RE: hay southern ny u ready for this
I have never been a big shotgun fan .. I use a muzzle loader in ny and nj, So I am for the change. I too hear all the shots and find the deer dead that these yahoos shoot at and wound then run off and die. 2 years ago I found 2 of them, I don' t know if the change will help this or not , It should just because of accuracy and distance difference. our farm is in Van etten in chumung county and it is much denser than marshalls creek where I live in pa and rifles are legal. I don' t hear the " crazy" shooting in pa that I hear in ny, and it seems to me I hear of more shooting accidents in my area of ny than I hear of in pa .. So I hope it will help with that also ..Bill
PS. most of the guys I see in ny don' t use scopes on their shotguns .. I bet they will on rifles.. That alone will help ..