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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1039328" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>While I'm in no way an advocate of shooting moving game at long range, as with just about everything in this sport, a definition is needed. I have shot moving game under certain conditions. The few times I have done this the shot was under 500 yards, walking, and I was using a rifle that I have shot numerous coyotes under similar conditions and had a good understanding of where the bullet was going to go. Like all of the long range shooting we do, experience and judgement is critical. I have passed on 500 yards shots on a standing animal in a variable strong wind because of the possibility of a bad hit. I wouldn't shoot moving game too much past 500 or 600 yards, and then, only under very definable conditions. The problem with promoting the shooting of moving game is the same issue(or worse) that seems to be evolving with LR hunting in general. Someone buys a turnkey rifle believing they can go out and simply kill game at 1000 yards. I think there has to be much more emphasis on practice and skill development, as well as the difference between shooting steel gongs in static conditions at 1000 yards, and actually hunting game.</p><p></p><p>As to the future, I think it's very possible that just as many of us never dreamed of making a 1000 yard shot on game 20 years ago, it's very possible that technology and knowledge will evolve to further extend range and hit moving targets. IMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1039328, member: 10291"] While I'm in no way an advocate of shooting moving game at long range, as with just about everything in this sport, a definition is needed. I have shot moving game under certain conditions. The few times I have done this the shot was under 500 yards, walking, and I was using a rifle that I have shot numerous coyotes under similar conditions and had a good understanding of where the bullet was going to go. Like all of the long range shooting we do, experience and judgement is critical. I have passed on 500 yards shots on a standing animal in a variable strong wind because of the possibility of a bad hit. I wouldn't shoot moving game too much past 500 or 600 yards, and then, only under very definable conditions. The problem with promoting the shooting of moving game is the same issue(or worse) that seems to be evolving with LR hunting in general. Someone buys a turnkey rifle believing they can go out and simply kill game at 1000 yards. I think there has to be much more emphasis on practice and skill development, as well as the difference between shooting steel gongs in static conditions at 1000 yards, and actually hunting game. As to the future, I think it's very possible that just as many of us never dreamed of making a 1000 yard shot on game 20 years ago, it's very possible that technology and knowledge will evolve to further extend range and hit moving targets. IMO [/QUOTE]
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