Long-Range Hunting: Good, Bad, or Situational?

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

SHOW NOTES

• Scenario: Running game vs. long shot?

• Intro: Long-Range Hunting—an exploration of all the elements

• Listener questions & comments

• Defining long-range hunting

• The Ethical Argument against long-range hunting

• A skill-based argument for long-range hunting

• Potential issues with long-range hunting

1. Potential for poor hits
2. Insufficient projectile performance
3. Difficulty recovering game
4. Too many hunters don't practice

• Potential advantages of long-range skill

1. More precise shots at common distances
2. Making the most of backcountry opportunities
3. Experience success more frequently
4. Harvest bigger animals, more often

• ABC's of becoming a long-range hunter

• JvB's personal creed: Be the best hunter possible so long shots are rarely necessary; be the best rifleman possible so as to ethically make long shots when required.