As technology advances, long-range shooting has become an important ethical issue for hunters
November/December 2013
Author(s): 
Shane P. Mahoney

What if the first decision we make, even before the hunt begins, before we even rise to a new day, is to shoot our quarry only at long distances - very long distances? Where does this place the hunter and the hunted? The issue of long-range shooting has become an important one for all hunters. The question looms as to whether this new activity so alters our relationship with the hunted to demand some nomenclature of its own.