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While it's an impressive shot I enjoy seeing how close I can get to the target. There is art in both skills to be sure. Thanks for posting.
What antelope?
lmao...have to agree. At first I didn't see any until the dust. I had to watch it a second time as the first time I only saw the two to the right.
Impressive, sure... but the words unethical and irresponsible come to mind.. guarantee of a quick and clean kill shot at that distance.. I think not!
My $0.02.. ymmv....
let the flames begin..
100%. Every last word.I would never take that shot. Hunting an animal, especially a large game animal, is supposed to be dispatched humanely. 200-300, even 400 yards with the appropriate gear and experienced shooter fine. 1000+ yards? Lucky at best.......not lucky to hit a target. I'm sure the hunter in that video has experimented shooting that distance many times before so hitting an antelope size target is pretty much a given but where it is hit and how quickly it puts the animal down.......preserving the meat.....is questionable. You wanna shoot like that? Shoot metal gongs or life-size metal targets or even paper...or bad guys in Afganistan but not animals you are going to harvest. I'd love to try it myself. I would NEVER try to shoot an animal at that distance because no matter how good your sighting is, the variables to move the bullet back into the gut area are way too prevalent.
Rome
The bad thing about a shot that far is the hike to go get it and carry it back.
I would never take that shot. Hunting an animal, especially a large game animal, is supposed to be dispatched humanely. 200-300, even 400 yards with the appropriate gear and experienced shooter fine. 1000+ yards? Lucky at best.......not lucky to hit a target. I'm sure the hunter in that video has experimented shooting that distance many times before so hitting an antelope size target is pretty much a given but where it is hit and how quickly it puts the animal down.......preserving the meat.....is questionable. You wanna shoot like that? Shoot metal gongs or life-size metal targets or even paper...or bad guys in Afganistan but not animals you are going to harvest. I'd love to try it myself. I would NEVER try to shoot an animal at that distance because no matter how good your sighting is, the variables to move the bullet back into the gut area are way too prevalent.
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220 gr (14 g) MatchKing | 3,003 ft/s (915 m/s) | 4,404 ft·lbf (5,971 J) |
My standard reply to shots like these is: "let's see you do it again".
Says the guy who buys his meat that was processed from a "humane" slaughter house.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrisy
However, I bet he was a prolific bed wetter long after most healthy kids.
Animal cruelty and bedwetting go hand in hand.
It is part of the homicidal triad.
I have no problem with hunting.
No problem with taking such a distant shot.
No problem killing nuisance animals like wild boars from helicopters.
It needs to be done.
Killing terrorist I’m sure if fun too since they are killing us.
I’m sure that under certain conditions there could be humor found when it is so personal.
I get the thrill of the hunt and the adrenalin.
Killing animals is not humorous although I guess it could be fun - just not “funny”.
Seriously, who laughs that much when killing animals.
These are the same sorts of people who would laugh after stomping a litter of kittens which a cop did on a SWAT raid one time.
They give hunters, conservationists, sportsman, nature lovers, and Americans a bad name.
I’m sure he WILL sleep better…
However, I bet he was a prolific bed wetter long after most healthy kids.
Animal cruelty and bedwetting go hand in hand.
It is part of the homicidal triad.
I couldn't do that if I had a GPS guided bullet.