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Well the choice of firearm is an individual choice but as for wanting game to know I'm hunting them - UH NO!My nickel my turn. I have one sml, i have 5 traditional ML's n 1 1860 New Army .44. I/we can all shoot black or Sub powder from them. I have not shot a tick toter in 5 years with my sml. I want n like my Freedom of Choice. I find that almost every State caters to rifle/firearm season before ML season. I am so Blessed this year for 3 days starting on Oct. 6th we have antlerless season open. I will be out there using one of my ML's. I don't own a CF weapon n could care less. I am n odd Duck, i like to hunt close to my tick toter range. I want them to know i am hunting them. People who shoot tick toters n other big game at long distance to me isn't a hunt. Its more of a kill, look at me i killed a animal at 400 yards. Me to them the animal did not even know you were in the same County with it !
Shooting an animal that is on full alert with adrenaline coursing through their veins can often lead to a longer blood trail or worse a bad hit. In 55+ years of hunting and dozens of deer harvested can count on one hand the number of deer that knew I was there before I shot them. Many, especially during archery hunts, I shot took only a couple bounds, stopped and looked around not knowing what happened and then just fell over.