never needed a scope let alone a rifle, my Ithaca is all thats required plus the stooopid asses come here from the city and shoot horses and cows as it is... they don't need a rifle to do that.Once the projectile leaves the barrel, you don't know where it is going to wind up, especially in an area where you have a lot of development....in which case you don't pull the trigger.
Seems to me that the typical rifle bullet having traveled three miles would be left with the velocity of an asthmatic jogger and not be real dangerous except to a dinosaurus liberallus who would be frightened to death. This is kind of like that old nonsense about shots fired in the air.
Identify the herds with CWD. Let EVERYONE know that on ‘this particular weekend’ there will be snipers out with rifles culling the herd. Put up barriers to the area, post signs, whatever.
Cull the herd; switch back to shotguns for the regular season.
‘Tain’t Rocket Science. ;)
BS. Modern sabot rounds (12 & 20 ga.) are ACCURATE and DEADLY beyond 200 yds when properly applied. Same for my muzzleloader.
No self-respecting deer is gonna give anyone a wide open shot for a mile or 3.....gonna be lucky to have a 100 yard clear line of fire! if'n ya miss, that tree right past the deer is gonna take care of things. Bet those bureaucrats had a field day talking about it tho'!
Problem is - too many people ....
The only way a rifle bullet can go three miles is if you fire it at about a 45 degree angle. Since the average deer is about 4 to 5 fee tall to miss the deer and go 3 miles would mean you couldn’t even see the deer in your scope or open sights when you fired. There is no evidence that shotgun slugs cause less accidental injuries than rifles during hunting season.
LOL... I'd like to see a demonstration of this.
never needed a scope let alone a rifle, my Ithaca is all thats required plus the stooopid asses come here from the city and shoot horses and cows as it is... they don't need a rifle to do that.I know it's off topic, but has Wisconsin banned deer bating? Michigan found one case of wasting disease and banned baiting for the season. It's going to cost farmers and small, rural businessmen a LOT of money and could wind up hurting hunting revenues as well.
“The range of a shotgun slug is about 200 yards, compared with up to three miles for a rifle bullet.”
The range of a shotgun slug is more like 800-900 yds.