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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 202801" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Len and everyone else on here. At 2:30 AM or so my time when I wrote my post my senses probably weren't the best and did a lot of rambling getting my point lost in there somewhere. </p><p></p><p>Long range hunting with a rifle is extremely difficult to do consistently and requires immense understanding of what you are attempting to do. Long Range bowhunting is opening up a whole new can of worms to do consistently. Multiply the difficulty by a thousand times over. My point was to make this point extremely clear. </p><p></p><p>Not saying it can't be done because I have done it, not condemming or critisizing the sport because I would be critisizing myself. Just please everybody that can shoot a hundred yards accurately don't go out there flinging arrows at game a hundred yards. Not until your animal skills catch up with your archery skills.</p><p></p><p>I am one of the rare individuals who has done a lot of both, traveling all over North America chasing my fantasies since the 60's, built the rifles and set up the bows to do it and have the understanding of the animals to do it. I know what I am talking about.</p><p></p><p>Time of flight of your projectile to the target combined with aerodynamics of the projectile make this dang near impossible to do consistently by anyone other than a top pro at archery and hunting. Lot of difference between the two. In conjunction with that conditions have got to line up perfectly also. Are long range kills made by guys that can just shoot good, yes, and there will be a few again this year. There will also be quite a lot of wounding because CONSISTENT is the key word here. </p><p></p><p>I know more archers who can shoot very well at a hundred yards than rifleman who can shoot at a thousand. There are a lot of them out there with advances in archery over the past twenty years combined with the popularity of the sport. But in long range bowhunting that is the easy part. Knowing the animal and the perfect conditions are the hard part. Out of a lot of excellent archers out there throwing arrows at long range a few will hit there mark and tell there stories wherever they can. Again consistency is the primary word here. We are not going to here about all the shots that didn't work out. When I shoot it is a miracle if the animal survives, not a miracle if it gets hit. That is the consistency I am talking about.</p><p></p><p>You guys don't condemn me but try to understand what I am trying to say. I have the coffee mug, the tee shirt, the ball cap, been there and done that. Wish I was young enough to do it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 202801, member: 505"] Len and everyone else on here. At 2:30 AM or so my time when I wrote my post my senses probably weren't the best and did a lot of rambling getting my point lost in there somewhere. Long range hunting with a rifle is extremely difficult to do consistently and requires immense understanding of what you are attempting to do. Long Range bowhunting is opening up a whole new can of worms to do consistently. Multiply the difficulty by a thousand times over. My point was to make this point extremely clear. Not saying it can't be done because I have done it, not condemming or critisizing the sport because I would be critisizing myself. Just please everybody that can shoot a hundred yards accurately don't go out there flinging arrows at game a hundred yards. Not until your animal skills catch up with your archery skills. I am one of the rare individuals who has done a lot of both, traveling all over North America chasing my fantasies since the 60's, built the rifles and set up the bows to do it and have the understanding of the animals to do it. I know what I am talking about. Time of flight of your projectile to the target combined with aerodynamics of the projectile make this dang near impossible to do consistently by anyone other than a top pro at archery and hunting. Lot of difference between the two. In conjunction with that conditions have got to line up perfectly also. Are long range kills made by guys that can just shoot good, yes, and there will be a few again this year. There will also be quite a lot of wounding because CONSISTENT is the key word here. I know more archers who can shoot very well at a hundred yards than rifleman who can shoot at a thousand. There are a lot of them out there with advances in archery over the past twenty years combined with the popularity of the sport. But in long range bowhunting that is the easy part. Knowing the animal and the perfect conditions are the hard part. Out of a lot of excellent archers out there throwing arrows at long range a few will hit there mark and tell there stories wherever they can. Again consistency is the primary word here. We are not going to here about all the shots that didn't work out. When I shoot it is a miracle if the animal survives, not a miracle if it gets hit. That is the consistency I am talking about. You guys don't condemn me but try to understand what I am trying to say. I have the coffee mug, the tee shirt, the ball cap, been there and done that. Wish I was young enough to do it again. [/QUOTE]
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