Nope. I wasn't a "giant" supporter. I wasn't viamently opposed to it, more neutral than anything because at the time it was pushed as a PCR gun package. We heard it all, 44 mag this .357 mag that. All of the many talked about rounds fell for the most part within the typically accepted ranges of slug guns and smoke poles. And yes I bought my 7 year old daughter a 44 mag, to which she killed a couple of deer with. She no longer hunts with it because she will tell you herself that it is too easy.

But then came the wildcats. Next thing we know we have crazy distance shooting guns. I am not a fan of that type of deer hunting but at the same time not every Walmart cowboy can afford or is willing to make the effort to obtain some of these new rounds.

I still and will always argue that there is zero hunting skill required to shoot a deer at 200 yards with a 30-06 or any other hpr. Just as it took zero skill for me to drop 2 deer at 60-70 yards with my thumper at the state park "hunt".