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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
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Subject: And another thing... (flame broiled veal)
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 02:15:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 16 02:15:09 1985
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...hunters sitting around all day drinking beer, then killing a deer
at a half-mile range with a high-powered rifle?

All right, I give you a little leeway for exaggeration, but pull out
your HP-41 and calculate the amount of pointing accuracy needed to
hit a (nominally) six feet long and six high deer at a range of a half-mile...
Now tell me the chance of a hit after a six-pack of beer has been
imbibed.   Not likely to get that beast's number under these 
cimcumstances :-).  After all, these are unguided projectiles.

And the comment about the deer walking innocently into the campground
to get shot... SHEEEESH!  Wild deer (as opposed to the Yellowstone
variety) tend to make themselves DAMN scarce as soon as they start
hearing the 30-06 shots heralding the start of hunting season.
Survival of the fittest, right?- the most nervous, ready-to-run deer
will probably survive to breed.

                                               Ron Wanttaja
					       (ssc-vax!wanttaja)

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