Sould it be illegal to hunt with 8 gauge?

[J.B. Books]

Ray it's not just the limit of 6 ducks, it is the concept of "fair chase" by limiting the gunners effective range along with the number of shots in the gun. Having just started shooting a 2 7/8" 10 bore this year and learning just how effective it is at long range I would hazard a guess here that a properly configured 8ga could be an effective 90 yard gun.

PS. I don't believe a 12ga 3.5" recoils less than a 10ga 3.5". All the 10ga repeaters are heavy guns, the 12ga super mags in general are not. I also believe anyone who says a 12ga 3.5" will do anything a 10ga 3.5 will do is spoken by a person who is either selling the 12 or never patterned a 10.

[chris dawe]

I personally see no good reason why an 8 gauge would be outlawed.........just think of all these companie's claiming how they build rifle's that can shoot game at 1000 yrd's ,now sir that is unethical.....just think ,at that distance no matter what calibre choice there gonna be some hang time before impact......the targeted animal could make one step ,or could be stung by a bee or whatever the hell else and the shot could go from the vital's to the gut!!!! just try and close the distance on that poor bugger after a crammy shot.
With today's game law's there is no sensible reason why they(8 gauge gun's ) should be banned.