Harvest stats concerning small caliber hunting rifles such as the .22 calibers etc would surprise a lot of people .
As far as killing goes , the cartridge used ( in my mind anyway) is not nearly as important as how it is used and the expertise of the person using it .
If I hunter can't hit a kill area of a quarry at a certain distance on a regular basis they have no business shooting at an animal at that distance .
If a hunter wants to huntvwith a particular rifle type or cartridge as long as it is legal and they are competent with it that is their business .
This thread has turned into something akin to someone stating that the .303 British and 30:40 Krag are no longer sufficient to kill a moose!
There, I feel much better now.........
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