RE: AK47 for hunting
Zak many thousands of deer are taken with arrows every year. Many thousands of deer are taken with handguns every year. The AK47 has a much better range than these. Go to the range, find your accuracy limits and stay with in that. Make sure you use the hunting ammo to sight in with and practice a lot.
We have a metal chicken at 200 yds and most guys can ring that thing 8 of 10 times with my mak90 or SKS standing up. That sure beats the ol muzzel loader I have.