Such nonsence laws made by unknowledgable people...The 450-400 will simply bore a hole in a deer size animal with very little bruising of meat, much less than say a 243, 270 or any high velocity caliber..You can, in fact, in most cases eat right up to the hole..I have shot perhaps 50 to 100 African plainsgame animals with the 450-400s, using woodleigh 400 gr. soft points and GS flat nose solids....