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<blockquote data-quote="4ked Horn" data-source="post: 102806" data-attributes="member: 11"><p><strong>Re: a nitwit view on longrange hunting</strong></p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> Too many variables when you shoot long range </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>The wind hath no variables like that of a spooky buck. I'll take my shots at my discretion, at the ranges I have confidence at, in the conditions I have practice in, with the gun I know the behavior of. </p><p></p><p>There are good and lousy hunters in every aspect of hunting and to clump any hunter with another until there is evidence they are of the same mindset is unfair.</p><p></p><p>What I would like to know is the definition of "fair chase"? We slow humans are no match physically for an animal with superior hearing and sight and smell that knows the area better and has a heart and lungs with twice the capacity of ours being carried on four legs instead of two. The advantage we have is our minds and our tools. Who is the authority on how much of either we can use and how much we must not use in order to keep it "fair". I know, lets ask the man with an answer what is fair and then we will ask the steak he bought at the store. I will bet they have different answers.</p><p></p><p>Hunting versus shooting, indeed! And next there will be arching versus shooting versus snaring versus spearing versus fly fishing versus reel fishing versus <em>hunting.</em></p><p></p><p>Paaleeeze!</p><p></p><p>(Walking out of Lens livingroom for a smoke. I gotta remember we are here because we are mostly on the same side of these issues.)</p><p></p><p> <font color="red"> I'm glad I clicked the link. My first thought was that these were JB of MDs thoughts. My resopnse is at the posters thoughts on the link. </font></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4ked Horn, post: 102806, member: 11"] [b]Re: a nitwit view on longrange hunting[/b] [ QUOTE ] Too many variables when you shoot long range [/ QUOTE ] The wind hath no variables like that of a spooky buck. I'll take my shots at my discretion, at the ranges I have confidence at, in the conditions I have practice in, with the gun I know the behavior of. There are good and lousy hunters in every aspect of hunting and to clump any hunter with another until there is evidence they are of the same mindset is unfair. What I would like to know is the definition of "fair chase"? We slow humans are no match physically for an animal with superior hearing and sight and smell that knows the area better and has a heart and lungs with twice the capacity of ours being carried on four legs instead of two. The advantage we have is our minds and our tools. Who is the authority on how much of either we can use and how much we must not use in order to keep it "fair". I know, lets ask the man with an answer what is fair and then we will ask the steak he bought at the store. I will bet they have different answers. Hunting versus shooting, indeed! And next there will be arching versus shooting versus snaring versus spearing versus fly fishing versus reel fishing versus [i]hunting.[/i] Paaleeeze! (Walking out of Lens livingroom for a smoke. I gotta remember we are here because we are mostly on the same side of these issues.) <font color="red"> I'm glad I clicked the link. My first thought was that these were JB of MDs thoughts. My resopnse is at the posters thoughts on the link. </font> [/QUOTE]
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