in theory a perfect heart shot might produce less bleeding than an arterial shot by destroying the pump while the heart would go for minutes being shot elsewhere.
In well over 55 years of hunting and competitive shooting I have met no one who shoots deer at 50 yards in the head on a regular basis .
Been legal here in Ontario forever. Just gotta understand the limitations and bullet construction.
But yet you can't use a rifle larger than a .270
Huh what you on aboot. Anything south of Toronto basically you can’t use a rifle for big game anyway and that’s where that caliber limit applies it’s bows only expect a few controlled hunt areas. Anywhere above that you can use basically what ya want the regulations say the areas right there in them.
What I'm "aboot" is that it's a stupid law.
Take a look at say my county of Essex to me it makes perfect sense densely populated my county alone has 500,000 people. I forget sometimes that Alberta has like 5 people and that southern Ontario is the industrial back bone. We even have our own oil here.What I'm "aboot" is that it's a stupid law.
A 270 is a go but a little 7.62x39 or a 44 mag lever gun is verboten.
Everything basically south of Toronto is stuck with bows and shotguns for big game .270 and under for small game a furbearer my county is .243 and under idk about other county’s. Theirs no big game seasons for rifles in the counties listed with a max caliber. North of that magic line theirs no limit could use a .700 nitro for coyotes if you wanted.
This law was implemented expressly to stop farm boys returning from war with their .303s from using them to shoot fox's, jacks and coyotes and skipping fmj's across our flat terrain wheat fields. Essentially Toronto and north bigger than .275 is good to go.
The dark side of Forums is saying things we shouldn't and don't actually mean.5 people???
OK Bud.
Sounds like another tyrannical law to oppress impoverished Caucasians and a host of other racially marginalized groups. Heard they did the same thing with 22 centerfires in other oil rich regions of the country
More like laws to stop rounds from entering houses and injuring people after they sailed through the intended target. I can see why most areas would not allow certain calibers from being used to hunt big game. Especially when laws were written when things like bullet construction was marginal. Sounds to me like they didn’t want game to suffer from misplaced shots or poorly constructed projectiles. I really don’t understand your ranting on about certain groups being pushed away from hunting atleast here in Ontario it’s pretty open to everyone.
It was done so that 10 year old children could hunt, zero to do with AR’s…..
What “cheap” guns? And why just Alberta? All this has ever been is a bureaucratic decision on a 22 caliber round not being enough gun.
