Reply #24: Deer Hunting..

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Varies by geographical areas. Near large populations rules require use of shotguns or bows rather than centerfire rifles. Shotgun hunters usually use slugs. Basically a chunk of lead. They have a reduced range. Buckshot is usable but not as effective. Stalking deer on foot, or belly, is usually not to productive because the deer has a huge advantage in hearing, and smell. I have never met an adult who hunts this way. Kids do because it is more fun because you don't have to sit around. But that doesn't make it "wrong". Most hunters either still hunt from a tree stand or blind, or run deer with dogs. Some dog hunters, smart ones, use shotguns because it is unwise to fire a high powered rifles around other people.

NE is mostly shotgun land. SE, and west have fewer people and longer distances and use rifles with effective shots usually no more than 5 or 6 hundred yards.

Personal experience.