RMulhern
Well-Known Member
Hard to believe story??
I never cease to be amazed at the ignorance of 'lay persons'.....when it comes to the subject of riflery and accurate shooting! And I'm quite certain that the term 'lay person' is quite applicable here for IMO....that's someone that has absolutely no knowledge of the capability of modern metallic cartridges and especially no knowledge whatsoever about long range shooting! Once upon a time I made a comment....(when asked about a particular buck I had hanging on the wall as to how far it was from me when I shot it)....that the buck was 627 yards and another fellow listening in to the question asked...."627 yards? Where's the hunting in that; the buck didn't even know you were around?" My reply back was "You're absolutely right about that buck not knowing I was around and that's the way I meant for it to be!" Eighty yard shots are quite common in some of our states up in the northeastern United States and it's really difficult for one whom has been confined to that type of deer habitat to realize that there are many other areas where the deer habitat offers much longer shot possibilities. Northeast Louisiana, where I live today looks like West Texas... for the bulldozers raped the land 40 years ago and now.....it's much like the open plains of our western states. But...we still have many deer in our area and their habitat is now open fields which have drainage canals/ditches and usually these areas offer much cover for our whitetails. And....whereas I grew up hunting deer in heavy timber many years ago....now....if you can't make a shot out to 600 yards...OR MORE....you're gonna let quite a few nice bucks be taken by someone else and your 'deep freeze' is going to be lacking adequate venison!
As for making a killing shot on an elk at 1100 yards....I have probably 15 rifles in my safe that will 'bust' 1 gal. milk jugs at that distance and it's really no real chore....if the shooter knows what's going on and has adequate training! In lieu of writing any farther....I think I'll just save my fingers/time for someone that can relate to what I'm typing! There are many here.....that do!
I never cease to be amazed at the ignorance of 'lay persons'.....when it comes to the subject of riflery and accurate shooting! And I'm quite certain that the term 'lay person' is quite applicable here for IMO....that's someone that has absolutely no knowledge of the capability of modern metallic cartridges and especially no knowledge whatsoever about long range shooting! Once upon a time I made a comment....(when asked about a particular buck I had hanging on the wall as to how far it was from me when I shot it)....that the buck was 627 yards and another fellow listening in to the question asked...."627 yards? Where's the hunting in that; the buck didn't even know you were around?" My reply back was "You're absolutely right about that buck not knowing I was around and that's the way I meant for it to be!" Eighty yard shots are quite common in some of our states up in the northeastern United States and it's really difficult for one whom has been confined to that type of deer habitat to realize that there are many other areas where the deer habitat offers much longer shot possibilities. Northeast Louisiana, where I live today looks like West Texas... for the bulldozers raped the land 40 years ago and now.....it's much like the open plains of our western states. But...we still have many deer in our area and their habitat is now open fields which have drainage canals/ditches and usually these areas offer much cover for our whitetails. And....whereas I grew up hunting deer in heavy timber many years ago....now....if you can't make a shot out to 600 yards...OR MORE....you're gonna let quite a few nice bucks be taken by someone else and your 'deep freeze' is going to be lacking adequate venison!
As for making a killing shot on an elk at 1100 yards....I have probably 15 rifles in my safe that will 'bust' 1 gal. milk jugs at that distance and it's really no real chore....if the shooter knows what's going on and has adequate training! In lieu of writing any farther....I think I'll just save my fingers/time for someone that can relate to what I'm typing! There are many here.....that do!
