As I recall, this was posted and discussed previously. I think we decided that it had possibilities for 'shotgun only' areas but that perhaps gauge restrictions might be the limiting factor.

I would think this is the correct forum to post this.

Of course this is wrong on ethical and moral levels but, just the same I'd love to try this just once!!!

There is just something about needing "crime scene or blasting area" flag tape in my day pack that screams adventure!!!

And look at the Van-damage 6 - .69 cal balls did to that buck!! ...Oh that had to hurt!!!

Ooppsie - http://64.23.108.184/howitzer.htm

Better lay of the Eggnog.....

Now if we really want to get technical, how about screw in choke tubes?

When I was in the esteemed Alabama State Militia Artillery , the Alabama Battery (also called the 4th Indiana when we were portaying Union), we progressed from friction primers to simply precussion system that allowed for the use of .22 blanks to a version of the .22 blank system that used a spring-loaded lockwork held open by a pin attached to the lanyard. We never tried it when i was there, but I am sure that the lanyards could be attached so that all 6 tubes (yes, we were a Battery) could be fired at once by one man... useful for when the Carabou are on the move....

oldsarge - Sorry, I just thought you guys might enjoy it.

I don't like it when dignified big game animals become targets for perverted, radical killing experiments. Whoever the cowardly jerk was who pulled off that chichenshit stunt is a disgrace to anything or anyone who's legitimately associated with honest hunting. I feel for that poor deer, and I loath the bastard who pointed that cannon at him, and you can tell him I said so. I wonder, did all the boys get a good, solid laugh out of that gig, or what?



A good hunter would have killed that buck more cleanly and just as dead with a good stalk and a single bullet from a .30-30.........



AD

Allen, I normally have a lot of time for what you have to say but this time you can stick your self-righteous bullshit up your ass. That was not an easy thing to pull off by any definition. It took at least as much skill as any tree-blind archery hunter to get the right position and the timing down. And if you look closely at the hits, that deer died on the spot. What the hell is the difference between this and tree blind (or any other ambush or driven hunting style) hunting? I could go on and on but maybe I misunderstood your post (not!).

Allen, I guess between this punk - who is a liar to boot - and the 400+ yd elk thread, we just don't belong in the hunting world anymore.

That guy was not only illegal as hell, but also NOT in Wisconsin, and probably did not shoot that buck with canon (those bullet holes are both too uniformly spread out, and lack the bruising of a real bullet hole (I shoot a lot of deer with big roundballs. I know what the bullet holes look like).

Why people on hunting lists everywhere think this is a hoot, is beyond me, but I don't have a good feeling about the future of hunting. This guy will one day team up with the dude that has the on-line-shoot'em over bait "hunt" in TX. How sad indeed.

Brent

Brent, that site has been up for a year that I know of, maybe more. If illegal, that is an admission of guilt by its existence on the web and Wisconsin has taken no action? I think not.
That it might be pure fabrication is possible but I don't know that your round ball experience is extensive enough to judge what is posted.
Regardless, Allen suggests there is no sporting effort in how the event occurred and that is what I am contesting; probably the only time I've ever seen Allen speak from a position of total ignorance.

I think the guy is pulling our legs. The whole page is written in a humorous vein, and I think his main goal is to sell cannons.

George

tiggergate,
If you think that's sporting than the Texas guy selling online hunt is for you. Maybe he can rig up a cannon for you too. What a joke.

The photos are quite obviously NOT in Wisconsin.

Brent

Triggertate, I'll stand by what I said and if that fits the definition of a self-righteous position that I can stick where the sun doesn't shine, then so be it.

AD

Tigertate,
I am with Allen and company on this, I just don't consider that ethical or legal hunting in any since...Furthermore I don't believe a word of this guys story..

You're right, George. This is a big joke. Those bullet holes are obviously faked. Too perfect and Brent's right, no bruising.

This guy's just clowning around, albeit in bad taste.

Come on fellas,
this is as "unethical" as using a scope on a new fangled centerfire rifle, using one of them unsportin' jacketed bullets...

why, if it's not a smoothbore paperpatch roudball, without those cheatin' sights... why it's just not sportin'

Would I do it? Probably not... Do i think it's DUMBFOUNDING that a fella could take a deer with a CANNON (legal in texas, btw, at least during muzzleloader season)


Comparing it to the huntin' online is far off base... the man was THERE, was present, lugged the thang into position, loaded it, took the shot, and brought (not bought) home a deer.

In fact, to tell ya the truth, I've seen more meat WASTED with a 7 remmag in the shoulder....

if, for ME (lowest to highest)
, bow hunting ranks a 1 on my "sure shot, it's hit and going to die humanly" scale,

long range shooing (over 300 yard certainly, 200 for me) is a 3

ME stalking and taking an animal in the field ranks a 8, this is about a 2.5 to 3.5..... Not for me, but then again, neither is bow or longrange "hunting"

Ethical? That's the fella that pulled the triggers call...

do *I* like the thought of endangering other hunters and/or game.... ranks right up there with 500+ yard shots to me...

is it amazing? YEP

In fact, I find it far less repugnant than some yayhoo with a mini14 banging away at deer... with FMJs


So, it's not my cup of tea.. it's still amazing

jeffe

I figured my post would get a lot of people going. I just don't care for armchair judging by folks that weren't there who want to decide for me or anyone else what's "too much gun", not sporting or any other assumption . Is the deer too dead? Common guys, its a either a joke as some suggest or a cleanly harvested deer in what by any account is a difficult set of circumstances to put in place. Anyone who ever took an animal over bait of any sort or set up on a trail to still hunt did pretty much the same thing only they could aim their rifle a hell of a lot easier.