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Old 04-11-2010, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sevenmil View Post
It is great that you are always able to stalk up to the animal, find a good rest, let the obliging critter turn broadside, and ever so carefully squeeze the trigger. Ever try hunting moose or elk in the timber... or whitetails or muleys for that matter, and you sometimes just have to up and shoot? Sometimes there is no time for the textbook stalk. You just have to throw lead (or better yet pure copper) or not get a shot at all.
Prefer not to take a shot at all in that situation. Not insecure enough that I have to spray the woods with 'copper' or 'lead' cause I'm 'scared' something is going to get away. Rather go home empty handed.