woodnbow
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Hunting deer with a howitzer…
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Buzznrose
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I think it was in poor form. Lots of meat damage. Guy was proud that the deer’s rack wasn’t damaged. But he sure had a fair amount of meat loss
If it was legal, well so be it. But i think it was wrong.
If it was legal, well so be it. But i think it was wrong.
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my Brother was a tank captain in the Army (or what ever you call it) he told me stories of deer in their thermal and dummy rounds.
hawg
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Not something I would have done but it does show the lethality of canister shot. Speaking of check out this live fire video of an original 12 pound Napoleon firing canister. You can skip to 3:53 for the firing. Love that bell tone from the bronze barrel.
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skfullen
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Wow. Impressive.
Killing any animal for sport, and lacking respect for its life and proper use of the meat/resources, is abhorrent.
Killing any animal for sport, and lacking respect for its life and proper use of the meat/resources, is abhorrent.
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Same guy swats flys with a sledge hammer.
Sburk1993
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Definitely not legal in Missouri. Ethically speaking tho, the deer most likely bleed out faster( didn't read the whole article) so in reality it might have been a faster harvest. That being said I wouldn't do that my hunt pack is already heavy enough lol
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It’s on my bucket list of builds. Probably behind the Gatling gun I already have the blueprints for, that is also pretty far down the list.
I would probably go for a sounder of pigs over a bag of corn though.
Armored farmer
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I didn't watch the video, but I'm not in favor of killing to get a laugh or prove my marksmanship. I did some of that when I was younger and now regret it.
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I shot a Blue Jay with a sling shot when I was 7 or 8 and watch it suffer, felt very Sad!
then when we had BB guns, my dad said, if you shoot anything, you better eat it. So that what me and my brother did. birds, rabbits, fish… starts a fire right there and roast it!
Grunt
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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
.308 Norma
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Way illegal here in Idaho. From the Idaho Big Game 2022 Seasons & Rules book:
“In any hunt, including any-weapon seasons, it is unlawful to pursue or kill big game animals: With any firearm that, in combination with a scope, sling and/or any attachments, weighs more than 16 pounds.”
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that regulation was because of lazy hunters used bench rest .50 BMG and shooting from a million yards away.
Way illegal here in Idaho. From the Idaho Big Game 2022 Seasons & Rules book:
“In any hunt, including any-weapon seasons, it is unlawful to pursue or kill big game animals: With any firearm that, in combination with a scope, sling and/or any attachments, weighs more than 16 pounds.”
AJC1
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I watched a pig hunt with a 50, and I can't honestly say where you draw the line. Is a 30-378 Weatherby much different. .
.308 Norma
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Yeah, I know. I was just kidding around.
WestKentucky
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Ya know even a halfway close miss with that will take the deers legs clean off. I seent that on the innernet so it’s gotta be true.
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it’s the range they were shooting from and the .50 BMG retains tons of energy at say 1,000 yards. Outfitters would cater to the lazy big gamers by setting up a bench and rifle and letting them have party time.
Black cloud
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I think that is a way lazy way to hunt. Damages the meat, potential to just wound and wound other deer etc in the area. Not something I would do. This is actually a idiotic thing to do.
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Not to mention, your not proving much marksmanship waiting to light off, until the deer get to the feed.
I’ll still do it to pigs though, if I ever finish mine but I’d poison them, if I knew it wouldn’t harm anything else after it killed them…
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it’s a shame people can’t sell or process wild hog for ham or BBQ. Wild Hog taste good and organic and natural
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No reason you couldn't.
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they sold trapped wild hog at my hometown flea market! not sure how legal that was but, people didn’t care, it was the flea market. Very cheap too, feed a trailer village with 2-3 hogs
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The author says "Although the holes look big, there was very little extended meat damage."
with only 6 hits, the picture does look like there was not really excessive meat damage.
But there definitely could have been
with only 6 hits, the picture does look like there was not really excessive meat damage.
But there definitely could have been
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You can, here is the list in Texas.
https://www.tahc.texas.gov/animal_health/swine/FeralSwineFacilities.pdf
It’s simply not possible to get a livestock trailer to most of the locations I have the best results from but I have purposely setup where I could load them. Trigger the trap.
Leave them in all night and setup a 2x12 wired to the trap so they couldn’t run under the trailer when I back up and lift the gate to load them.
Only to call 3 within driving distance and find one not open, another not taking anything under 110 lbs and another that would take the little ones if you gave them to them and would give $0.05/lb for anything over 110lbs. I probably would have done that if it had not been a 2 hour drive, one way. So they became buzzard food at that point.
At least I called first before I wasted my time and couldn’t even cover the fuel to haul them there.
I can say this, if any of them would come get them, they could have them for free.
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