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Nomercy, it's very ignorant to say shotguns don't show game enough respect. Every year thousands of deer are taken in Iowa alone with only shotguns. Your reasoning is the same messed up logic that anti-gun groups use in saying that guns kill when it's the idiots behind the trigger that are responsible. Bad shots are bad shots regardless of what weapon they are using. Every weapon also has a maximum effective range and a person with a rifle could very well do the same thing, heck even someone with a bow could. It's not the gun, it's the person who uses it.
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I agree 100% with you drache with only one slight hitch. I was unfortunate enough to get shot in the back with a 12 gauge slug opening day this past season in NY state where the area I hunt is shotgun only. It was a stray shot and believe me when I tell you...If I had to get shot at all (and I wish this never happened), I'd have preferred a smaller diameter or caliber rifle bullet than a 1 1/4 oz slug. Had I been killed, it wouldn't matter much, but if you're unlucky enough for this to happen to you, then pray that it isn't a shotgun slug. That thing drilled a hole in my back you can put your index finger in and knocked me flat on my face. Worst of all, they can't take it out. Can you imagine what a huge slug like that stuck in your back feels like? I doubt it, but if I ever hunt again, it will be where shotguns aren't permitted. You can take that to the bank. Yes it's stupidity that caused it on the shooters part, but the damage wouldn't have been that bad to me and it may not have happened at all if it were a rifle bullet that deflected when it hit a tree branch. One more thing. This incident made me think a lot more too. The NY State game commission says there is no such thing as a hunting "accident" when it comes to someone getting shot. The law's take on this matter is that if you pull the trigger and miss, YOU are responsible where that slug ends up, whether it's 100 yds or a mile away! Scary thought. To all hunters old and young....Think before you pull that trigger. "I didn't know he was there" doesn't cut it.
Edited by - Crowpecker on 04/03/2002 15:28:56