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<blockquote data-quote="brant89" data-source="post: 2247485" data-attributes="member: 49553"><p>If you don't approve of long range hunting then maybe a site that is literally named "Long Range Hunting" is not the place for you. Western hunting is nothing like whitetail hunting in Wisconsin. There are frequently times when you actually cannot get closer to an animal, and that's why so many of us dedicate our ENTIRE offseason preparing for those shot opportunities. I know the kind of shooting "preparation" that goes into deer hunting here in the great lakes region and I am confident that 90% of the long range shots taken by the people on this site are FAR more ethical than those taken inside 100 yards by the local Michigan hunters that shoot fewer than one box of slugs each year. I can't even describe the number of guys that shoot their gun for the first time in a year the night before the season opens at 10PM using their truck lights to see the target (that's if they check their rifle zero AT ALL), and tout their slug guns ability to shoot through dense brush and saplings.</p><p></p><p>I actually find it much easier to get within 100yds of a whitetail in thick Michigan timber than to get within 400 yards of an antelope in the high plains. And as far as the argument about "ambushing" animals with "no chance of them even knowing you are out there", isn't that exactly the same thing as sitting 20+ feet up a tree or in a fully enclosed permanent deer blind overlooking a food plot? I've had so many deer walk right under me without ever looking up that I hardly enjoy rifle hunting in Michigan because it ISN'T a challenge. Do you also advocate against tree stands, hunting blinds, and camouflage clothing?</p><p></p><p>In conclusion, every hunter has the right to choose THEIR preferred method of harvesting game, and it's your choice whether to go out of your way to bash the ones that don't agree with you or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brant89, post: 2247485, member: 49553"] If you don't approve of long range hunting then maybe a site that is literally named "Long Range Hunting" is not the place for you. Western hunting is nothing like whitetail hunting in Wisconsin. There are frequently times when you actually cannot get closer to an animal, and that's why so many of us dedicate our ENTIRE offseason preparing for those shot opportunities. I know the kind of shooting "preparation" that goes into deer hunting here in the great lakes region and I am confident that 90% of the long range shots taken by the people on this site are FAR more ethical than those taken inside 100 yards by the local Michigan hunters that shoot fewer than one box of slugs each year. I can't even describe the number of guys that shoot their gun for the first time in a year the night before the season opens at 10PM using their truck lights to see the target (that's if they check their rifle zero AT ALL), and tout their slug guns ability to shoot through dense brush and saplings. I actually find it much easier to get within 100yds of a whitetail in thick Michigan timber than to get within 400 yards of an antelope in the high plains. And as far as the argument about "ambushing" animals with "no chance of them even knowing you are out there", isn't that exactly the same thing as sitting 20+ feet up a tree or in a fully enclosed permanent deer blind overlooking a food plot? I've had so many deer walk right under me without ever looking up that I hardly enjoy rifle hunting in Michigan because it ISN'T a challenge. Do you also advocate against tree stands, hunting blinds, and camouflage clothing? In conclusion, every hunter has the right to choose THEIR preferred method of harvesting game, and it's your choice whether to go out of your way to bash the ones that don't agree with you or not. [/QUOTE]
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