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<blockquote data-quote="MMERSS" data-source="post: 1027289" data-attributes="member: 63748"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Bow hunting Missouri Breaks elk is September is additionally one of my favorite hunts to cherish. I would believe Theodore Roosevelt himself would enjoy the current day Missouri viewing his efforts passed forward with wildlife preservation. There is no doubt long range can be adherently technologically driven, however only if we, as a personal decision, let it. I've been shooting long range in different venues for decades. I've witnessed and used the advancement in technology and too have been successful not only with my hunts but additionally with others. Your comments have merit. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One aspect with long range is the personal decision where we let technology trump our method of hunt and decision where we draw the line with "fair chase." For example, where does one draw the line with transportation and "fair chase?" I will drive hundreds of miles to pursue elk on the Missouri. Others will fly for days to pursue game over the globe. Is this long range mode of transportation "fair chase" to the game? This decision lies with the individual where they draw that line then further promote efforts of fair chase when they arrive at their hunting grounds.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">My preference of hunting, based off my values, should provide the opportunity for both the physical and mental challenge of the hunt. My mind is running a marksmen marathon when a decision is made to harvest an animal at range. I will use manual backup methods to verify the data provided by electronics. These long range shots are not adherently due to technology but rather thru mental marksmanship as verification. No doubt the computers and range finders allow for quicker and more efficient solutions. However, try the same without or while simultaneously using this technology. After a long range shot my mind is beat, it is whipped. Shouldn't there be a degree of mental anguish with a memorable hunt just as much as the physical anguish? Long range hunting to me can be more of a mental hunting marathon than physical and many times it is both. Bow hunting to me is mostly of physical anguish and just as enjoyable and rewarding.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In the end we are taking a life. I would hope as a society we would all agree to hone skills to make this as quick and clean as possible with the method of hunt we choose. How we take this life and the satisfactions and consequences of failure reflect on the person.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MMERSS, post: 1027289, member: 63748"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Bow hunting Missouri Breaks elk is September is additionally one of my favorite hunts to cherish. I would believe Theodore Roosevelt himself would enjoy the current day Missouri viewing his efforts passed forward with wildlife preservation. There is no doubt long range can be adherently technologically driven, however only if we, as a personal decision, let it. I’ve been shooting long range in different venues for decades. I’ve witnessed and used the advancement in technology and too have been successful not only with my hunts but additionally with others. Your comments have merit. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]One aspect with long range is the personal decision where we let technology trump our method of hunt and decision where we draw the line with “fair chase.” For example, where does one draw the line with transportation and “fair chase?” I will drive hundreds of miles to pursue elk on the Missouri. Others will fly for days to pursue game over the globe. Is this long range mode of transportation “fair chase” to the game? This decision lies with the individual where they draw that line then further promote efforts of fair chase when they arrive at their hunting grounds.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]My preference of hunting, based off my values, should provide the opportunity for both the physical and mental challenge of the hunt. My mind is running a marksmen marathon when a decision is made to harvest an animal at range. I will use manual backup methods to verify the data provided by electronics. These long range shots are not adherently due to technology but rather thru mental marksmanship as verification. No doubt the computers and range finders allow for quicker and more efficient solutions. However, try the same without or while simultaneously using this technology. After a long range shot my mind is beat, it is whipped. Shouldn’t there be a degree of mental anguish with a memorable hunt just as much as the physical anguish? Long range hunting to me can be more of a mental hunting marathon than physical and many times it is both. Bow hunting to me is mostly of physical anguish and just as enjoyable and rewarding.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]In the end we are taking a life. I would hope as a society we would all agree to hone skills to make this as quick and clean as possible with the method of hunt we choose. How we take this life and the satisfactions and consequences of failure reflect on the person.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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