Subsonic Hunting Is About Effectiveness, Not Just Quiet Most articles about hunting with subsonic ammo focus on how quiet it is. Quiet is great, but a quiet shot that fails to kill cleanly is a failure. The real question is whether subsonic ammo is effective enough to hunt with, and the honest answer is: sometimes, for the right game, at the right distance, with the right load. This guide is built around that reality. We'll cover what subsonic ammo can and can't do, the very short list of loads …