Thumbs down to this hunt.

Do we know he changed which animal he was shooting at?

Everybody is assuming and that is that.

Here is a scenario, maybe he purposely missing the elk so he could post a video and see what kind of reaction he would get, you just never know, see I just assumed too.;)


Longwalker said:
Kelly, the video is posted for public consumption. We have opinions because it matters! I have been in this shooters position many times. It is tempting to act as this shooter did, but it is most definitely NOT OK to start shooting at one animal and then switch to another. It is also inexcusable to choose to shoot from the worst possible position instead of getting steadier. The shooter had plenty of time.
My experience tells me that under those circumstances, several elk may have been hit and left to die a slow death from wounds. Even quickly fatal hits are seldom apparent at long range. Of the 15 or so elk that I have personally killed, most travelled an average of 40 yards after the shot, and many showed no evidence of a fatal hit. It is inexcusable to start shooting an an animal, not know if it is hit or not, and then switch to another. And it is never, ever a bad thing to pass up a shot.
You are actually supporting this activity or think it is ethically neutral? The worst possible excuse for bad hunter behaviour is so the shooter can record a video to post on the internet!
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If he really wanted show value he could of used a mini 30 with the biggest mag he could find and just blazed away. Now that would of been a show;)
 
So you are just in an argumentative mood. OK. Nothing will change your mind.
It is obvious to the rest of us who watched the video that the shooter changed the animal shot at. The shooter cannot clearly see the herd as it turns around and changes direction behind the patch of aspen.
If the concept that hunting rights also come with responsibilities is something you cannot grasp, I will not convince you. Thank goodness that the majority of opinion posted so far is on the side of responsibility and reason.
 
I agree with Kelly T on this one. So much speculation, we don't know the whole story.

As far as freehand 500 yard shooting goes, it's not that hard, just practice. I bet if I dorve my truck 40mph across a feild at 500 yards, you guys would hit it every shot. I know I could do that in return. Any takers??
 
O.K. fair enough, don't know the whole story, but I still think it's "sneaky" anti-hunting at "best" and bad hunting at worst. I just don't see the silver lining for hunters or shooters in general in this video.
Truck at 500? Pass. I've got a clearcut with a 400 yard shot, 18" target, and my wind reading skills+off-hand shooting=pass up running moose for my cold bore shot. Good on you for being able/experienced/skilled enough to take those shots though, that's impressive.
 
smelly pete said:
Ummm, I think everyone is posting that they are ethical enough not to take those shots...?
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Everyone here can say what they want, but if the majority of people I see in real life are anything like the people on here it's all BS. According to CGN, everyone is an expert marksman who never wounds game, does anything illegal and is the perfect role model that everyone should strive to be. Yet in the real world I've watched a guy in a pick up chase the deer I was stalking on foot. I've seen more shots out of a window from the road then you would believe. I've found deer carcasses with the antlers sawed off. I found a pile of dead does behind the water treatment plant. I've been scoped, shot at and once even on purpose. I personally know people who brag about their 'expert' skills with years of experiance tell about the time they shot off a deers leg. I've found shot up car hoods, broken bottles and last month a bunch of dead ducks shot, piled up and left to rot in the sun. But nobody on CGN would do any of that, would they? It's funny how quick everyone is to criticize others, but never accept responsibility for their own actions.
 
This guy has proven he can't make that shot. You shouldn't take shots at unwounded game that you can't make. He is risking wounding an animal, maybe several. He is an idiot for trying, and the video proves it. It is unethical to empty clips at living things with only a vague hope of connecting.

Anyone who thinks this guy's actions should be defended in any way is doing harm to my future hunting.
 
rral22 said:
This guy has proven he can't make that shot. You shouldn't take shots at unwounded game that you can't make. He is risking wounding an animal, maybe several. He is an idiot for trying, and the video proves it. It is unethical to empty clips at living things with only a vague hope of connecting.

Anyone who thinks this guy's actions should be defended in any way is doing harm to my future hunting.
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x2 ...Granted we dont have all the facts but that was painfull to watch.
Really bad example of what hunting is about.
 
Apparently he subscribes to the theory, if you put enough lead in the air eventually you have to hit something.

Obvious problem is he could have hit several with not immediately lethal shots and he might never know
 
It could have been near/on farmers alfalfa field and was given permission to open fire/or the farmer himself. There are some farmers on the east side of the province that want all the elk gone. They can devastate a field of bales, they piss on and trample them.
 
chalkriver said:
x2 ...Granted we dont have all the facts but that was painfull to watch.
Really bad example of what hunting is about.
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X3 - I never seen that many Elk in my whole life and getting a chance to shoot that many bullets.

Although it's not that hard to back track the you tube video's. Remember the punks shooting ducks in the pond with .22 and posted.

I hope some fish cop have slow day and stuck on ranks for few years :cool: - Biggs
 
Drillbit said:
As far as freehand 500 yard shooting goes, it's not that hard, just practice.
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Really? At a single fast moving target amongst several others? Low light? BS.

I have personally watched some of the best offhand shooters in NA miss a few stationary targets, larger than the kill zone of an elk at 500 meters. Their muzzles didn't wave around anywhere near as much as this shooters. How could you argue that this "hunter's" shooting is anything but wreckless.
 
noneck180 said:
It could have been near/on farmers alfalfa field and was given permission to open fire/or the farmer himself. There are some farmers on the east side of the province that want all the elk gone. They can devastate a field of bales, they piss on and trample them.
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In what way does that justify what was going on in that video?

Elk piss on bales, so it's OK to just fire away at them at what are obviously, for that shooter in those circumstances, impossible ranges, with no consideration about the possible wounding/crippling of the animals at all? Really??

Anyone who tries to justify that stupidity is supporting irresponsible and unethical behavior by hunters, and adding weight to all the arguments anti-hunters have ever made. There is NO justification for what was being done.
 
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