Good subject, Roger.

Agree with much/most of what you said.

#16

Have to pick on you just a little on:

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7. The hunter armed with a .243 that he can shoot accurately without flinching, is better equipped than a hunter armed with a .300 RUM that makes him flinch, no matter what the game.

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"No matter what the game" should probably read "on suitable sized game".

Also #13. As RWJ stated, some of us hunt larger areas and different types of terrain making longer shots more common and have worked at becoming proficient long range marksmen. If the hunter is an accomplished long range shooter, and takes only those shots which he is absolutely sure he can make, I would not consider it disrespectful to the animal.

We all have a responsibility to the game which we hunt to do so in a humane manner. That means learning what it takes to quickly dispatch the animal and then work towards honing the skills necessary to accomplish that.

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[/As far as markmanship or being a good rifleman, I think that a person who has mastered a .375 H&H is a better alround rifleman than a person that has only mastered a .243. But there is a functional element here as well: if you never need to hunt with a .375, then there is probably no reason that you should learn to shoot one. But I rarely hear medium or large bore shooters bad mouth people who shoot .243s ( I bet because they like shooting .243s)...but I frequently hear people who do not or cannot shoot medium bore or larger rifles bad mouth those larger calibers. quote]

Right on, RWJ.


Regards,
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Good post. interesting responses too.



Just to pick on one blatant falsehood that shows where your mouth is more open than your mind:



4. Every change in reloading is a tradeoff



Tell me what you give up or trade off if you move seating depth up or down to shrink your group size from 2 inches to one inch? tell me what you trade off to use one powder vs another, when the exact same velocity can have significantly different accuracy indications.. clearly you have no knowledge whatsoever of what changes can be important in reloading. I could go on, the change in brass type once gave me better accuracy, better velocity, and cheaper reloads, at no loss of anything.



Regards most of your other points, your subtle putdowns are not so true with the men (and their children) I know and hunt with.



there are however, a number of opinions presented with which I agree.

Roger,Roger.
I agree with all your points,but two.
#11: My Uncle,who taught me how to hunt,was a dedicated neck shooter. If you are concerned about 'humane'killing,consider that,if you hit the neck bone or the large artery next to it,you have an instant kill. If you miss,the deer will recover completely from the simple puncturewound.Neck shooting is not foolish,it is just not for everyone.
#21: Unfortunately,I know nothing about this aspect of hunting
Frank