Thread: Long-range hunting: is it sporting?

It is what is it.... old people not adapting to changes in culture.

Sure nobody does the hard yards anymore might suit your'e way of thinking, but frankly thats bullshit. Sure there are skills learned in close proximaty hunting that may not be in long range hunting.... but so what?

It is possible to behave ethically in both situations... I wouldn't trust half the silly old farts with their shaky 303's at 50 metres in comparison with a young fart well practiced at 600.... with a rifle that he knows well..

Half the concern about all this is based on the awareness of their own personal situation. Just cause you are not able to shoot over 300, doesn't mean other people can't do it ethically.

Their is no point in talking about a hypothetical wounding ratio... you wll never get to know what that might be.

What we can do is try to establish practical range limitations according to ability. Choose the conditions and the range that allows you to hit a 10" kill zone 100% of the time..

Its pretty fricken simple...

And by that measure that will shorten the ranges for half the silly old elitest bush hobbits as well...