O.K. So your saying because they love the challenge of long range shooting their "slob hunters"?

Typical! IMO , it's hunters with attitudes like yours that will do the most damage to hunting!

If these snipers took up bow hunting, they would probably setup about 100 yards off the trails.
I would bet that their shooting ranges don't have mountains with swirling winds. They talk about all the variables. It sounds like every kill would be a luck shot.
Maybe they could use a 50 cal. machine gun with tracer rounds. They could mount it in the truck bed.

I still find it hilarious when I think of the number of people who came down on me like a ton of bricks when I said long range killing of a deer depends more on shooting skill then hunting skill.

Hell, I even made up far fetched examples like "what would you say if someone was shooting at 1,000 yards??.......how about 1 mile??"

Now when a REAL story comes out saying that exact thing..........everyone is coming out of the woodwork to blast these guys as slobs, not hunters, bad image etc.

Talk about a complete 180 guys..........give me a break!!! It is now very clear that what some people pass off as a noble defense of hunting in general is really just a smoke screen and the truth is they are just defending the way THEY like to hunt.


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I have not even comtemplated attempting it as I don't have the time to practice or probably the skill to complete such a feat. I will reserve judgement based on those considerations.

A friend of mine hunts this way and took an 8 pointer 2 years ago. Well actually someone wounded it at 600-700 yards and when he arrived at the deer at least an hour later and had to finish it off. He got the deer mounted and he catches $#!& for it every time I see it. Personally I have to agree with everyone else. If you can't drag your a$$ up that mountain like everyone else then stay at camp.

I agree with Jorgey, I stick up for everything that is legal but I can not stick up for this. I think it is irresponsible and down right wrong!!

I cannot justify a defense for any form of "hunting" that would have a "hunter" take 50 shots at an animal.

I wouldn't care if they sat in their truck beds and shot at 2,000 yds. As long as they were capable of atleast having a reasonable chance for a kill.

I don't think anyone would defend a guy who never having shot a bow in his life, climbs a tree and tries to stick a deer. But I would bet you even he would hit one before taking 50 shots...LOL

Quote[O.K.So your saying because they love the challenge of long range shooting they're "slob hunters"?] I wouldn't say it was because they love long range shooting but because of how many shots it takes them to hit one. If someone was shooting at 50 yards and took that many shots I would call them slobs. What these guys are doing is long range target practice at live animals and if they try to say that they don't wound a lot of animals then they are liars. You don't miss that often without making some bad hits

Then I guess your calling alot of hunters slobs. Wether it's lack of practice , adrenaline rush , buck fever , etc. , an awfull lot of hunters miss deer or worse wound deer at ranges closer than that every year.

Where does "50 shots" come from? The article I read said "10 shots at the same deer in a 30 minute time span"

I agree with atlasman here. I was one who didn't agree with him 100% (with not calling it hunting , but yes it is deffinately shooting skill) in his thread and as I recall alot of you were all over him then.
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Bowfanatic towards the end of the article there is a paragraph that says:
"We shot 50 shots one day at a buck and as far as I know that sucker's still out there," John says.