Deer hunting firearm

asop

March 04, 2020 00:05

I live in Wisc. and the state allows "high powered" rifles to deer hunt.  I really think this is way overkill (no pun intended).  I've got more than my share with a shotgun and in. Ill. with a handgun.  I don't mean any disrespect but is a high powered rifle real needed in this day and age of deer hunting?

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  drobs

  March 07, 2020 00:49

  nononsense said:

  I don't mean any disrespect but is a high powered rifle real needed in this day and age of deer hunting?

  You're taking the same stance that cost Zumbo his job and livelihood a few years ago.
  

  We don't need to have our choices limited by your opinion as to which weapon you find acceptable to use for hunting. Any and all should be available, not limited by uninformed opinions playing into the hands of the Gun Grabbers. If you choose not to use a 'high power' rifle, so be it but don't think for one minute that you should be advocating for limiting my choices.
  

  In answer to the question though, yes we do need 'high power' rifles for humane hunting in most states. The distances encountered without cover will dictate the need for longer shots only accomplished through the judicial use of high power rifles and cartridges. We are not all limited by the woods of the Northeast or Wisconsin where a shotgun might be acceptable.
  

  
  

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  Damn right!!!
  

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