He looked to be no less than 150 yards out. Had he hit vitals (which was probably what he was aiming at) he would have absolutely obliterated that deer. Probably would have wasted a lot of meat. 50BMG isn't the right tool for the job, it's reckless.

I can’t agree with any of that.

Me, either.

Any of y'all dove hunt w a 10 gauge?

Doubt it but it's like some of y'all can't understand why some think it's wrong.

It's legal, let it rip son.

It goes beyond that.

Now I can't wait for some ding dong to remind me that they see nothing wrong with a 50 BMG blasting a 90 lb doe, wait maybe 75 soaking wet

Dead is dead!

I can see why some would think it’s impractical, but why is it wrong? I’ve yet to hear an acceptable explanation of that.

I don't look at it as wrong if you can consistently DRT the animal. I look at it as stupid, impractical and nothing more than an attention grab on video. When he trolls it on video, he's trolling for likes and comments, so now I've made my comments and I personally don't like it. To each their own if it's legal.

about as wreckless as this attempted explanation

So last night I was hog hunting with the thermal shotgun combo. Shooting 300 grain slugs at a blistering 2000 FPS. Had a hog walk next to me in the woodline while sitting behind a cedar in the dark. I had to kneel down to get a shot. Anyways I missed but the vacuum created by that giant slug sucked this small boars lungs right out one of the pores in his shoulder.

What I find reckless is the lack of research to show the explanation he gave on video was just not possible. For him to go back and watch the video and come up with that explanation would get someone in media or some other outlet fired. That’s the reckless part of all this.

Shooting a deer in the vitals with a .50bmg FMJ would likely waste no more meat than the shot he took on that doe.

Looks like he barely creased the doe across the brow to me. Enough to crush the eyeballs, sinus cavities, and fracture the skull enough to fatally concuss the brain. This effect would have likely been similar with any of the commonly used high-powered deer rifles. I wish that darn log weren’t in the way so we could see more of the post-impact effects. What a coincidence.

The video still comes off as rather tasteless in my opinion.

Now, see, that’s a a fair statement.

50 shoots round hole in paper at 100 yrds would rather shoot a deer with a 50 than a bow and arrow

Killing something for the sole reason of an attention grab is wrong.

I won’t argue that.

So his motives are wrong. That’s a separate issue from the rifle, itself.

Sure. The rifle is just another prop in the “stupid” show.

That works.

The B&C Fairchase site posted this video now and wrote a whole editorial....

Link????

Shooting a deer in the head with a .50 bmg is more ethical than intentionally shooting a deer in the "high shoulder" with any caliber you choose.

Well, this thread has officially gone off the deep end.

Just trying to understand why shooting a deer that results in an instant kill and zero meat loss is considered unethical.

Yet if someone blows a 3" hole through an edible portion of a deer with a .30 caliber weapon or smaller and said deer undoubtedly feels some sort of pain for several seconds no one has a problem with it.

Never realized you could kill a deer too much.

The point is valid, but to say one is more ethical than the other is out there.

And a true high shoulder shot kills instantly, rendering no pain.

Bullsnot

Unless the animal goes unconscious with the shot, there will be pain. The animal will experience the sensation until the oxygen is starved from the brain. Fortunately, it will be a quick death.