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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Waimata View Post
    Not something I would admit to animal rights people, but a large mag semi auto allows you to put 'holding' shots into animals, you may have only a 3 second window to knock down 20+ goats in bush, in 3 seconds you can empty half a 30rd mag into a mob of goats at close range, you don't have to use perfect kill shots every animal first shot, it's only a couple seconds until the kill shot takes them out.

    Too many of the general population don't understand the difference between hunting (meat collection, one shot ideally should be plenty, very careful shot placement) and pest control where meat collection is not the primary purpose and you just want to cull as many as possible in shortest possible time. The difference is often very clear when hunters come shooting on the farm, they are often far too slow and methodical in taking a shot and we loose the target.
    Yes, professionals have for many decades employed tactics and shooting techniques that wouldn’t be regarded as particularly ethical by your average meat or trophy hunter. Driving deer towards choke points with a shooter waiting in ambush; using immobilising shots to drop deer on the run; the list goes on. Clean one shot kills weren’t practical when cullers were dealing with big numbers, but most of them did their best to prevent any undue suffering. Agree that there’s a big difference between culling and hunting

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    My ar was my favourite rifle... Lefty so just made it easier... Liked being able to modify/customize to my liking and make it different to all the rest... great for pest control....easy and comfy to carry long distances with side mounted sling....and with the 22 bolt kit it's was walk in shooting goats,deer,pigs in day time with 223 , walk out at night with 22 kit in for possums. Now I have to carry two rifles to do the same walk.
    born to hunt - forced to work

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7.62 View Post
    Yes, professionals have for many decades employed tactics and shooting techniques that wouldn’t be regarded as particularly ethical by your average meat or trophy hunter. Driving deer towards choke points with a shooter waiting in ambush; using immobilising shots to drop deer on the run; the list goes on. Clean one shot kills weren’t practical when cullers were dealing with big numbers, but most of them did their best to prevent any undue suffering. Agree that there’s a big difference between culling and hunting
    They did the same tactics and were effective with the old 303 as well. deep snow helped
    Boom, cough,cough,cough

 

 

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