But seriously, hit the pocketbook angle. Forming the argument is simple. Beaver dams are a localized environmental problem causing improper flow, sediment accumulation, stagnation. That will lead to die off of native species, algal blooms, increased risk of disease for the residents due to...
An observation based on this thread but also many decades of careful observation of people that are notoriously anti-hunting.......the PETA and other bleeding heart sycophant types. I highly doubt most of them have clue one of two consistent attributes I've always encountered with hunters in my...
Couple guys that I know here were crossbow hunting last week and lost an 8 point. Bolt snapped off, back end was found since it had a lighted nock. Broadhead presumably still in the deer. I helped them search the woods for a couple of hours then left them to their devices. They were out...
Been around for a minute (powerful air guns). Lewis and Clark dragged one across the country. That one was estimated to fire a round lead ball, 46 caliber at about 1000fps.
Great looking buck!
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/12/13/lewis-and-clarks-girandoni-air-rifle/
Old school, 30-30. Rifles are light, recoil is light, been putting meat on the table over a century. At that distance a lever in 30-30, 357, 45 Colt, 44 mag would get it done.
As I suspected it is indeed primarily magnesium "pellets and shards". They burn at 3000-4000 degrees. Hornets beware........you red wasps too......I HATE those things!