I worked gun and bow retail for a few years. My poor view of the average shooter, deer hunter, or person in general..........shall remain.
Buckshot is not a substitute for making a good shot through an opening in the brush. It's a poor excuse for a deer hunting round. Loses energy faster than slugs. Deflects worse on brush. If you can't collect a deer with an accurate slug gun, buckshot is not gonna solve your problem.
From the looks of the deer kill numbers,it looks like we are scraping by with what we are currently allowed to use.I own 10 cf rifles,from .243 to .300 Win. mag that would qualify under the rules proposed last year,would love to deer hunt with them,and have no concerns about rifles being less safe.I do have concerns with to many deer being killed(mainly in the summer-depredation,when they have fawns).Too hear some people talk it's amazing we are able to kill any deer without cf rifles.
Poaching is not a legitimate excuse for arguing against normal centerfire rifles. Just because you can legally hunt with it doesn't mean more people are going to illegally hunt with it. A poacher is going to poach no matter what the regs are! You can't hunt at night, but poachers do it. You cant shoot from a road but poachers do it. You cant spotlight deer but poachers do it. We can't hunt with centerfire rifles now, but guess what....poachers do it!
Blood in the streets...eerrrmm trees?? Same old argument with no facts to support it. As has been stated, show me what makes us dumber with rifles here in Indiana.
Poaching is not a legitimate excuse for arguing against normal centerfire rifles. Just because you can legally hunt with it doesn't mean more people are going to illegally hunt with it. A poacher is going to poach no matter what the regs are! You can't hunt at night, but poachers do it. You cant shoot from a road but poachers do it. You cant spotlight deer but poachers do it. We can't hunt with centerfire rifles now, but guess what....poachers do it!
There are some thoughtful opinions floated out there, such as some in this thread, but most of what I hear on this sounds like every other gun control argument, backed up by the same amount of ignorance. It stings a bit, though, to hear it from people who otherwise are pro-gun.