#1770942 - 02/06/10 08:00 PM
750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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SAR Swimmer
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I was just sitting here watching the Outdoor Channel. There are guys on here who are shooting deer with a 15 mph crosswind at 750 yards. Now I might be a little bias here because I am an avid bowhunter but c'mon! Do you really call that hunting? I know that they are only airing the shots that connected! They are not showing the injured animals who run off to die (unrecovered) or suffer.
I am very impressed by guys that I serve with who can consistently hit targets at long distances but trying it on an animal????? The absolute best will even admit that it is somewhat unethical on an animal.
Put a bow in these rookies hands and let's see what they can do! IMO, That is when you can determine who is a true woodsman and master of strategy and tactics.
25yds, broadside. He can hear your heart thumping but he doesn't know what the sound is. He smells your breath but he only know that there is a meat eater very close by. He hears you draw and starts to stomp in his natural paranoid personality. You look through your peep and settle your pin just behind his front shoulder.
Just then, he steps behind a tree.
You have begun to shake like a bowl of jelly on a washing machine. You lower your draw with thoughts of "Awww Sh**t".
"This will be the last time I ever see this deer". The deer of my life!!!! "Lord, please make him come back. Please, Please. Please. Please!
Just then, he smells the scent wick that you have placed on the ground about 25 yds out from your stand. He then quarters back and offers you that shot of a lifetime. 25yds, unalerted, quartering away. You place an arrow right into his boiler room and he runs 7 yds or so and you watch him fall.
Now that is hunting!
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#1770949 - 02/06/10 08:05 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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stik
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we have several hunters/shooters(NOT me!!) on this site that are more than capable of making those shots.
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#1770960 - 02/06/10 08:16 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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SAR Swimmer
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we have several hunters/shooters(NOT me!!) on this site that are more than capable of making those shots.
Stik, I like the way that you put that "hunters/shooters". I believe that says it all. The two are very different.
I am not knocking rifle or firearms hunters by any means but I get the feeling that these long range shooters are the same guy who is the same guy who feels the need to "keep up with the Jones" rather than appreciate the outdoors and the wildlife.
These are the same guys who could really care less about what they injure and never recover.
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#1770964 - 02/06/10 08:19 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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I would call 750 yards shooting not hunting.
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#1770966 - 02/06/10 08:21 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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hunting for you mabey
hell i ve killed deer with bows compound cross bow and a recurve no sights
but im sorry to hear a bullet impact a deer @ 300 yds or so priceless
heck i killed one with a 30 30 @ 278 this year and a big 12 point 280 yds in 35 to 40 mph winds
it takes skill just like a dang bow
with the right rifle and a person than knows ballistics 750 is very attainable heck iv set and popped 1 gal jugs @ 500 with the 7saum after sighting in @ 50 yds
.4 inche low then dialed 9.25 moa for 500 with a 160 accubond @ 2950 ish fps
i was waiting on your response as you are one of the guys i was talking about. and i couldn't agree more.
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#1770969 - 02/06/10 08:25 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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hunting for you mabey
hell i ve killed deer with bows compound cross bow and a recurve no sights
but im sorry to hear a bullet impact a deer @ 300 yds or so priceless
heck i killed one with a 30 30 @ 278 this year and a big 12 point 280 yds in 35 to 40 mph winds
it takes skill just like a dang bow
with the right rifle and a person than knows ballistics 750 is very attainable heck iv set and popped 1 gal jugs @ 500 with the 7saum after sighting in @ 50 yds
.4 inche low then dialed 9.25 moa for 500 with a 160 accubond @ 2950 ish fps
DA, you have the right to remain silent. LOL! You kill more deer than any of us and we have all confirmed that you have a real good friend in the TWRA and that you go out doing deer counts with him with your rifle via spotlight. LMAO. Just kiddin' man.
But seriously DA, if you had a 750myd shot at an animal with a 15mph crosswind, would you call that an ethical shot?
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#1770970 - 02/06/10 08:26 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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SAR Swimmer
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I would call 750 yards shooting not hunting.
Yup!!!! Exactly!!!!
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#1770973 - 02/06/10 08:27 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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I would call 750 yards shooting not hunting. Yup!!!! Exactly!!!!
Imo a hunter in that situation would try to stalk for a better shot.
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#1770982 - 02/06/10 08:30 PM
Re: 750 yards- Are You Kiddin Me??????
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I can't do it...you probably can't. But IF I could, and had the opportunity, I'd do it and call it HUNTING!
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