Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
I too have heard the opening day salvo in the PA woods many times and to be honest, I would be about frightened if half those idiots had semi's in their hands. If they are fast firing AND MISSING 60-80% of the shots they are attempting at running deer with manuals, imagine the horror and mayhem if you put semi's in their hands!!
I concur partially but in all reality there really is no need for semi's in 95% of hunting situations. The other 5% goes to wing shooting and multiple animal situations. Hell I hog hunted for many years with just a lever gun and was only marginally less successful in numbers of kills in comparison to my experience with AR's over the past 5 or so years. Got pretty sporty with a lever as can anyone with a little coaching and practice.
in the Special reg area in SE PA< they used to(and still might be able to)
use semi auto shotguns with slugs for deer hunting
so in an odd way, they are using semi's there
used to hunt that area back in the mid 90's
and I seen running for deer life with a army of orange hunters emptying guns at running deer.
It was like WW II D day on them there, LOL
I once seen 5 different guys all doing a drive, deer busted out from first guy and ran past all 5, I was 20+ ft up a tree and GLAD to be there when the slugs started flying LOL
last I seen that deer , its back legs looked like helicopter blades,
and NOT a single guy went to look to see if they hit it, just reloaded and kept going on there drive!
I felt bad for the poor deer
was the last time I hunted down there
too dangerous for my liking
used to hunt there due to unlimited tags and longer season, as I had the time off of work, so took advantage to fill the freezer