"1100 yards is too close, we are actually looking for a longer shot. Anything within 2000 yards we will kill".
I heard that statement on the hill opening morning by some guys that had a 50 cal. on a ridge set up on a fold out table. They were getting ready to shoot across a canyon at a buck 1100 yards away with a pretty good wind. Apparently the guy is a hell of shot so some on MM have said in the past, but I beleive it was a family member or friend that was going to shoot. Regaurdless of who shooting there just seemed to be something wrong with this situation. There was also 20 or so other people in that small canyon under/above/and to the side of the buck a lot closer than them, 2 of which were friends of mine trying to get within a more realistic range of the same buck. These guys also had a youngster or two there to learn this new method of hunting. The buck ended up getting spooked just before getting shot at, but this has had me a little flustered the last few days and I guess I just wanted to vent a little. This just seemed like a lazy way to hunt while screwing the guy sweating his ass off to get close enough for an "old fashioned shot". I guess this is exactly why I bow hunt and stay out of the pumpkin patch.
I heard that statement on the hill opening morning by some guys that had a 50 cal. on a ridge set up on a fold out table. They were getting ready to shoot across a canyon at a buck 1100 yards away with a pretty good wind. Apparently the guy is a hell of shot so some on MM have said in the past, but I beleive it was a family member or friend that was going to shoot. Regaurdless of who shooting there just seemed to be something wrong with this situation. There was also 20 or so other people in that small canyon under/above/and to the side of the buck a lot closer than them, 2 of which were friends of mine trying to get within a more realistic range of the same buck. These guys also had a youngster or two there to learn this new method of hunting. The buck ended up getting spooked just before getting shot at, but this has had me a little flustered the last few days and I guess I just wanted to vent a little. This just seemed like a lazy way to hunt while screwing the guy sweating his ass off to get close enough for an "old fashioned shot". I guess this is exactly why I bow hunt and stay out of the pumpkin patch.