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Some Alabama Cashata (sp?) Indians I know have been known to take deer with a 22 short, it don't make it right, and it don't make it smart. Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD.
Evan I don't know how you ever take anything. If I punched paper on a rifle every time I got to my deerstand, or every time I stalk hunt I would never see a thing, and around here all it takes to bump a scope out of line is to walk 10 or 20 feet. If you KNEW it was going to be out or line, or that that round was going to be low on powder, or have a funky primer then you would be psychic. I am talking about a shot that happens when sometimes you just DON"T know it is about to go bad. When you firmly believe everything is in line. At THAT time it is better to have a caliber and gun that will do the job in that condition, then to rely on a borderline caliber and a puffed up swagger.
I have seen that kind of shot WAY too many times from city hunters on everything from rifles to bows.
GoodOlBoy
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