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<blockquote data-quote="406precision" data-source="post: 1049019" data-attributes="member: 69335"><p>This falls right in line with a write-up I just finished about Maximum Effective Range and Changing the Current Long Range Game..</p><p> </p><p>I'll post it here as it seems it fits and saves me typing out a long winded answer to this post..</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If you visit your local gun range or sporting goods store,or pick up a current hunting publication chances are you're going to hear orread an article where someone brings up the topic of long range shooting andhunting…and almost as soon as the topic is brought up a passionate yet oftenmisguided and uninformed debate begins. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Questions like …What caliber do I need to shoot an elk at1000 yards? What scope can I buy that will allow me to just range and shoot?Are often followed by …Is long range shooting really hunting?? Is it ethical totake animals at extended range? What ever happened to fair chase? Etc..</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So the question then comes down to…What is it about longrange hunting that fuels such debate?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I think a lot of the debate comes from the way that longrange hunting has been portrayed on television and in turn capitalized on bymanufactures hoping to ride the next hot trend into the sunset sitting atop awheel barrel of cash. Now I don't holdit against anyone for making money…and I dang sure don't hold it against anyonewho is lucky enough to make a living in the sporting industry…but I do have aproblem with the lack of education that has been provided along the way.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is where I think that we ought to throw away the termlong range hunting and replace it with something called maximum effectiverange. What the heck is maximum effective range???</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maximum effective range is a simple yet vital term thatdescribes your maximum effective range with your chosen weapon. It isn'trelegated just to rifles as it is essential to know your MER regardless of yourchoice of weapon be it a longbow , 338 Lapua or a muzzle loader. MER doesn'tcome with a preset yardage it functions on a very tried and true method thatyou get out of it what you put in. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Each and every sportsman or women needs to know andunderstand their MER in order to make rational and measured choices in thefield. MER is as individual as the hunters themselves and can't be a blanketstatement or fact that can be passed on from one person to the next. It is alearned and established distance that ought to be in the back of every huntersmind when they steady to take a shot.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The more you choose to practice and develop your skills andthe better you learn to take advantage of the new technology and equipmentavailable the further you can develop your MER.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Two essential steps in developing your MER include knowingyour equipment and understanding your skills with the given weapon. This is where it starts to get tricky..intoday's world the sportsman has so muchtechnology at their disposal that it becomes easy for them to take for grantedthat just because you can afford it …doesn't mean you know or understand how touse it, and just because your caliber is capable of extended ranges it doesn'tmean your skills will support it! It's easy to understand how this can happenwhen you can flip to about any hunting channel and watch with your own two eyesas a host takes an animal at a range that makes you go hmmm. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What you don't see and what isn't sold in a store are thenecessary skills and understanding that it takes to make those types of shotsin the field. All too often the sportsman relies on new technology and productsrather than understanding and practice.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Very few hunters take the time to truly learn what theirequipment does and how to properly use it to extend their maximum effectiverange. Those that decide to take the time necessary to school themselves in theuse of their equipment and get out in the field to practice often find that itallows them to take shots beyond their old MER. For those of us who havelearned and practiced what it takes to develop a consistent MER we have at ourdisposal a new tool to add to our hunting toolbox and when an opportunitypresents itself that would have previously been beyond our skill set we cansettle in for the shot knowing " I got this"</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jordan@406</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="406precision, post: 1049019, member: 69335"] This falls right in line with a write-up I just finished about Maximum Effective Range and Changing the Current Long Range Game.. I'll post it here as it seems it fits and saves me typing out a long winded answer to this post.. [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]If you visit your local gun range or sporting goods store,or pick up a current hunting publication chances are you’re going to hear orread an article where someone brings up the topic of long range shooting andhunting…and almost as soon as the topic is brought up a passionate yet oftenmisguided and uninformed debate begins. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Questions like …What caliber do I need to shoot an elk at1000 yards? What scope can I buy that will allow me to just range and shoot?Are often followed by …Is long range shooting really hunting?? Is it ethical totake animals at extended range? What ever happened to fair chase? Etc..[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]So the question then comes down to…What is it about longrange hunting that fuels such debate?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I think a lot of the debate comes from the way that longrange hunting has been portrayed on television and in turn capitalized on bymanufactures hoping to ride the next hot trend into the sunset sitting atop awheel barrel of cash. Now I don’t holdit against anyone for making money…and I dang sure don’t hold it against anyonewho is lucky enough to make a living in the sporting industry…but I do have aproblem with the lack of education that has been provided along the way.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]This is where I think that we ought to throw away the termlong range hunting and replace it with something called maximum effectiverange. What the heck is maximum effective range???[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Maximum effective range is a simple yet vital term thatdescribes your maximum effective range with your chosen weapon. It isn’trelegated just to rifles as it is essential to know your MER regardless of yourchoice of weapon be it a longbow , 338 Lapua or a muzzle loader. MER doesn’tcome with a preset yardage it functions on a very tried and true method thatyou get out of it what you put in. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Each and every sportsman or women needs to know andunderstand their MER in order to make rational and measured choices in thefield. MER is as individual as the hunters themselves and can’t be a blanketstatement or fact that can be passed on from one person to the next. It is alearned and established distance that ought to be in the back of every huntersmind when they steady to take a shot.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]The more you choose to practice and develop your skills andthe better you learn to take advantage of the new technology and equipmentavailable the further you can develop your MER.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Two essential steps in developing your MER include knowingyour equipment and understanding your skills with the given weapon. This is where it starts to get tricky..intoday’s world the sportsman has so muchtechnology at their disposal that it becomes easy for them to take for grantedthat just because you can afford it …doesn’t mean you know or understand how touse it, and just because your caliber is capable of extended ranges it doesn’tmean your skills will support it! It’s easy to understand how this can happenwhen you can flip to about any hunting channel and watch with your own two eyesas a host takes an animal at a range that makes you go hmmm. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]What you don’t see and what isn’t sold in a store are thenecessary skills and understanding that it takes to make those types of shotsin the field. All too often the sportsman relies on new technology and productsrather than understanding and practice.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Very few hunters take the time to truly learn what theirequipment does and how to properly use it to extend their maximum effectiverange. Those that decide to take the time necessary to school themselves in theuse of their equipment and get out in the field to practice often find that itallows them to take shots beyond their old MER. For those of us who havelearned and practiced what it takes to develop a consistent MER we have at ourdisposal a new tool to add to our hunting toolbox and when an opportunitypresents itself that would have previously been beyond our skill set we cansettle in for the shot knowing “ I got this”[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Jordan@406[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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