GO LONG

I’M A HUNTER who prefers to get close to the game I’m hunting. I’ll almost always trade a chancy long shot for the work involved in reducing the range, even if I know that I risk spooking game by closing the distance. But there are times when I simply can’t get closer, or when an animal hangs tantalizingly close at the edge of my effective range.

In those cases, I’m tempted to chance a shot, knowing that the odds are I’ll make a clean kill. But ethical hunters shouldn’t deal merely in probable odds, so I almost always stand down, pledging to do whatever I can to extend my range before I encounter that situation again.

If you’ve been in that same situation, then this is the season to make good on