ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
Are you sure that was the only reason? High powered rifles period are not legal in a lot of states does that mean we can't post about rifle hunting anymore? By the way that is a legal cartridge in upper MI, where as in lower Michigan no centerfire rifles are allowed at all for deer hunting.
I can't believe that would be their only basis for deleting a post.
Paul
This is the email I got. copied and pasted.
The message you posted in Guns (
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tt.aspx?forumid=9),
titled: " .22 Hornet scores again (update)" has been deleted.
Reason:The reason if obvious....
In the majority of the USA using a .22 to hunt deer is illegal. I know that it is here in WV and checked the data base for other states. Yep, across the board it is for the most part illegal.
Well, that's just plain silly. It was legal where it was used in that thread. Should we delete my thread about killing a buck with a .243, since rifle hunting is illegal in Illinois and other Eastern and Midwest states? Ridiculous. And, I don't think that "across the board" is even close to being correct. If the cartridge was legal where it was used then there is no good reason to delete the thread. If the deletion was the result of the name-calling by the folks who opposed the use, calling the user unethical and a poacher, then, fine, lock it up. But, not for using a legal cartridge and making a legal one-shot kill.
Back on topic... The "ethical calibers for deer" question is sort of misleading. State wildlife departments set the rules for legal calibers. The ethics question, when using a legal caliber, will vary depending on the cartridge chosen and will relate to the hunter's shot selection and range, NOT to the caliber of the round chosen.