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And you underscore my point. Elk are not deer for one. If you knew you could ethically take the shot you did, then you HAD EXPERIENCE! Third, what is preventing anyone from taking their rifle to the range and practicing?
When I have new hunters, I take them to the range usually 3 or 4 times, with 50 rounds of ammo, and they learn shooting, range estimation and some ballistics. When I had my 12 year old out this year, I never let him use a rangefinder, but I had him estimate ranges 20 or 30 times a day, then gave him what I thought and what the rangefinder said. That is experience too. Appleseed is a great way to learn too. Experience has many levels, the person who fires their first round at a game animal can be very experienced, heck more so than a 20 year deer hunter with heads on the wall...but 20 rounds is not experience. Don't read more into my words than what the words say.
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