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This whole issue of long range shooting on big game has been discussed before. I might add that I posted about a year ago regarding lost game and in Wyoming the majority of game is lost to failed neck and head shots or shooting at extended ranges.
There is a huge difference between one's markmanship abilities on paper and non-game animals and what one should attempt in the field. For instance, I shoot a bow very well. I have no trouble shooting five arrows into a three inch circle at 40 yards all day long and a pie plate at fifty yards is no problem. Still, I consider my effective range on big game to max out at 30 yards and everything has to be perfect for me to even consider shooting at 40. I don't even have a sight pin beyond 40 yards and I won't take the shot, period.
Really what we are talking about is ethics and ethics are born of wisdom and maturity.
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