I'd rather use a rifle, but with the area I'm in I don't know if there are any public rifle ranges. The closest ones I know of are a couple hours away. So it doesn't make sense to buy a rifle to hunt with if I ain't goin to be able to shoot it anywhere to get it set up. But if there's something in the area where I could set up a rifle then I'd rather go with that. Thanks for the info.

Brandan