[SJackson]

I was fishing in Nicaragua and several 3-4 foot monitor lizards were running around the trees. The native guide got very excited and pulled out an ancient marlin .22. He looked at me and asked if I could shoot so I snatched up the rusty hulk and nailed a couple at which point the guide shrieked and jumped overboard and retrieved his prizes with a huge grin.

Think that was because the guide couldn't shoot, or shooting them was illegal? :>)

[TxDas]

“Think that was because the guide couldn’t shoot, or shooting them was illegal?”

I doubt he could shoot very well because ammo is expensive and rationed in Communist Nicaragua. You don’t bowl a 200 if you only bowl once a year and you generally can’t shoot a running lizard in the head if you only shoot a few rounds a year. I was a collegiate National Match shooter and still shoot 10,000+ rds a year so I had a leg up on him.

Even if you have some natural talent, if you don’t practice you get rusty, regardless of the sport.