Thread: Experienced Advice Appreciated For Long Range Hunting

Hello. Everyone has to learn but all game deserves a respectful death, as quick and humane as possible.

Anyone can "miss" right from close to a long way away, and any of the "misses" are a potential wounding of an animal, if you don't get it with a subsequent shot, you just don't know - yes a hit is a very audible thing but only in certain conditions i.e. close-ish and not too much other noise/wind etc. I know, I can miss rabbits at 25 yards and bigger stuff at 50 sometimes - so 200 and 300M are easy (too miss).

I like reading/watching some of the Tahr hunt video's and there are lots/many/heaps of "misses" on Tahr by all sorts of Hunters at ranges from close to long, and its the same if one goes to a gong shoot, everyone remembers their hits but few people focus on or recall the misses.

You've been jumped on a bit unfairly I think (let he who has not ever missed an animal be the first to cast stones your way so to speak) , but there is good advice here - zero your rifles, practice and stay with conservative shots.

Everyone's ethics vary, but one of the very finest marksman I have watched over a period of time on the internet shooting very well out to past 1000 metres on difficult targets - his take - He will not shoot at game over 400 metres. I feel the same way but my personal limit is 300m or so. The point is as your shooting abilities/equipment evolves you should be able to know what is a good distance for you and that's what ethical hunting is about.