Started this elsewhere, moved it here as a better place for this discussion:
It would seem that there are many people who consider using buckshot on deer as being an unethical practice. In that light, if you be so inclined, would you mind explaining the difference between shooting a pheasant (or a duck) with #6 - #4 bird shot and shooting a deer with #4 buck shot - 00 buck shot when buckshot is nothing more than bird shot scaled-up for the size of the game? What makes one practice ethical and the other, unethical ("...should be outlawed...")?
It would seem that there are many people who consider using buckshot on deer as being an unethical practice. In that light, if you be so inclined, would you mind explaining the difference between shooting a pheasant (or a duck) with #6 - #4 bird shot and shooting a deer with #4 buck shot - 00 buck shot when buckshot is nothing more than bird shot scaled-up for the size of the game? What makes one practice ethical and the other, unethical ("...should be outlawed...")?