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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1531341" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>On another note... Sometime spend a day hanging out at a check station and see the game that is actually brought out of the area and see the butcher jobs that many hunters bring in with Swiss cheese flanks.</p><p></p><p>The sad truth is that the average hunter is a poor shot, almost never practices, has poor equipment, doesn't know how to use it and frankly doesn't really care. If you're at a fairly busy check station for a large area with a lot of game and hunters you'll be astounded at the "one shot one kill" hunters that in reality are "spray and pray" hunters.</p><p></p><p>We, here on LR Hunting, for the most part, are not a representative cross section of typical hunters and I suspect that, other than the keyboard warriors, are a cut above the average hunters and most of us are striving to become accomplished hunters often at ranges most hunters only dream about.</p><p></p><p>I'll close this message with a word of wisdom from a local hunter from my area that one day was sporting a small buck in the back of is pickup with a somewhat respectable rack and he was very proud of it and pointed out that it only had one bullet hole in it. He said it was a 300 yard shot and the only firearm that was in evidence was a very nice lever action rifle chambered with the mighty 30-30 cartridge with open sights and it had a pretty long barrel for a lever action.</p><p></p><p>I said "wow... that's great... How much above the buck did you have to aim to hit him at that range. He said "what do you mean? That long barrel makes it so I can hold dead on out to 500 yards before the bullet stops dropping." I suspect that his 300 yards was more like something between 40 and 80 yards but then nobody will ever know for sure will they? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Pay attention.... Words of wisdom guys (and gals)... Now you've learned where CNN gets their talking heads... The piney woods of north Florida... LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1531341, member: 105"] On another note... Sometime spend a day hanging out at a check station and see the game that is actually brought out of the area and see the butcher jobs that many hunters bring in with Swiss cheese flanks. The sad truth is that the average hunter is a poor shot, almost never practices, has poor equipment, doesn't know how to use it and frankly doesn't really care. If you're at a fairly busy check station for a large area with a lot of game and hunters you'll be astounded at the "one shot one kill" hunters that in reality are "spray and pray" hunters. We, here on LR Hunting, for the most part, are not a representative cross section of typical hunters and I suspect that, other than the keyboard warriors, are a cut above the average hunters and most of us are striving to become accomplished hunters often at ranges most hunters only dream about. I'll close this message with a word of wisdom from a local hunter from my area that one day was sporting a small buck in the back of is pickup with a somewhat respectable rack and he was very proud of it and pointed out that it only had one bullet hole in it. He said it was a 300 yard shot and the only firearm that was in evidence was a very nice lever action rifle chambered with the mighty 30-30 cartridge with open sights and it had a pretty long barrel for a lever action. I said "wow... that's great... How much above the buck did you have to aim to hit him at that range. He said "what do you mean? That long barrel makes it so I can hold dead on out to 500 yards before the bullet stops dropping." I suspect that his 300 yards was more like something between 40 and 80 yards but then nobody will ever know for sure will they? ;) Pay attention.... Words of wisdom guys (and gals)... Now you've learned where CNN gets their talking heads... The piney woods of north Florida... LOL [/QUOTE]
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