Quote Originally Posted by ThunderSquirrel View Post
The regulations are outdated a bit, but are based around fair chase for the game. Same reason muzzle loader season still has heavy regulations on powder, projectiles, optics, etc.
It's still a gentleman's sport that some people take seriously. Not a full battlerattle, tactifools outing.

Besides, if you need more than 6, you shouldn't be hunting.
Some people care more about filling their freezer than some ridiculous notion of "sport" (and some of those folks really count on that meat) -- we aren't Victorian "gentlemen"; please don't lump all hunters in with some ridiculous NRA trope designed to present hunting as something palatable. If people want sport and challenge, they can archery hunt.

Who said anything about "tactical"?

What about the potential for a mountain lion, angry bear, or for that matter, another human being who decides you "ruined" "their" hunt because you were stalking through and didn't realize they were about to get an animal (or you were about to stumble on their meth lab in the woods, grow operation, etc.).

Who said anything about HAVING more than 6? And, why is 6 a magical number? Why not 3? Why should a person be forced to buy some special, otherwise useless, magazine for a multi-purpose weapon?

What if the animal twitches as you touch off the shot and you need engage while it's running away, lest it otherwise die a horribly slow death? After all, "Only Hits Count, You Can't Miss Fast Enough To Catch Up."