does your state require you to prove you can shoot
02-26-2002, 06:55 AM
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RE: does your state require you to prove you can shoot
A proficiency test won't mean much. We are all proficient out to a particular range. Beyond that, we should not shoot. Each is different. Unless, they are going to regulate the maximum yardage that we can shoot, then the test means nothing. Besides, you will find people practicing to pass the test and then not picking up their bows until opening day. We simply need ethical hunters who will pass on shots out of their effective range. That cannot be legistated or tested for.
02-26-2002, 08:14 AM
#62
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Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
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RE: does your state require you to prove you can shoot
In Va. there is no profiecancy test, in a way I would like to see one, but as others have said, we would be opening up a huge can of worms, if bow hunters had to do it, so would gun hunters, would there be a seperate test for birds? Who would determine the standards, then of course there is the additional cost.
We need more people in the sport and we need to educate them through the hunter safety courses already in place. We need to instill ethics in them, I still limit myself to no shot over 20 yards even though I am comfortable out to 30. Why? Ethics. If we educate new and present hunters on the importance of knowing what you can shoot and what you can't ethically, we will see the kill rate escalate and more people in the sport.
The Tazman
We need more people in the sport and we need to educate them through the hunter safety courses already in place. We need to instill ethics in them, I still limit myself to no shot over 20 yards even though I am comfortable out to 30. Why? Ethics. If we educate new and present hunters on the importance of knowing what you can shoot and what you can't ethically, we will see the kill rate escalate and more people in the sport.
The Tazman
