[QUOTE=johnshiredman;2548242]Does anyone hunt whitetails with a silencer/suppressor? ,, I can think of a couple good reasons to use one, eliminate noise pollution and hearing damage. I hear people saying it would be pointless on a centerfire because of the sonic crack but I could have sworn I saw a video of a military sniper gun that looked like a 50 caliber and was pretty quiet, the suppressor was pretty long, maybe the sonic boom happens before the bullets leave the suppressor?? I don't know. I didn't hear much when it was shot, just a quick whistle. Probably not the same as what you can buy though.