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Been reading a post on another forum about long range shooting on animals using a bunch of high tech equipment lately. There was a topic about long range hunting that mentioned a video clip where someone shot an elk at 890 yards. I hadn't seen that particular clip but I have seen a video by I think Hart Custom where guys were shooting deer out to 1000 yards. They were using some big wildcat cartridge bench rest gun that weighed about 40 lbs mounted in a vernier adjustable shooting stand on a portable bench rest and a military optical rangefinder that was about 4 ft long and looked a bit like a bazooka. They had a laptop computer and a ballistics program that told them exactly how many clicks to put on the scope for a dead on hold. One deer was shot by a young girl who probably couldn't have even held a normal deer rifle without a rest of some sort. She never touched the gun other than the trigger.
Pretty cool shooting but, I got to wondering. Which do you admire more?
1. The person who has the skill and ability to make a difficult shot out to 400 or 500 yards while actually holding and firing a rifle without aid other than say a natural rest, sling, stick, knee etc.
Or
2. A person who totes a bench rest, laptop, range finder, lead sled etc into the woods along with a 40 lb bench rest gun and shoots a deer at close to 1000 yards?
I have to ask, where is the challenge, the thrill or the satisfaction in that? For that matter, where is the skill?
I'm of the opinion that I admire the first guy more.
I believe that while I love a challenge, I prefer a challenge that relies on my own shooting or hunting skills. I'd rather impose a limit on my equipment such as open sights or bowhunting that forces me to get closer or hunt harder than one that requires me to buy a bunch of gadgets to shoot farther. A challenge that makes me become a better shot or a better hunter rather than one that requires me to buy a gadget. One that requires practice, effort and dedication to learn a skill and doesn't come in shrink wrapped plastic packages.
So, what say you all????
Been reading a post on another forum about long range shooting on animals using a bunch of high tech equipment lately. There was a topic about long range hunting that mentioned a video clip where someone shot an elk at 890 yards. I hadn't seen that particular clip but I have seen a video by I think Hart Custom where guys were shooting deer out to 1000 yards. They were using some big wildcat cartridge bench rest gun that weighed about 40 lbs mounted in a vernier adjustable shooting stand on a portable bench rest and a military optical rangefinder that was about 4 ft long and looked a bit like a bazooka. They had a laptop computer and a ballistics program that told them exactly how many clicks to put on the scope for a dead on hold. One deer was shot by a young girl who probably couldn't have even held a normal deer rifle without a rest of some sort. She never touched the gun other than the trigger.
Pretty cool shooting but, I got to wondering. Which do you admire more?
1. The person who has the skill and ability to make a difficult shot out to 400 or 500 yards while actually holding and firing a rifle without aid other than say a natural rest, sling, stick, knee etc.
Or
2. A person who totes a bench rest, laptop, range finder, lead sled etc into the woods along with a 40 lb bench rest gun and shoots a deer at close to 1000 yards?
I have to ask, where is the challenge, the thrill or the satisfaction in that? For that matter, where is the skill?
I'm of the opinion that I admire the first guy more.
I believe that while I love a challenge, I prefer a challenge that relies on my own shooting or hunting skills. I'd rather impose a limit on my equipment such as open sights or bowhunting that forces me to get closer or hunt harder than one that requires me to buy a bunch of gadgets to shoot farther. A challenge that makes me become a better shot or a better hunter rather than one that requires me to buy a gadget. One that requires practice, effort and dedication to learn a skill and doesn't come in shrink wrapped plastic packages.
So, what say you all????