Yes, but don't you wish you had the skill to get closer? I suppose I ought to put my remarks into context. I bring down venison for my own consumption and I don't get to do it every day. The land over which I'm lucky enough to have permission to shoot provides very few opportunities for me to shoot beyond 300/350 yards (unless I sit in the truck in the gateway and not move). Half the pleasure for me is moving to a point of being within 100 yards of the target animal without it knowing that I'm there.Blu wrote:TikkaWhy would you what?I'm thinking "why would you?"
Depends on the terrain where one does the hunting, places like Wyoming there is very very little cover and antelope will see you coming from a long way off. Places like West Texas along with the flat prairie States, again very little cover and deer will see you from a long way off. In such environments long shots are usually the only way to go.
I realize that in the UK long shots are probably not the way to go given the size of the country and that most of it is has people around close by but over here, well it's a whole different ball game.
Blu
If I don't get that right, I don't take home bambi. Think of it as foreplay if you like :shakeshout:
Oh and don't you go thinking that our deer are dumb enough to stand still watching you get a bead on them: li'l old muntjac see you and go, 2 maybe 3 seconds.