I thought you said setting up in the right place and seeing deer at close range was the easy part and that's why you had to back off to 600 yards to make it a challenge. Now you say that hitting them at long range is the easy part as well. Well if that's easy too then where's the challenge in for you at all. Are you confused or just making up this stuff as you go? If all you've said is true I think you should just chuck it and take up a real challenge like Taiwanese stick fighting.A god among men like yourself iswasted on a simplistic sport like hunting.

And exactly what about having a sense of ethics about what we do makes someone stupid? Is it because I'm not too cheap to buy some paper targets instead of using live deer when I wanna do some long distance shooting, that makes me stupid? Perhaps it's because I don't take longer than necessary shots at game animals just so I can brag about the distant shots that went well (and never mention the ones that don't) that makes me stupid. If so, I guess I'd rather bestupid than cheap, unethical, a braggartand blinded by delusions of grandeur. To me dumb is taking a 600 yard shot at a big buck when you could easily (according to you) take a much closer one. Can't think of anyone I know that would do that on purpose. Thank god.

RR ,get em.lol

Most people do not take shooting benches into the field for hunting...do not agree with that at all!

Maybe with all of your money you can also dupe mother nature and control the elementsmbetween you and your target 1/2 mile out there. All I can say in conclusion is.

I agree, it is some thing to be proud of to shoot a deer at long range and be good at it. just becuase they use a weapon with 10,000 X the range of a bow doesnt make it any less hunting.
I personally is okay with it provideing they are some one who accually practices shooting at that range and is proficient at it and they do not tresspass on others land.
I only wish i knew how to be a proficient 500+ yard shot myself.

Then hell have someone roll some tires down a hill for you 600 yards away. Have them do it without warning so you will never know when to expect it. Then see if you can hit them. Because it sounds like to me the deer has nothing to do with what thrills you about shooting in this way. How could it? At 600 yards you would be hard pressed to gauge much about the quality of the deer.

Or shy away from exhibiting it either.

I'm surethat missingwill never be a problem to a superhero like yourself.

There's a lot of things that arelegalbutnotvery ethical. I could catch a limit of bass every day, come home and toss them in the trash. No law says I have to clean, cook and eat them but I would still consider that being a pretty poor sportsman. Wouldn't you? Well, on second thought,maybe you wouldn't but most folks would.

And yet you skimp on paper targets, some tape and a few old worn out tires that could provide an even greater challenge. For shame.

I think someone has a crush on somebody. Oh well just seeing you two find one another could make this whole nasty thread worth while.

That was uncalled for. I have probably forgotten more about long range shooting that you will ever know and you sir are no much of a person. I won't stoup to your level. My foot will heal but there is no cure for your lack of manners.[:'(]

Time Out for an Important Message
I will not name names - But there are at least 3 in here that need to agree to disagree and knock of with the insults.Doesn't resolve differances and will only result in the thread being Locked Up!

Now - Back to the Match.No hittin below the Belt and no Rabbit Punches or Else

thats crazy.

WOW!! I started to actually read through all 17 pages of posts, then decided to scan through them. I am a little disturbed, to say the least. I don't want to step on any toes or make enemies, seeing as how this is my first post ever here. I heard that this was a great forum and wanted to join.
First of all, who is to say what is ethical for each and every hunter?? I am a new hunter myself, but I don't recall being "taught" or learning that there was a distance cutoff for hunting. I thought that a particular hunter's skill level is what determined what was ethical for them.
I have simultaneously shot under 6 inches at a target 1000 yards away- does this make me just lucky? Just in December I shot and killed a hog at over 400 yards. Does this make me an unethical person?
I'm not sitting here saying that everyone should or needs to "shoot" or "hunt" long distances, but if they feel comfortable with it and can do it successfully, why not? No one can say that there are no misses on short range shots either!! Now that would be a load of BS!
Being a "girl," I can see that there is a lot of chest beating going on here. What's wrong with just congratulating a guy who did something that not alot of people can do?
To each his own is right. Everyone hunts or "shoots" in their own special way. I hunt short and long ranges- just depends on where I'm at.