#1977410 - 06/29/10 07:03 PM
Re: ethics question
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RAFI
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Not unethical if you practice and can make the shot.Sure plenty on here will tell you its not ethical.lol
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#1977439 - 06/29/10 07:19 PM
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Ethical as long as its not at a fawn. Aint that right rafi.
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#1977474 - 06/29/10 08:01 PM
Re: ethics question
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That would be a heck of a shot on a fawn for sure.
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#1977489 - 06/29/10 08:14 PM
Re: ethics question
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RAFI
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500 yards is a heck of a shot even if its an elk.Im sure if a lot of us practied at 500 we could get pretty good at it but most of the deer I shoot are less than 100 and I like to get them in close anyway.
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#1977561 - 06/29/10 08:47 PM
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Go for it mr. big! Perfectly ethical if you practice like you do and know the performance of your weapon and load.
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#1977927 - 06/29/10 09:47 PM
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You are right rafi. Anyone could make the shot with practice, the right caliber and practice. We used "shoot the slope" all the time. It was an old quarry on the bedford/marshall county line. We use to kill yotes for the old guy who bought it. You could shoot down into the quarry (dry) from a field overlooking it- up to 600 yards with a perfectly safe backstop. We had old bowling pins and paint cans etc we would put out and bring different deer rifles and loads and test out. Once you figured the drop, we would hardly miss. The key was a good rest and a great trigger. One guy even could hit them on occassion with a 30-30 (all he had). It was a ton of fun. I have shot deer further than I would admit or should have from the confidence I gained there.
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#1978106 - 06/30/10 05:58 AM
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But, I guess that if you are willing to risk wounding a deer or several deer just to be able to brag that you shot one at 500 yards, then go for it.
Isn't that why you are considering this anyway, to stroke your own ego?
Not being an ars here, just wondering what your motive really is..... Now was this really necessary?? Think about it, did you really need to add this?? was it just to stroke your ego, or maybe wound someones feelings? What exactly is YOUR motive?
I was just responding to how the original post was written.
First off, he can set up on the food plot at 75 yards , which would make the shot alot easier and ,IMO, much more ethical, but instead he is asking "US" if he should move out to 500 yards so that he can (and I'm quoting here) "say that I shot a doe at 500 yards"....or basically BRAG about making a 500 yard shot on a living creature.....
Like I stated before, if you want to make a 500 yard shot, then do so at a TARGET. You can brag just as much about hitting a milk jug at 500 yards and not have to worry about wounding a deer. Deer should not be used for target practice, IMO.
If you have no choice but to take a shot that far and have practiced it enough to be comfortable with it, then take the shot....BUT, if you can get closer and take a better shot but choose not to so that you can boast about making the longer shot, then I find that somewhat wreckless and unnecessary. If you can get closer, then I suggest that you do....JMO and I thought that was what he was asking for, our opinions.
I will never see the reasoning behind taking a harder shot when a much easier shot is available. There are just too many variables with a shot of that length.
In a very similar situation, if I was bow hunting, I would never let a deer walk out to 50 yards when I had it at 10 yards , just to say I made the 50 yard shot.
Too many hunters think that the hunt is all about them, but IMO it's about much more. Respect the prey and you respect the tradition and the honor it is to be able to hunt.
sorry if I offended anyone.
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#1978364 - 06/30/10 09:52 AM
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Good post
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