ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Yea, I know some poachers that use this round for every season except gun season. Usually in Mingo county in WV, where you can't gun hunt bucks due to a mamoritorium. When I lived there, I used to try to turn them in, but little good it does.
Doesnt much matter what you do to deer if you are a WV resident...they are not going to nail you. I have been told that poaching is looked at as "population control". When I first moved to Morgan county WV I videoed a group of guys poaching deer one night using a night vision lens. They were road hunting and shot several deer in my upper field. I taped them retireving the deer, loading them into thier truck and even caught the tags on it as they pulled off. I turned it over to WV DNR the next day. That was 2 years ago and the same guys are still "road poaching" probably as we speak. Living in WV I am sure that you have heard " Buck season opens the 4th of July." I am sure by the sound of it that these guys are using Hornets.
I personally use my Hornet for crows, chucks, fox, and the occasional yote.