It's also called hunting, not shooting. There's a huge difference. Think of all of the myriad skills required to close into ethical gun range (or archery, muzzleloader, spear, whatever) of your quarry before taking the shot. Use those other skills mankind developed over tens of thousands of years and really hunt. Shooting is, well, shooting. I've got no problem with someone shooting prairie dogs at long range. I DO have a problem with people taking extreme range shots on a big game animal and risk crippling the animal from an errant round. This applies to those taking too long a shot with a bow as well as a rifle.
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