“How far is “long range” and is it really worth it to have to hoof more than half a mile just to get to the place where your quarry was shot, to say nothing of how much farther you’ll then have to track the thing to find where it finally went down?”
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Agree. To me it’s the difference between being a hunter or a sniper. I don’t see any sport in the latter. I’m impressed by a good hunter who knows how to track his quarry and has the patience to take it when the time is right.
” I don’t see any sport in the latter. I’m impressed by a good hunter who knows how to track his quarry and has the patience to take it when the time is right.”
https://www.amazon.com/White-Feather-Carlos-Hathcock-Sniper/dp/1885633092
White Feather: Carlos Hathcock, USMC Scout Sniper
I’m not trying to say that sniping is “sport”; it is not. It is killing other men before they kill your men.
Read it and get back to us. If you are “impressed by a good hunter who knows how to track his quarry and has the patience to take it when the time is right”, then Carlos Hathcock will amaze you.