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In all fairness to the hunter - I've seen guys put 5 arrows into a target back in hunting camp at 50yards with less then 3" between the furthest arrows, then refuse a 40yard shot on a huge bull moose with a 28" kill zone ("too far") because they were not sure they could make the shot - shaking, jitters, buck fever & insecurity all can mount up quickly when the time to draw and shoot comes - it happens to a lot of people. It is much better to have a hunter who will refuse the shot, than to screw it up with a poor hit.

When a fellow has $10,000 bucks on the line for a hunt and may only get that one shot, shaking jitters certainly effect a lot of people, many more than will admit it, that's for sure and that is the mail reason for poor shooting by clients, in general.

The guide did a splendid job.

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I can't argue with that, there is a strong mental dimension to something like this that often gets overlooked. This guy should have probably have passed on the shot but he got his trophy because the guide was there to back him up instead of being mauled.

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