I wouldn’t shoot it with my shoulders like they are, but would probably say yes when I was younger. I saw a video somewhere of a punt gun mounted on a low profile sneak boat. The operator pulled a rope like a cannon and when it went off the front of the boat raised up a good foot of more, and ducks fell out of the sky in huge numbers. Market hunters did some things that were very different than what we do today. The shot may have been steel, brass, or anything small enough to get the job done.