why does it take most hunters so long for to learn from what they see works in the field?
Ive hunted with dozens of guys over the last 45 plus years and as we age we all become a bit smarter in or equipment choices, we tend to take a bit less in day packs to lower the loads, we all seem to have learned to carry, and select better quality equipment, and AT LEAST among my friends, theres been a slow but obvious drift to larger caliber, cartridges, and smaller scopes, lighter rifles and carbines ,sometimes in non-magnum calibers.
where the, 264 mags ,270 win, 7mm and 30 cal mags ,and 24"-26" barrels were all the rage and 3x9x and 4x-12x scopes were almost universal in the 1970-80s, semi autos were more common, the current rifles tend to be carbines in calibers like 30/06-35 whelen, 358win, 338 win , 375H&H and 45/70 , and scopes like 2x-7x and strait 4x are now much more commonly seen, now, and single shots and carbines are far more common.
most guys don,t carry a pistol any longer, most carry a smaller knife.
theres an obvious shift from bragging about making long shots that connected to how close we got before dropping the hammer, on mule deer and elk.
theres a marked tendency for guys to be far more discerning about where they shoot game, in relation to road access, with at least some thought on how its going to be retrieved, or even If a shot will be taken while in years past, if it was legal it usually got shot and the thinking about retrieval only came later.
we have obviously as a group changed in both or skill levels and equipment choices , but its taken years.
comments?
Ive hunted with dozens of guys over the last 45 plus years and as we age we all become a bit smarter in or equipment choices, we tend to take a bit less in day packs to lower the loads, we all seem to have learned to carry, and select better quality equipment, and AT LEAST among my friends, theres been a slow but obvious drift to larger caliber, cartridges, and smaller scopes, lighter rifles and carbines ,sometimes in non-magnum calibers.
where the, 264 mags ,270 win, 7mm and 30 cal mags ,and 24"-26" barrels were all the rage and 3x9x and 4x-12x scopes were almost universal in the 1970-80s, semi autos were more common, the current rifles tend to be carbines in calibers like 30/06-35 whelen, 358win, 338 win , 375H&H and 45/70 , and scopes like 2x-7x and strait 4x are now much more commonly seen, now, and single shots and carbines are far more common.
most guys don,t carry a pistol any longer, most carry a smaller knife.
theres an obvious shift from bragging about making long shots that connected to how close we got before dropping the hammer, on mule deer and elk.
theres a marked tendency for guys to be far more discerning about where they shoot game, in relation to road access, with at least some thought on how its going to be retrieved, or even If a shot will be taken while in years past, if it was legal it usually got shot and the thinking about retrieval only came later.
we have obviously as a group changed in both or skill levels and equipment choices , but its taken years.
comments?
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