Long-Range Hunting: Good, Bad, or Situational?
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
• Scenario: Running game vs. long shot?
• Intro: Long-Range Hunting—an exploration of all the elements
• Listener questions & comments
• Defining long-range hunting
• The Ethical Argument against long-range hunting
• A skill-based argument for long-range hunting
• Potential issues with long-range hunting
- Potential for poor hits
- Insufficient projectile performance
- Difficulty recovering game
- Too many hunters don't practice
• Potential advantages of long-range skill
- More precise shots at common distances
- Making the most of backcountry opportunities
- Experience success more frequently
- Harvest bigger animals, more often
• ABC's of becoming a long-range hunter
• JvB's personal creed: Be the best hunter possible so long shots are rarely necessary; be the best rifleman possible so as to ethically make long shots when required.