All my hunting are under 100 yards. Because I feel beyond that is just a guessing game and most time will not humanely kill the animals. As a kid, I remember being 10-11 year old, I would use my crosman 2100 .177 cal and shoot birds in a tall tree that is like 4-6 houses away. I dont know the exact range but it is far for a airgun at the time. Most shots would be missing the birds. When I do get a hit, I can hear the impact and see feathers flying and the birds would fly away. I would be so happy and smiling just cause I got a hit. I didn't care about injuries to the animals not knowing if it was humanely killed or suffering slow death. All I care was being able to hit a animal really far away. Now fast forward 20 years later. I would never take a shot that I know I couldn't humanely take the animal out. It isn't about who can hit a animal the farthest and have the world title of farthest kill. But watching these YouTube videos, I see bunch of grown up men taking shots that are 200 to 500 yards. We don't know how many of those shots didn't humanely kill the animals. They only show the good kill ones. But in the videos you can see them cheering and yelling when they make contact with the animals 200 plus yards. Reminds me of what I was as a kid. But watching those videos at my age now, I dont think that is ethical to shoot and hoping to hit a living animals at such a distance. It is like a disgrace to treat animals like trash and humans are above all animals. When I hunt and make a kill, I respect the animal for dying to give me food. But that's just me. What do you guys thinking about this game of who can hit the animals at the farthest distance. Is that really hunting or is that bunch of fools playing kids game.
