Rifle season is for states with lots of big, wide open spaces where you can see for miles beyond your target or where you can be very far removed from houses…..like Wyoming or Maine. In Mass, most deer hunting spots put you in close proximity to people, so you can’t be shooting a .306 that is going to travel two miles and end up in someone’s living room.

I use a 1 oz copper coated sabot slug with a bolt action rifled barrel slug gun. Pretty accurate and lethal.