Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being lethal; deadliness.
- noun Mortality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being lethal; mortality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the fact of something being
lethal ; the ability of something tokill - noun the rate of
death of organisms exposed to something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being deadly
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Examples
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"Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion",
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Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion, thus I have given up bowhunting for good and will stick to my guns.
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If you run a bullet or an arrow through the chest of any animal and it goes through both lungs or the heart, there is zero difference in lethality!
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"Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion",
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If you run a bullet or an arrow through the chest of any animal and it goes through both lungs or the heart, there is zero difference in lethality!
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As you pointed out, the extra lethality is not required!
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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As you pointed out, the extra lethality is not required!
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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While I have no issue with a hunter using his 7mm Magnum or even his .300 Magnum (of whatever type) to take his deer, I believe there is no difference in lethality between those rounds and a well-aimed accurate handloaded 7x57 Mauser (with any of the bullets and powder load mentioned above) out to 300+ yards on a heart-lung shot.
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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While I have no issue with a hunter using his 7mm Magnum or even his .300 Magnum (of whatever type) to take his deer, I believe there is no difference in lethality between those rounds and a well-aimed accurate handloaded 7x57 Mauser (with any of the bullets and powder load mentioned above) out to 300+ yards on a heart-lung shot.
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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Most any rifle or shotgun will outperform a bow in lethality by an extremely large margin in my opinion, thus I have given up bowhunting for good and will stick to my guns.
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