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Originally Posted by Sarah_W
Clearly you've never been hunting. A bolt action rifle is not lighter than a semi automatic rifle. Most hunters use semi automatic rifles and shotguns for small game, large game, and foul. Hunters are extremely safe with their firearm manipulations and don't "spray bullets around" nor do they "hope". Hunting is a skille and humanely taking the prey is an art form. I'm happy to take you hunting so that you can speak from experience.
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Sorry, but I have done plenty of hunting. I have a mounted pronghorn antelope to prove that. I shot a badger with a bow and arrow. I have shot many squirrels, pheasants, doves, crows, quail, rabbits, and snakes with a Noble manufactured 16 gauge shotgun that my parents gave me for a present when I was 12. I had a large collection of antique military bolt action rifles which I restored and did some gunsmithing on. I had a subscription to outdoor life for 20 years, and also some gun magazines when they were devoted to hunting rifles. About 1980 the gun magazines started to run articles mostly about modern military man killing rifles and I STOPPED buying them. I also hunted fish underwater with a speargun extensively when I lived in Miami. Saw many large barracuda and sea turtles but never a shark underwater. My father caught one while we were fishing. I also carried a rifle for protection one summer in bear country in Alaska. And about 5 years ago, I hunted in the Ocala national forest off of rt.42 near TV Land.
........ So, basically, I have seen my share of hunting and fishing activity. I am not some newbie as might be imagined. When I talk about guns, I have a background. Some can disagree with my conclusions but they can't discount me as some neophyte!