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- From: upchrch!joel@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch )
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: RE: Deer hunting accident with shotgun?
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- Date: 15 Nov 92 14:28:18 GMT
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- # Are deer typically hunted with a shotgun? A story in
- # the NY Times on Thursday reported that a deer hunter
- # accidentally killed a jogger with "a single blast"
- # from a shotgun. How close would you typically have to
- # be from a person to shoot them dead with a shotgun?
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- Some states actually require shotguns with slugs or buckshot loads to
- limit the effective range and make it less likely that someone a mile or
- two away is killed. The range for effective hunting is 75 yards for
- slugs and 25 yards for buckshot. The NRA firearms Fact Handbook
- considers taking shots at greater range unethical hunting. I assume
- because it would pose an unacceptable risk of injuring an animal without
- killing it. As for an accidental shooting, I would suspect that they
- might kill somebody a few hundred yards away.
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- If somebody was really stupid and fired into the air then the range
- would be a lot further. Considering the discussion earlier about a .22
- bullet killing a child a mile away under rather freakish conditions,
- I doubt that buckshot or slugs would be much less hazardous. I wouldn't
- be surprised if a one ounce lead slug could cause a serious head injury
- with nothing more than it's terminal velocity.
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