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MER (Maximum Effective Range) another tool in the complete hunters tool box
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1008741" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Yep. It's up to each of us to be honest as to the capability of our weapon and our own ability with that weapon in the conditions present.</p><p></p><p>There are a hell of a lot of "average hunters" out there who can't hit a pie plate six out of ten times with a cold bore shot at 100yds yet they are convinced they are "ethical hunters".</p><p></p><p>We here as a group seem to understand to a man/woman that our experimenting is done on non living targets and it is on those targets we prove to ourselves what our limits are.</p><p></p><p>I won't tolerate for a minute others who do not have the most fundamental understanding of what we do to dictate those limits to me, or to us as a group.</p><p></p><p>Someone else said it but your MER is the range at which you look dumbfounded and have no idea "what went wrong" when you pull the trigger and miss.</p><p></p><p>If you are saying to yourself "I think I can do it" don't.</p><p></p><p>Just be honest with yourself and put in enough range time with each of your rifles to know where that limit falls under the conditions present.</p><p></p><p>If there's one thing more than any other that makes me say "No, not this time" it's the wind and I don't mind for a minute admitting it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1008741, member: 30902"] Yep. It's up to each of us to be honest as to the capability of our weapon and our own ability with that weapon in the conditions present. There are a hell of a lot of "average hunters" out there who can't hit a pie plate six out of ten times with a cold bore shot at 100yds yet they are convinced they are "ethical hunters". We here as a group seem to understand to a man/woman that our experimenting is done on non living targets and it is on those targets we prove to ourselves what our limits are. I won't tolerate for a minute others who do not have the most fundamental understanding of what we do to dictate those limits to me, or to us as a group. Someone else said it but your MER is the range at which you look dumbfounded and have no idea "what went wrong" when you pull the trigger and miss. If you are saying to yourself "I think I can do it" don't. Just be honest with yourself and put in enough range time with each of your rifles to know where that limit falls under the conditions present. If there's one thing more than any other that makes me say "No, not this time" it's the wind and I don't mind for a minute admitting it. [/QUOTE]
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