I like the Whelen better for hunting in the rain because when I kill something with it I don't get as wet---and it usually is raining during hunting season here. The reason is the Whelen picks them up and shakes the rain off them, so I don't get as wet when I handle them.

I also like the way the Whelen blows chunks of lung out the other side of an animal, so they are easier to gut.

Only disadvantage of the Whelen is all that slipping and sliding on the huge blood trail---but it's never more than a few yards long. If you can find where the animal was standing when you shot it, you can just go there and you will be able to SEE where the animal went down. I just wish we Whelen owners got to shoot our Whelens more. One shot per animal is kind of a letdown, after waiting so long for the season each year.

I saw a movie where only the military and the police had guns. It was called Schindler's List.