For whatever it's worth, back in the 70's Norway set minimum cartridge requirements. They poll their hunters upon success, voluntary, on cartridge, distance animal ran after a broadside lung hit...as a result they now require a 10 gram bullet (bye 6.5 140 gr) and a 1475 ft pounds of energy at 100 meters (bye, a lot of cartridges). Whether the decision to do this was based on good poll data or not, we don't know. I do know, or used to know, that the Norwegians took their hunting very serious...requiring hunters to pass a basic competency test. I think Barsness had to take the test on his trip back to the old country...but memory being gone maybe it was Sweden. Sweden requires 2,700 joules/2,000 ft lbs for 139 gr to 154 gr bullets.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
