But is makes these threads sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring if we aren't slamming each other.

Pretty sure that someone is going to [censored] on this too, but I will go ahead and try to clear things up a bit.

I see SapperTitan's point that I'm just trying to gain attention or get my post count up or whatever. I see how y'all may see this post that way.
But that wasn't what I was trying to
do. No sir.
I put that up there so that y'all could point out some fallacies in my points made--y'all didn't see the point I was trying to make, only the fact that I missed a pig twice and the numbers "22-250." All I'm trying to do is to not have people who are just barely getting into hunting and shooting think that shooting past 300yd is the same as to shooting under 150yd. I put my failures in there to back up that point: when you don't practice, you miss. When you use a small caliber with a non-head/neck shot at a distance further than 200yd, then you're in for some prayer and stress. I've learned a lot from here and am trying to pass on very good information from here to people who are more novice than me. I'm still young, but I have been hunting for 9 years--is that worth nothing? I've made my share of mistakes, mistakes that I've realized because THF has showed me that these are mistakes.
The whole point of my big long anecdotal "rant" was to basically say this (to the brand-new hunters who I am addressing, not Texas Hunting Forum because y'all ain't brand new): hit a target at X distance before you attempt to hit an animal, because there are more factors at those ranges and beyond than under them, which I have learned the hard way. (X>200yd)

And I must ask: what is wrong with promoting clean kills, regardless of distance, animal, caliber, or scope magnification? I don't see a pet peeve to derive from "ethical hunting," however you want to define it. I'm not telling YOU what to do, I'm telling people who don't know what they're doing what NOT to do so that they don't screw up like I have.

You just cannot have a different opinion? Chital your post is not out in left field.

It absoutly is not, if I infered it was I appoligise. I think he did a bang up job trying to teach what he has learned. To do that well takes practous and time. Not every harsh statement here was helpfull, but several offered him guidence.

I am proud he ts trying to pass along knolage, and even more so that he respectfully defended his position in a Mature maner. My intention was one of encouragement.

Young man, you are experienceing what all of us old farts experianced many years ago: growing up.

I belive your intensions were good and sincere.

Here is the thing. You are trying to pass along knowalage (admirable) to your peers, but you seek wisdome from these men and women you admire.

You are now learning the differance between the two right now, here in this post.

Wisdom comes with time, and maturity.

I belive some of the answers here were harsh, but that is what you asked for (relise it or not), and you have been given a great gift.

Please reread all the post and look at the wisdom that has been shaired with you.

I think you expected to hear praise for a job well done, but got something much more valuable .

Keep on swinging, you are not far from where you want to be.

You will make these guys proud I promice.

Not gonna bash you chital but you have to realize you can't preach ethical shots and post you had to take the shot. everyone is comfortable at different distances and with different calibers. You need to think about what you said and my advice is if the shot is not ethical on the first hour of the hunt then it's not on the last hour.

Very true. I'm working towards that level of ethics, but for now I'm pretty trigger happy

Not sure how it fits into this conversation, but I have lease buddies who start blasting at doves when they're still 100 yards away. Is this considered long range hunting, or do I have stupid lease buddies? I ask them why we bother setting up the Mojos within 20 yards if they're shooting at 100.

I think the better term is they are steering the dove to another field where their buddies (who are better shots) are hunting, thereby increasing their hunting yield and illegally claiming their limit while not actually hunting there