I always have a can on my rifle while hunting. I just bring a rifle that is an appropriate length for the type of hunting I'll be doing. Sometimes that's a 18" shorty or a big 26" barreled
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Thanks for the info on that, brother. I didn't know that.There is no need to "load down for a suppressor" unless you're trying to go subsonic and completely eliminate the "crack" of breaking the sound barrier. I wouldn't do that either. I'm running full velocity loads through all of my suppressors, and most of them actually gain 15-25 fps with the can on.
As others have stated, with the benefit of how game is far less spooky after a shot with the can, and the benefit of not damaging your hearing, my cans stay on my guns unless I'm hunting in Canada or a State that doesn't allow them.
No, I too have seen Whitetail stand there after a shot. Red Deer, Aoudad and Antelope too. All supersonic.
The deer in my profile was a free range deer. The dozen does around him jumped, then went right back to eating.
Last month, I was hunting Aoudad in W Texas. (Not me shooting) Three shots at an Aoudad Ram at 150 and he only moved 20-30 yards between shots.
Game behaves differently when you remove that muzzle blast sound.