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Originally Posted by Larryjk
bigbrother, I am not offended and I hope you aren't either. We have a company here in Wyoming [in Skeets area] that makes rifles and scopes for, and advocates shooting elk and deer at close to 1000 yards. They always show the hits in their tv ads but never show the leg or gut hits at those distances. [ I live the wind here and know it is impossible to know what is happening 1000 yards from a shooting location ] However, there are places in this country where the wind is very calm and a long shot may work.
Again, I didn't mean to offend you, just ask about the advisability of the long shots.
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Well, I hope everyone that watches any outdoor show realizes that there is a lot of editing that happens. When the "Best of the West" did their "how to shoot beyond belief" they did a very good job of showing the viewer what it really takes to make a shot at long range. Unfortunately most people don't know, or don't care to understand that there is a LOT involved and you can't do it without practice and knowing what you're bullet is doing. When you watch the show, it makes it seem that anyone can do it. (And with the right equipment, knowledge and practice and LOTS of money spent they can).
As far as advisability of long shots, the responsibility rests solely in the hands of the shooter. Only he knows whether or not he has made the shot in the past and whether current conditions lend themselves to making the shot now. That's only learned by experience and lots of rounds down range. In general people don't shoot enough and I agree that the average hunter has NO business in taking these types of shots unless they've proven time and again they can make it.