hunting camp b.s. .... prove it.

[Ranger]

Yea, well Chuck Norris simply needs a twig .

[hollohas]

i didnt start this thread to piss anyone off. i started this thread because camp "wisdom" is rampant everywhere, and i thought it would be fun to see who among us is really good. i know i am a good shot, but i know i have a long way to go. like i told the casting director for top shot, i am not olympic caliber in any discipline, but i can hold my own in all.
i have seen it written over time about the accomplishments somehave made. sometimes it is "i can shoot one hole groups with it all day long", that is an impressive claim, i just wonder how many actually do it. i have shot my share of one hole groups, but i would be liar if i said i did it everytime i go to the range. usually the boasts of superior marksmanship are related to hunting. i cringe when i hear someone say that they will take a shot at a deer out to 450, or even longer. there are no doubt some among us that can do that shot ethically, but the vast majority cant. i have taken animals out to almost 1300yds, but i wont take the shot without alot of practice to confirm that i really can reliably make the shot. the year i shot an antelope at 1282yds with a 50 bmg, i fired over 700rnds practicing at ranges from 600 to 1600 yds. i also had a spotter to verify misses or hits.
i just think it would be fun to shoot with some guys that are genuinely good. most of the people i shoot with are not great shots, and they know it.

this is not a challenge to everyone to try and beat me, it is simply an invitation to get together with fellow shooters and quantify shooting skill.

I wish I had an extra $3,000 to buy enough 50 bmg just to practice to shoot an antelope at almost 3/4 of a mile...and a lot of guys hunt with 30-06 because they don't want to buy the "expensive" ammo like 300 win mag. I would say a 50 bmg is a little too heavy to walk around and hunt with but I guess you don't have to do much walking if you're shooting out to 1300 yards!

[BigBear]

the year i shot an antelope at 1282yds with a 50 bmg, i fired over 700rnds practicing at ranges from 600 to 1600 yds. i also had a spotter to verify misses or hits.

700 rnds in practice?!

10 rnds = $30 (conservative)
700 rnds = $2100!!!!

Man, I wish I had your cash flow to practice!! I'm lucky to have 20 rounds to use for practice for any given caliber.

EDIT: Beaten by a few minutes as I was doing price checks and math... lol

[RobertB]

Nah, REAL men use their bare hands, we break off their antlers and stab them to death with them!!!

REAL men don't need tools. They walk up to the elk and simply command it to die.

To kill, I mean. When you command the elk to skin and clean itself, it often fails to comply, as everyone knows that dead elk are recalcitrant and typically poor sports about the whole thing. So you really do need tools for that part.

[hollohas]

700 rnds in practice?!

10 rnds = $30 (conservative)
700 rnds = $2100!!!!

Man, I wish I had your cash flow to practice!! I'm lucky to have 20 rounds to use for practice for any given caliber.

EDIT: Beaten by a few minutes as I was doing price checks and math... lol

Yeah, I didn't do any price checks...you get a bonus for accuracy.

[BigBear]

REAL men don't need tools. They walk up to the elk and simply command it to die.

To kill, I mean. When you command the elk to skin and clean itself, it often fails to comply, as everyone knows that dead elk are recalcitrant and typically poor sports about the whole thing. So you really do need tools for that part.

HAHAHA. Cue Charlton Heston!

Yeah, I didn't do any price checks...you get a bonus for accuracy.

Yay! Bonuses!!! I can do teh research when I have the time, I'm just ussually at work when I'm about to pop in and check this site.

[sniper7]

"
"Maybe we should chug on over to mamby pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jack wagon!"

"and the beat goes on" !!

tissue?

[sniper7]

Works good on Grouse.

I will testify that is actually does. My dad and I were hunting deer and I killed a grouse with a rock. and this actually is a true story!

[Mtn.man]

I will testify that is actually does. My dad and I were hunting deer and I killed a grouse with a rock. and this actually is a true story!

They come into camp, begging to get whacked, and grilled.
Why waste a good round when the Great Spirit gives you Rocks.

[RobertB]

Oh, I can beat the "grouse with a rock" story. One bitterly cold day on TA34 at Ft Carson when they wouldn't let us walk 200m to the chow hall and instead delivered sack lunches (that sat out for several hours), a friend of mine killed a p-dog with a frozen solid orange.