Originally Posted by Dutch
Just an observation from the peanut gallery, but I've stocked many a pond for guys that were avowed "anti high fence" hunters. Lots of competition for my spent brood stock steelhead, guys would get really pissy if they couldn't get them one year..... We used to sell canned pheasant hunts at the RMEF banquet, for crying out loud. No one ever saw the irony.....

As long as the critter gets eaten and they don't break the law, I really don't care if they shoot a rabbit, a pheasant, a cow, a pig or a deer.....

Lol !!! on the Clinch River they had or still have hi power rifle season for carp.
Heavy bullets mid velocity work best for best concussive effect.
Think 45-70 and calibers similar too or bigger like .458 win
Had a Joe in my sqd from Virginia in the early 90,s tell us all about it.
Elevated stands next to shallows.
You dont aim for the fish even compensating for the refraction angle.
You shoot beside it for most shockwave effect in the water and least meat damage.
Stun the fugg outta it and rupture its internal organs

Yes they ate the fugging things also.....
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