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Originally Posted by rwm1273
I like the idea of handgun hunting for small game like chickens, but not big game. It is not that I don't think that big game can't be taken with a pistol, or that there aren't good shots out there with a pistol. The problem I see hunting big game is that the average joe may not be consistent enough with a pistol, may take longer than optimum shots when they see that big buck, and then there are the idiots. With small game like chickens, you can often get pretty close, and the animal is easily killed with a .22. I would like to be able to carry a .22 pistol on my hip for chickens, while I have my big rifle on my shoulder for big game.
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again.. self defeating
I would expect that handgun hunters would be better than the average deer hunter who, due to reading online forums and hunting mags that 600yd shots on deer are ethical and the norm for all hunters.
You can't legislate against stupidity.
Whether it is stupidity with a handgun or a rifle.