wyotimberghost

I have noticed the same thing. I've never minded the recoil from my magnum on the range to begin with, but out in the field I don't feel a thing when I'm shooting and my ears never hurt. I hear the blast and the thwap of the bullet hitting the animal, but thats about it. I think you are correct that some people are in fact a little wary of the kick and blast of magnums because of people who go shoot big guns then brag to their buddies about what a hard kicker it was in an attempt to impress. But I believe there are also a good number of people who think magnums are overkill and are not necessary. After all, people have been killing big game animals for decades with bows that shoot only 200 some fps, and if you are not a skilled enough hunter to get close enough to an animal to kill it with a small caliber rifle, then you're barely a step above a city slicker. So whether you like magnums or not all depends on how you percieve them and how you like to hunt.