06 isjust above 2900fps. I own a 7mm and would be comfortable taking a long range shot with it at a deer.