Pond James Pond
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I am presently trying (again) to acquaint myself with the national hunting act here with a view to finally getting my hunting licence as per one of my new year's resolutions.
One aspect of the law outlines limitations on what can be used to hunt what. An interesting aspect was that of calibre choices for a given game type. For the large game here (but including wild-boar, which I'd have described as "medium"), they state the use of bullets only, 130gn and 6.5mm minimum.
There is no mention of energy or velocity. They do specify bullets from cartridges so I think that excludes BP for sure.
However, the oddity for me is that they do specify the use of rifled barrels. That seems to be to intentionally exclude shotguns. However, I'd have thought that a 12ga shotgun with a slug would pack quite a bit more punch than a 6.5x55 SPBT, for instance.
Admittedly, it largely depends on range, but here you don't get huge distances, for the most part.
So, does this exclusion of slugs make sense to you for those game that are boar and larger? If not, at which point does it start to lean in the rifled cartridges' favour?
One aspect of the law outlines limitations on what can be used to hunt what. An interesting aspect was that of calibre choices for a given game type. For the large game here (but including wild-boar, which I'd have described as "medium"), they state the use of bullets only, 130gn and 6.5mm minimum.
There is no mention of energy or velocity. They do specify bullets from cartridges so I think that excludes BP for sure.
However, the oddity for me is that they do specify the use of rifled barrels. That seems to be to intentionally exclude shotguns. However, I'd have thought that a 12ga shotgun with a slug would pack quite a bit more punch than a 6.5x55 SPBT, for instance.
Admittedly, it largely depends on range, but here you don't get huge distances, for the most part.
So, does this exclusion of slugs make sense to you for those game that are boar and larger? If not, at which point does it start to lean in the rifled cartridges' favour?