The practice
of hunting has been around for ages and has
played an intrigal part in the survival of
civilization by providing food on the table
and feeding many a family for thousands of
years.
The practice of hunting has
been around for ages and has
played an intrigal part in the survival of
civilization by providing food on
the table and feeding many a family for
thousands of years.
Although hunting and even the
weapons used for hunting have
changed forms since times past, the basic
principles of hunting have remained
the same. Hunting requires you to seek, find,
and dispatch the animal before
processing and eating the delicious game. For
centuries, people have worked to
create better weapons for harvesting game more
effectively. With the advent of
gunpowder, hunting took a huge leap forward that
would eventually lead to
modern sport and subsistence hunting.
The primary form of hunting
today occurs through the use of
firearms such as rifles, shotguns, pistols, and
muzzleloaders. Bowhunting is
another important form of hunting but will not
be discussed in this website.
The primary way a rifle kills
is by disrupting the function
of vital organs such as blood flow in the heart
and lungs causing the animal to
expire. The rifle shot causes tissue damage that
transfers the kinectic energy
into the animal and creates a wound channel.
Different bullet design and
cartridge selection are important in the
effectiveness of hunting. For years
people have worked to design better weapons and
bullets to quickly and
effectively harvest game, ensuring that the
animal is harvested quickly and
humanely.
The idea of ballistics is
important in the area of firearms
hunting because it allows effective and ethical
harvest of game.