Palin derangement syndrome + anti-hunting attitude = fruitcake

[Scout26]

No they were somewhere where they were pretty damn sure that there was no one for miles near where they were hunting.

If you've ever been to Alaska and left the Anchorage area you'll now what it means.

 

[Perd Hapley]

Dumb, non-hunter question:

I'm all for checking backstops, but how can hunters ever be all that certain there's no one downrange, when they're in the middle of the woods? How can they be certain, when the area behind one's target is gob-smackingly vast?

This is not a defense of Palin. Just a question from a non-hunter.

[CNYCacher]

Dumb, non-hunter question:

I'm all for checking backstops, but how can hunters ever be all that certain there's no one downrange, when they're in the middle of the woods? How can they be certain, when the area behind one's target is gob-smackingly vast?

This is not a defense of Palin. Just a question from a non-hunter.

Ideally, you would be able to see the ground behind your target.

[AJ Dual]

No, Tyme, my theory is that Sarah Palin is an absolute fake, that she knows nothing about hunting or camping or even raising children, that she's just a creation of the Republican Party (or even the Tea Party). Maybe she's just a hologram.

I wish she was a hologram.

Then someday I might be able to get a bootleg copy of her on BitTorrent or something someday. 

[Scout26]

Dumb, non-hunter question:

I'm all for checking backstops, but how can hunters ever be all that certain there's no one downrange, when they're in the middle of the woods? How can they be certain, when the area behind one's target is gob-smackingly vast?

This is not a defense of Palin. Just a question from a non-hunter.

Generally for deer hunting you're in a tree stand shooting at a downward angle, so the ground is your backstop.  If your hunting at ground level, then you make sure that you have a good back stop.  (most the time you're in a wooded are that's somewhat hilly.   The other way is if it's not hilly (able to the terrain as a backstop), depending on how wooded the area is, lots and lots of trees can also make a backstop.  

You generally don't shoot at an animal that is silhouetted on a ridge or hilltop.  However in some areas (like Alaska) where there's nothing/no one behind that ridge, then you might take the shot.

[charby]

Dumb, non-hunter question:

I'm all for checking backstops, but how can hunters ever be all that certain there's no one downrange, when they're in the middle of the woods? How can they be certain, when the area behind one's target is gob-smackingly vast?

This is not a defense of Palin. Just a question from a non-hunter.

When I hunt with firearm that shoots a solid projectile I try to set myself up in a situation where my bullet will go into a hill behind the target. Even when I hunted in WY this fall all the shots I took had a hill behind them as a backstop. Doesn't take much of a hill as a backstop.


My main hunting rifle is a Model 70 Win in .300 Win Mag and I have it zeroed for 200 yards, in theory the bullet should be hitting the ground before 600 yards if I am shooting straight ahead. When I deer hunt in Iowa I use a shotgun shooting slugs and they hit the dirt about 350 yards, this I have witnessed first hand.

[CNYCacher]

Having watched the hunting segment and now more of her show where she handled firearms, I don't think she has much experience with either.

[Scout26]

Having watched the hunting segment and now more of her show where she handled firearms, I don't think she has much experience with either.

Is she a Gun nut like most of us here, no.  But, she's at least on our side, and more women are looking at the shooting sports (hunting included) then before because of her.  I've had several women sign up for our Firearm Safety Clinics because of Sarah.

[Tallpine]

Is she a Gun nut like most of us here, no.  But, she's at least on our side, and more women are looking at the shooting sports (hunting included) then before because of her.  I've had several women sign up for our Firearm Safety Clinics because of Sarah.

She's the only one professional enough to shoot that caribou 

[gunsmith]

Is she a Gun nut like most of us here, no.  But, she's at least on our side, and more women are looking at the shooting sports (hunting included) then before because of her.  I've had several women sign up for our Firearm Safety Clinics because of Sarah.

She can out shoot B.O ( I betcha! )