First off, I want to say, I am the most pro hunter you will ever meet. I have killed plenty of big game, and I support any kind of ethical hunting out there. Heck, I would support a seal hunt, so long as it was ethical. Normally for me, if its legal, its legal (lets not fight amongst ourselves).
When we all started hunting, we were taught quick and clean as possible, kills. Get as close as you can, so you KNOW with 100% certainty you will make the shot and have little or no chance of wounding it and having an animal suffer, or be lost and wasted. In fact, I believe they still teach this in the hunter education program in Canada.
Now some guys are teaching, don't try and get any closer, in fact, let's see how far away you can kill it from. If you miss the first shot, try again, if you wound it, don't worry about the animal that is going to suffer.
Is the goal of this show to see how far an unethical of a shot it "can" make after it slings a few bullets at an animal?
Is it to see if its possible to kill an animal at 2000 meters? Because I gaurantee it's possible.
This clip really disgusted me. "Well, we saw how far we were off on the first shot, made the correction and connected." What us viewers didn't see, is how long the animal lay there suffering, or where the bullet went. I am well aware, that with a good lung shot, an animal will take minutes sometimes to die, but with a gut shot, it could take hours, or days if not found. I want to stress that all I am after here is a quick clean kill by the hunter, and him to have done everything in his power to make that happen.
Ethics should say to all of us hunters out there, if you don't KNOW you can make a shot, on your first shot, you should not be shooting that far. Sure myself with my bow, I consistently shoot 100 yards, but under field conditions, that is a totally different shot. And not one I am 100% sure I will make the first time I loose an arrow on an animal.
If the guy is trying to sell his long range stuff and was serious about how good it is, he should take an apple, stick it on his own head, and have that kid shoot it off at 1376 yards. "Well we're gonna have to make a correction her folks for that one! I got hit in the stomach, and I'm really squirming. Hold still damnit! Or your gonna drop the apple!" Hey, that would show me just how confident he is in his rifle he's selling.
Target practice (it can't possibly be called hunting) that far on a live animal is the farthest thing from ethical, unless you know with 100% certainty, you're gonna make that shot.
I'm so mad right now I think we should put together a list of companies who support this stuff that we can boycott! That is an absolute disgrace!
With enough support from hunters, saying this is not ethical, their business will soon be gone, along with their money. Anyone who promotes a "test shot" on an animal has no care about wounding an animal.
What I want to know, is, are you on board with me, or do you think this sort of thing is okay.
When we all started hunting, we were taught quick and clean as possible, kills. Get as close as you can, so you KNOW with 100% certainty you will make the shot and have little or no chance of wounding it and having an animal suffer, or be lost and wasted. In fact, I believe they still teach this in the hunter education program in Canada.
Now some guys are teaching, don't try and get any closer, in fact, let's see how far away you can kill it from. If you miss the first shot, try again, if you wound it, don't worry about the animal that is going to suffer.
Is the goal of this show to see how far an unethical of a shot it "can" make after it slings a few bullets at an animal?
Is it to see if its possible to kill an animal at 2000 meters? Because I gaurantee it's possible.
This clip really disgusted me. "Well, we saw how far we were off on the first shot, made the correction and connected." What us viewers didn't see, is how long the animal lay there suffering, or where the bullet went. I am well aware, that with a good lung shot, an animal will take minutes sometimes to die, but with a gut shot, it could take hours, or days if not found. I want to stress that all I am after here is a quick clean kill by the hunter, and him to have done everything in his power to make that happen.
Ethics should say to all of us hunters out there, if you don't KNOW you can make a shot, on your first shot, you should not be shooting that far. Sure myself with my bow, I consistently shoot 100 yards, but under field conditions, that is a totally different shot. And not one I am 100% sure I will make the first time I loose an arrow on an animal.
If the guy is trying to sell his long range stuff and was serious about how good it is, he should take an apple, stick it on his own head, and have that kid shoot it off at 1376 yards. "Well we're gonna have to make a correction her folks for that one! I got hit in the stomach, and I'm really squirming. Hold still damnit! Or your gonna drop the apple!" Hey, that would show me just how confident he is in his rifle he's selling.
Target practice (it can't possibly be called hunting) that far on a live animal is the farthest thing from ethical, unless you know with 100% certainty, you're gonna make that shot.
I'm so mad right now I think we should put together a list of companies who support this stuff that we can boycott! That is an absolute disgrace!
With enough support from hunters, saying this is not ethical, their business will soon be gone, along with their money. Anyone who promotes a "test shot" on an animal has no care about wounding an animal.
What I want to know, is, are you on board with me, or do you think this sort of thing is okay.
