Hevi-Shot: old vs. new

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by popplecop

Know what you mean about people not knowing distances. Some think that because they have the latest waterfowl gun and 3.5 shells they can kill ducks out to 70-80 yds. I'm going to make a statement that's going to get me in hot water, but so be it: In 60 years of hunting the skill level in waterfowl hunting and deer hunting has declined. By this I mean the art of decoying and calling is not what it used to be. As far as deer hunting goes take away baiting and lot of guys couldn't shoot a deer.

While I have been bird hunting for 30 years, waterfowling for 14 years now, and am 39 years old right now, I have no idea how things were back in the day because before reaching 25 years of age about the only people I hunted with were my dad and uncle. So, I have no idea what people's ability in general was 30 or 40 years ago. However, I will agree that a lot of hunters have no freaking clue what they are doing, much less any ability to shoot. Like anything else, being a good hunter requires extreme attention to detail and a decent amount of practice shooting. Luckily, I am extremely detail oriented (would have used a reference to the rear, but it probably would not have made it through) and I am pretty passionate about hunting. After we get a single family home, the next thing on the list is a farm. When we eventually retire, I want to move to the farm and get away from this mess around the city. As it is right now, I could spend a lot of time on the farm since I can work from almost anywhere. Problem is, the kids are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2, so living on a farm will not be the best thing for them IMO and my wife's opinion.