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How well does the average big game hunter shoot?
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<blockquote data-quote="7.62 Gunner" data-source="post: 2834716" data-attributes="member: 121641"><p>What really bothers me is the trendy marketing around long range hunting, everyone thinks they can go buy the "easy button" setup and be a sniper.</p><p>For example a friend I grew up with who shoots well from a bipod to about 300 yards went and got a PRC cuz he wants to kill deer and elk at 800 +.</p><p></p><p>I did my best to educate him and emphasize how import it is to shoot in the wind and really learn ballistics before lobbing bullets at game animals.</p><p>Sure enough he waited until the day before his hunt in Montana to actually shoot beyond 100 yards, he was texting me in a panic cuz his ballistics weren't jiving with actual impacts.</p><p></p><p>Long story short he said he "missed" two bulls that season between 500-600 yards because branches probably got in the way<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /></p><p>The next year he made a terrible shot on a raghorn at 700 yards and took the front leg out, him and his buddy found him hours later and at least finished the deal.</p><p>He literally went shooting maybe twice before the season.</p><p>I haven't hunted with him in 3 years now and never will again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7.62 Gunner, post: 2834716, member: 121641"] What really bothers me is the trendy marketing around long range hunting, everyone thinks they can go buy the "easy button" setup and be a sniper. For example a friend I grew up with who shoots well from a bipod to about 300 yards went and got a PRC cuz he wants to kill deer and elk at 800 +. I did my best to educate him and emphasize how import it is to shoot in the wind and really learn ballistics before lobbing bullets at game animals. Sure enough he waited until the day before his hunt in Montana to actually shoot beyond 100 yards, he was texting me in a panic cuz his ballistics weren't jiving with actual impacts. Long story short he said he "missed" two bulls that season between 500-600 yards because branches probably got in the way🙄 The next year he made a terrible shot on a raghorn at 700 yards and took the front leg out, him and his buddy found him hours later and at least finished the deal. He literally went shooting maybe twice before the season. I haven't hunted with him in 3 years now and never will again. [/QUOTE]
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