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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-16-07 01:48 PM
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48. The method and the shooters
Sounds like little kids with air rifles. Air rifles are not very powerful at all, and the little kids probably aren't very good shots.

There are minimums in many states on the amount of power you can legally use to hunt. In South Dakota it is 1,000 foot-pounds of energy for a rifle or shotgun, and 500 ft-lbs for a handgun.

The hunting magazines I have read also consider the maximum useful range of a deer bullet a) the lesser of the point at which it is still above 1,000 ft-lbs, or b) the range at which you an hit an 8" diameter target 90% of the time.

To summarize, if you can't place your shots accurately and with enough power to kill quickly, don't shoot. Sounds like the kids, with encouragement from the father, were violating both rules.
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