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I have been hunting everything from varmint to big game with a handgun since the early 1980's, and for the last 12 to 15 years it is the only thing I hunt with other than a bow, unless I am forced to use a Black Powder weapon in a B.P. only season, as B.P. handguns are not allowed here. Because of that, and my over 30 years experience in handgun silhouette, and long range rifle bench rest, I am an appointed official of our county conservation club, we work hard to PROPERLY INFORM and train youth and new hunters with proper use of all firearms, from target, hunting, personal protection, and even recreational air rifle use for boy scouts.
So it is also our responsibility to make sure they are properly informed, and if I or any one of our officials told them it was not a responsibility, or that a 40 S&W especially in a Glock, was a satisfactory firearm for whitetail hunting, everyone associated with any hunting program would think maybe we need to find someone else to take on these RESPONSIBILITIES!!!! and I will assure you from J. D. Jones the president of Handgun Hunters International, to every lowly officer of my club, you would not find one that would recommend short barreled, fixed sighted, 40 S&W in a Glock for any type of big game handgun hunting! IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE ON THEIR PART to RECOMMEND such a weapon! So I really don't care how sick and tired your uninformed opinion is of what responsibility comes or goes with handgun hunting, because only someone who was less informed than you would be impressed with your limited opinion!! I have a rule, if I wouldn't train a kid to do it, I won't do it! It is my responsibility to follow the rules and responsibilities, that I teach!