{"id":11335,"date":"2015-02-25T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T08:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11335"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:24:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:24:03","slug":"the-truth-about-long-range-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-truth-about-long-range-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Long Range Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\/story\/1520843-thoughts-on-long-range-hunting?s=77\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LRH-EC-9.jpg?resize=900%2C246\" alt=\"LRH EC-9\" width=\"900\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LRH-EC-9.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LRH-EC-9.jpg?resize=300%2C82&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a long standing correlation between hunters and snipers. There is also a divide among hunters when it comes to the distance that regulates an ethical shot. Ethics are always complicated and shooting has, is and always will be a skill based endeavor. Hunting, regardless of how you go about it, ends up being, &#8220;all about the shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>To read the full article, click the image\u00a0below. Portions of the Empty Cases blog are syndicated at <a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\" target=\"_blank\">North American Hunter<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hunting.scout.com\/story\/1520843-thoughts-on-long-range-hunting?s=77\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?resize=800%2C200\" alt=\"RichardMannBanner\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RichardMannBanner.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a long standing correlation between hunters and snipers. There is also a divide among hunters when it comes to the distance that regulates an ethical shot. Ethics are always complicated and shooting has, is and always will be a skill based endeavor. Hunting, regardless of how you go about it, ends up being, &#8220;all about the shot.&#8221; To read the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2522],"tags":[2393,2397,99,1745,2398],"class_list":["post-11335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","tag-american-sniper","tag-hunting-ethics","tag-long-range-hunting","tag-north-american-hunting-club","tag-rifle-marksmanship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2WP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14716,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/hunting-you-might-be-doing-it-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":11335,"position":0},"title":"HUNTING &#8211; You might be doing it wrong!","author":"gunwriter","date":"December 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"First, let me implicitly state that I don\u2019t care how you kill your meat. 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