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<blockquote data-quote="LongestShot" data-source="post: 1675132" data-attributes="member: 101776"><p>Over the past twenty years or so a new community of hunters have emerged; they derive their pleasure in hunting by seeing how far they can effectively shoot their quarry. In short they view the challenge in terms of distance. Old school hunters view shooting an animal at 1,000 yards as unethical, there is no sport in long range hunting. Us older hunters believe that an essential element to hunting is the stalk, being able to get as close as possible without your quarry knowing. Two very different types of hunters. I think there's room for both types of hunters in our sport. Part of it is recognising both points of view. It takes a great deal of skill to build a rifle and master one that's capable of efficiently killing at 1,000 yards, and do it consistently. It also takes a great deal of skill to hunt your quarry, to be able to stalk your quarry and get within fifty feet without the animal knowing. The key is respecting the different types of hunter and accept that both forms of hunting have merit.</p><p>I don't have the skill set to still hunt and get within 20-30 yards without the animal seeing me. Something bow hunters perfect. I also lack the skill to consistently hit a target at 1,000 yards. 300-400 yards is my limit. We have enough anti hunters attacking us without hunters splintering into different groups. Respect for each type of hunting is needed. Animals are not targets, they're living creatures that deserve humane hunting. Just as a bow hunter needs to perfect his shooting skills to consistently hit their prey consistently at 20-30 yards, long range hunters need to perfect their shooting skills to ensure they can kill effectively at 800-1000 yards before going afield. The hunting community grows smaller every year, we need to encourage people to engage in our sport. The last thing we need is infighting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongestShot, post: 1675132, member: 101776"] Over the past twenty years or so a new community of hunters have emerged; they derive their pleasure in hunting by seeing how far they can effectively shoot their quarry. In short they view the challenge in terms of distance. Old school hunters view shooting an animal at 1,000 yards as unethical, there is no sport in long range hunting. Us older hunters believe that an essential element to hunting is the stalk, being able to get as close as possible without your quarry knowing. Two very different types of hunters. I think there's room for both types of hunters in our sport. Part of it is recognising both points of view. It takes a great deal of skill to build a rifle and master one that's capable of efficiently killing at 1,000 yards, and do it consistently. It also takes a great deal of skill to hunt your quarry, to be able to stalk your quarry and get within fifty feet without the animal knowing. The key is respecting the different types of hunter and accept that both forms of hunting have merit. I don't have the skill set to still hunt and get within 20-30 yards without the animal seeing me. Something bow hunters perfect. I also lack the skill to consistently hit a target at 1,000 yards. 300-400 yards is my limit. We have enough anti hunters attacking us without hunters splintering into different groups. Respect for each type of hunting is needed. Animals are not targets, they're living creatures that deserve humane hunting. Just as a bow hunter needs to perfect his shooting skills to consistently hit their prey consistently at 20-30 yards, long range hunters need to perfect their shooting skills to ensure they can kill effectively at 800-1000 yards before going afield. The hunting community grows smaller every year, we need to encourage people to engage in our sport. The last thing we need is infighting. [/QUOTE]
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