Azuaro, you come to a forum created by Ted. The Holdover Man, the man that brought long range airgunning to the main stream and call him and everyone that partakes in similar types of airgunning " unethical and stupid"? If you disagree so much, than go else where. If it bothers you that much, you should find a forum that does everything you feel is ethical and meets your standards. Have you ever even shot a modern high powered airgun? Do you have any real experience to know just how capable these airguns are? Based on your description of how an animal dies when shot with a bow, I will make the assumption you have no clue about hunting and what happens when an animal is hit with an arrow. I have bow hunted for 20 years and not experienced what you described. Every deer, bear, coyote, or any other animal that I have shot with an arrow runs like hell till they fall over dead. But, instead of saying you are full of it, I will just assume that Elk and deer in Montana die much differently than animals in the eastern part of the country.
So, you are attacking every member who posts about long range kills? Why are you still here? You are smarter and more ethical than all of us. Why would you even insult your own intelligence by indulging such stupid and unethical folks? You claimed to me in a pm to have been a gunsmith/engineer for the USA olympic shooting teams. Surely your mind is open enough to realize that 100 yards with an airgun is not a big deal based on your experience. If you have ever killed anything with an airgun you should surely know just how little fpe is needed to kill critters. Come on dude!! Are you the one full of it, are you really all what you claim, or just someone trolling to cause trouble? I will take the later.
I killed over 50 squirrels last year with a .22 air rifle. This was actual hunting. I was in the hardwood forests of Ohio. Taking shots from 25-125 yards. After a whole season, and shooting those unethical 100+yard shots, I had 1 squirrel that I wounded and it got in a den hole. 1 squirrel the whole season. This was real hunting, no bench rest, nothing but me, my rifle, and the woods. That sounds horribly unethical? I also went out on 4 coyote hunts. After 4 hunts, I had 3 coyotes killed at 65, 92, and 103 yards. No misses and non wounded. This spring, I finally got out to do some pest removal for a bird farm. They raise pheasant, chukar, and quail. 12 groundhogs, 2 feral cats, and a coyote were taken off this farm by me with my airguns. The closest shot was 50 yards and all the rest were 65-130 yards. Zero wounded animals!! I am having trouble seeing how any of the above is unethical and stupid?? Really, all I see is a garbage argument from you. One with zero first hand experience to make a fact based argument on the legitimacy of shooting animals at long range.
This is my personal list and is not a reflection of the airgun public. Just my own opinion. Yrrah, Tofazfou, Wingman, and Ted are the top 4 names that come to mind when I think about long range airgunners that are the gurus and role models for my joy in airgunning!! These guys aren't just great shooters, they are ballistic geniuses, and leaders in the long range aspect of airgunning and airgun hunting. Your claims and statements indicate that they are all unethical and stupid. Pretty bold claims if you ask me!!