I sometimes don't get cell phone coverage in my room! But at the long drop at mangamuka hut I can get some!.
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Maybe it would be helpful only to identify targets through binoculars, not scopes.
I think it was @Ryan_Songhurst I read suggesting that, if you can't tell the sex of your target you haven't identified it.
Worth serious thought?
I totally disagree with the idea of any sort of electronic detention aid or compulsory standard for outdoor users.
As soon as you introduce something like that you diminish the responsibility of the shooter.
"I didn't get a signal from the aid so I shot him".
"He wasn't wearing the device so it was his fault I shot him".
It is like trying to make hi-vis compulsory for motorcyclists. If you are not wearing it then it is your fault if some dopey driver doesn't see you and kills you.
I am all for making yourself visible and doing anything you feel will increase your chances of being recognised as a person and not game but unless everyone does it (which they won't) and it is fool proof (which it won't be) then all it does is give someone another excuse for NOT IDENTIFYING THEIR TARGET.
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
@Ryan_Songhurst
I'll make sure I keep my hair short in that case.
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Good on you for thinking about safety and target identification Gordo, full marks. It is only time and experience that train your brain as to how animals appear in different situations. By that I mean your brain has to learn how to interpret the refracted light coming to your eyes from the object in different shadings etc. There is plenty of opportunity for mistakes, with heart beating and adrenaline flowing.
The best method of target ID that I know of was originated by the Graf Brothers 'Assume everything is a human until you have proven otherwise'
all the red deer ever bred
wont make up for one man dead
no meat is better than no mate
those 2 sayings have been around 40 plus years,its not a new problem,maybe much mure publisised but not new.
scope ID has saved more than one life over the years,but yes binos would be better in ideal world....when bush stalking they are in my backpack.
is that gap between cars big enough for me to get out and into??? or are they going too fast??? how did we learn this skill...we watched others and probably all had more close calls than we care to admit. the thing is it took time and experience to learn what was right. and we had to be extremely cautious untill we learnt then we had experience to lean on but still need to be cautious....similar wouldnt you say????
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