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Well, there goes one less individual in Harrier's mate pool.
Not so fast, Harrier!
'We have two Schrödinger cats which could be alive, dead, or in 101 other states simultaneously', Huber jokes, 'plus, they are entangled in such a way that what happens to one immediately affects the other'.
I guess I find these kind of pictures a bit...disrespectful but it's not something I get all worked up over. I don't think this woman is a bad person or anything but it's not a photo I would post.
The tools of today are no different than the tools of the last 100 years re hunting.
Scopes have been used since before ww2, the same calibers are still being used. The most common deer cartridge, the 30-30 has been around since the 1800's
You missed my point of hunting being far less of a challenge today because you can CHOOSE to avail yourself of calibers and chambering that give you ballistics far superior to your grandaddy's 30-30 or 306 or even the venerable 308 if you so CHOOSE.
You are not seriously comparing the optics of a vintage scope to a modern Leupold or Zeiss scope with beautiful clarity even at the perimeter, light gathering, illuminated reticles and digital range readout with solution deflection markings are you? You most assuredly are not saying we all trucked off to the mountains with a modern spotting scope and a bean bag in it's case that gave us all a wider field of view with killer magnification to enable you to spot movement of your prey while still thousands of yards away in your "hide".
Those are the conveniences we never had way back before WWII, or for 60 years after for that matter.
Compare what you know of hunting to someone just getting started today and ask youself if they'd go out and purchase a 30-30 as their first rifle OR a 60 year old 'style' scope with a barely visible, simple crosshair.
I never felt the need to scope a 30-30 because the effective range of that cartridge generally mean't open sights were fine for my younger eyes back when....It would not be my primary choice for serious hunting of larger game. Were I to saddle up and take to the high country on an extended hunting sojourn the 30-30 would stay on it's pegs over the fireplace or perhaps in the saddle scabbard as a panic situation multi-shot back-up. Those served a useful purpose back in the day of a weapon needing to be a jack of all trades while a master of none.
You missed my point of hunting being far less of a challenge today because you can CHOOSE to avail yourself of calibers and chambering that give you ballistics far superior to your grandaddy's 30-30 or 306 or even the venerable 308 if you so CHOOSE.
You are not seriously comparing the optics of a vintage scope to a modern Leupold or Zeiss scope with beautiful clarity even at the perimeter, light gathering, illuminated reticles and digital range readout with solution deflection markings are you? You most assuredly are not saying we all trucked off to the mountains with a modern spotting scope and a bean bag in it's case that gave us all a wider field of view with killer magnification to enable you to spot movement of your prey while still thousands of yards away in your "hide".
Those are the conveniences we never had way back before WWII, or for 60 years after for that matter.
Compare what you know of hunting to someone just getting started today and ask youself if they'd go out and purchase a 30-30 as their first rifle OR a 60 year old 'style' scope with a barely visible, simple crosshair.
I never felt the need to scope a 30-30 because the effective range of that cartridge generally mean't open sights were fine for my younger eyes back when....It would not be my primary choice for serious hunting of larger game. Were I to saddle up and take to the high country on an extended hunting sojourn the 30-30 would stay on it's pegs over the fireplace or perhaps in the saddle scabbard as a panic situation multi-shot back-up. Those served a useful purpose back in the day of a weapon needing to be a jack of all trades while a master of none.
Some things make hunting today harder too.
Less available land. There is just plain more homes and large plots divided into small lots.
There are rules....many many rules.
It is very expensive.....we are very luck that my husband can hunt and fish as he likes.
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