First reading - "I bought a pricy rifle and life and the weather conspired against me hunting deer with it for two years running so thisis the rifle's fault somehow and then I sold the pricy rifle and now pack rimfires in the woods and i may shoot a deer with one as the laws don't apply to me as a landowner." Hmmmm!

OK, second reading - "The pricy rifle I spent a load of money on failed to give me a pride of ownership kick, so I sold it and now find myself happy with workhorse rimfires. I believe that, as a landowner, I am allowed to shoot deer with the rifle of my choosing and may well choose one of the RFs. Owning workhorse rifles will make me content for the rest of my life.

Care to sort that out for us??