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Wyosmith · December 17, 2019, 01:50 PM

Ben Dover, you and I think exactly the same way.

I shoot to 1200 yards for fun in the open sage prairies not far from my home and overall I am fairly good at it. However HUNTING is not just shooting.
I do not take pride in long shots. In fact I feel exactly the opposite. HUNTING is what I like to do

I killed 7 head of game in the last 3 months. Of the 7, 5 were taken with guns with iron sights. One antelope buck was taken at 40 yards with my M95 lever action in 270, and one other doe antelope was taken by me at about 20 yards with my 6.5X54 Mannlicher, also with irons. I killed another antelope with a savage M99 in 300 Savage with a peep sight at about 160 yards and both of my white tails were killed with a Remington M81 300 Savage with the issue irons.

That is what makes it all fun for me. If I need to I can and I have made killed waaaay out there, but that is not really hunting, to me at least. It's shooting. Good shooting.....yes, but not actually hunting.

December 17, 2019, 01:50 PM	#18
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	Ben Dover, you and I think exactly the same way. I shoot to 1200 yards for fun in the open sage prairies not far from my home and overall I am fairly good at it. However HUNTING is not just shooting. I do not take pride in long shots. In fact I feel exactly the opposite. HUNTING is what I like to do I killed 7 head of game in the last 3 months. Of the 7, 5 were taken with guns with iron sights. One antelope buck was taken at 40 yards with my M95 lever action in 270, and one other doe antelope was taken by me at about 20 yards with my 6.5X54 Mannlicher, also with irons. I killed another antelope with a savage M99 in 300 Savage with a peep sight at about 160 yards and both of my white tails were killed with a Remington M81 300 Savage with the issue irons. That is what makes it all fun for me. If I need to I can and I have made killed waaaay out there, but that is not really hunting, to me at least. It's shooting. Good shooting.....yes, but not actually hunting.