Akron march continues overnight in police shooting of Jayland Walker

[Ban Hammer 13,438]

19 hours ago, arken said:

I've fired at those moving/flying skeets at skeet shooting range and i'm pretty good at getting almost 90% of them. Other than that you are  comparing apples vs oranges. I don't own a gun, not a cop, not trained in arms.

 

as a skeet shooter for almost 50 years, and being around skeet ranges for 55 years - tossing out skeet shooting in this thread is apples and oranges.

skeet shooting is shooting at a target on a set path (if you don't know what hooping the birds is, then you should ask next time you're at the range).
also, skeet shooting starts with the shooter calling for the bird.   not even comperable to the event discussed in this thread.

Edited July 4, 2022 by Ban Hammer

[arken 4,197]

14 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

as a skeet shooter for almost 50 years, and being around skeet ranges for 55 years - tossing out skeet shooting in this thread is apples and oranges.

skeet shooting is shooting at a target on a set path (if you don't know what hooping the birds is, then you should ask next time you're at the range).
also, skeet shooting starts with the shooter calling for the bird.   not even comperable to the event discussed in this thread.

My point exactly. It was apples and oranges to begin with when someone asked me if i have shot a moving target to compare it to cops shooting. 
 

 

Edited July 4, 2022 by arken

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

13 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

as a skeet shooter for almost 50 years, and being around skeet ranges for 55 years - tossing out skeet shooting in this thread is apples and oranges.

skeet shooting is shooting at a target on a set path (if you don't know what hooping the birds is, then you should ask next time you're at the range).
also, skeet shooting starts with the shooter calling for the bird.   not even comperable to the event discussed in this thread.

One of my managers is big time into that. Does podcasts and what not. Him and the owner fly around to major events 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

1 minute ago, arken said:

My point exactly. It was apples and oranges to begin with when someone asked me if i have shot a moving target to compare it to cops shooting. 
 

 

If you dropped a deer would you pump 59 more shots into just cause? If you did that out hunting folks round here would think you are a psychopath 

[arken 4,197]

Though i do believe shooting an over 5'x1' body moving on ground by trained people is much easier than shooting a 3" dia skeet flying in the air by an amateur who doesn't even own a gun.

Edited July 4, 2022 by arken

[Mike E 11,741]

5 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

If you dropped a deer would you pump 59 more shots into just cause? If you did that out hunting folks round here would think you are a psychopath 

If was charging toward me and my weapon had the capacity, I would keep firing until empty or the target was on the ground and not likely to rise up. Especially if it had antlers.

 

1 minute ago, arken said:

Though i do believe shooting an over 5'x1' body moving on ground is much easier than shooting a 3" dia skeet flying in the air.

You are comparing a pistol against a member of the species of apex predators, versus a rifle with against an inanimate object that has momentum.

 

Not apples and oranges, more like watermelons and blue berries (the teeny tiny eponymous ones that grow in Saskatoon and beyond).

[arken 4,197]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

Not apples and oranges, more like watermelons and blue berries (the teeny tiny eponymous ones that grow in Saskatoon and beyond).

Yet no comment on similar analogy when professional cops shooting was compared with mine. 

[Mike E 11,741]

20 minutes ago, arken said:

Though i do believe shooting an over 5'x1' body moving on ground by trained people is much easier than shooting a 3" dia skeet flying in the air by an amateur who doesn't even own a gun.

And my response to your edited comment, is: if that is true, then thank goodness.

1 minute ago, arken said:

Yet no comment on similar analogy when professional cops shooting was compared with mine. 

I was in the process of replying to the edit after I noticed it.

 

I don't need the snark. Good bye.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

6 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

About 7 round on average per cop, right?  How many rounds would YOU shoot if you were in fear of dying?

One. Well placed.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

30 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

If you dropped a deer would you pump 59 more shots into just cause? If you did that out hunting folks round here would think you are a psychopath 

Why waste good meat and risk breaking a tooth on a piece of lead? 

[arken 4,197]

6 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

Why waste good meat and risk breaking a tooth on a piece of lead? 

I wonder what percentage on deer hunters take the hunted for meat? 😁 I'd assume very minimal.

[Dashinka 24,641]

26 minutes ago, arken said:

I wonder what percentage on deer hunters take the hunted for meat? 😁 I'd assume very minimal.

I know a lot of hunters here in Michigan that take the meat.  I would say the percentage is greater than 95%.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

29 minutes ago, arken said:

I wonder what percentage on deer hunters take the hunted for meat? 😁 I'd assume very minimal.

Every deer hunter I know takes the meat. Anecdotal, but I would guess that the majority does. 

[arken 4,197]

14 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

I know a lot of hunters here in Michigan that take the meat.  I would say the percentage is greater than 95%.

 

11 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

Every deer hunter I know takes the meat. Anecdotal, but I would guess that the majority does. 

Interesting. Not like those fishing areas with the signs "Fishing for recreation only, not for food".

[spookyturtle 9,466]

4 minutes ago, arken said:

 

Interesting. Not like those fishing areas with the signs "Fishing for recreation only, not for food".

You can put fish back in the water after you catch them. Catch and release. I know a lot of fisherman who practice that and only keep what they eat or not keep any at all. I’ve thrown back more fish than I’ve kept.