"....That's real sad for that moose to have to walk around with a .22 bullet in its neck....what a tough animal though...."
Yep, there are always people out there that will buy into the "work your way down to whatever gun you have in the closet"...
270 will do anything a 3006 will do.... [with proper shot placement of course]
6.5mm will do anything a 270 will do.... "
243will do anything a6.5mm will do.... "
22-250will do anything a 243 will do.... "
223 will do anything a22-250 will do.... "
22Hornetwill do anything a 223will do.... "
22Magwill do anything a 22Hornet will do.... "
22LR will do anything a 22Mag will do.... "
A "hunter" can get off the downward spiral merry-go-round at any point that "feels good"and then....
the next thing you know you got Johnny Popper out shooting at moose with a 22....
Of course he is confident in his weapon and has beenfeels its okay to go light and maybe even done it once before....
On the other hand, he probably sure isn't on this forum bragging about his results. In that case the game suffers and the humans just stay silent about that part and there is no real penalty except silence. No conscious.