Posted by Hi Point on their Instagram. Unethical IMO.

[illinoisburt]

Quite a few have seasons that are way too short. Those are the states with the highest instance of deer/vehicle collisions. You would think the insurance companies would lobby for longer seasons.

The season lengths have very little impact. The deer densities in most areas of the midwest and northeast directly reflect land access. Private land and no-hunting zones pretty much sew up big chunks of these states where you see lots of animals, and of course hit a bunch of them on the roads. Making the season longer or selling more tags only removes animals from places people can legally access.

As for 45 acp carbine, I have no issue with it for deer under 100 yards. I'm sure 200-250 hollowpoints will get the job done just fine.

 

[redneck]

The season lengths have very little impact. The deer densities in most areas of the midwest and northeast directly reflect land access. Private land and no-hunting zones pretty much sew up big chunks of these states where you see lots of animals, and of course hit a bunch of them on the roads. Making the season longer or selling more tags only removes animals from places people can legally access.

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That is especially true in Ohio and they have tried to fix that with the bag limits being different in each county but you can only do so much. We are allowed to tag a total of 6 deer a year but have to stay under individual county limits and can only kill one antlered deer. The truly rural counties with lots of farmland or public access land are 1 deer counties. The urban areas with high deer populations are 4 deer counties. Where I think they screwed up is that even though I'm in a 4 deer county and can only get one antlered deer I basically have to buy 4 either sex tags at $32 a piece. The cheap doe only tags EXPIRE before gun season even starts. You also are not allowed to shoot antlerless deer on public land after December 7th regardless of bag limits, so having the doe tags expire is mostly limiting the doe take from high deer areas.

 

[jmorris]

I think we all get too tied up in what other people shoot deer with. I’ve killed a pile of deer with a 223 Rem and been chastised for it. The deer never seemed to know they were shot with an under-powered cartridge. Live and let live and let’s worry about what we shoot our own deer with.

How would I be able to feel like I am right and you are wrong, if I adopted that attitude.

 

[Bfh_auto]

How would I be able to feel like I am right and you are wrong, if I adopted that attitude.

He's probably related to the guy who got everyone to stop mobbing with torches and pitchforks.

 

[Berserker]

Not saying the case here, but we seem to live in an era where people want to prove they can shoot the smallest caliber possible. Unless a child, woman, injury, I don't see the point. I do see point in straight wall cartidges where dictated by law or concerns for safety.

Anything through the lungs will do it. I just don't live in an area with lots of deer, wide open spaces, and time.

I like what Elmer said, I want my hunting done when I pull the trigger.