Probably millions of birds will be wounded this coming season...nearly all with a 12ga. If it is a concern of some, I think they should reconsider hunting with a shotgun as all the variables such as range estimation, speed of target, lead estimation, fatigue, failing vision, inexperience, eye dominance, ..... play into a game shot and make the odds of hitting solidly a flying target start to diminish rapidly. The old and very young often have more stacked against them when trying to hit a wild bird. Hunting in blowing snow that is deep and caused fatigue, then shooting 40 yrds really decreases the odds of a solid, fatal hit with any shotgun. The implication of some standard of 'responsibility' that is crossed with simply using the .410 to hunt with seems to ignore other common factors.
The idea that somehow a 6lb 3" .410 is dishonest really escapes me. Wouldn't this logic apply to the 2 1/2" and 2 3/4" 12ga? This thread simply encourages trying the .410. Why all the 'my ground is higher than yours' stuff?
