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Originally Posted by MountainTi
Dandy deer Chuck. Remember the pic well, always do when it comes to a good deer. Not sure the point of the pic though. If I was ambitious I would dig up a pic of the skull from the largest grizz ever killed in Alberta showing the neat little .22 caliber hole in it....but it makes no point.
Now why on earth would a sheep hunter hang from a cliff with one arm while shooting in a mountain type wind? Are you saying that the perfect shot doesn't always present itself? Heart isn't broke with the first shot every time?
It would seem there are some who lead us to believe each and every shot they have ever taken has been right on point. A mistake never made. Having anything more than a single shot is a waste of weight.
To me these are the guys that are lacking in experience if this has never occurred in their hunting career......or their righteous attitude omits those times from memory or comments on threads.
Yeah, a .22 rimfire can kill a grizzly bear. I have no doubt a .223 will knock down deer size game quite handily.
But IN MY OPINION, if and when and once again, I make a less than perfect shot on an animal I would choose a .300 wby over a .223 any day. But that's just me.
And if you can't shoot enough rounds out of a larger caliber to be accurate with it, then by all means choose something smaller. A .243 is a fine choice for starting out. Actually shot my first deer with a .243. Was a few moons ago.
ps, I have never bought a rifle based on what shells cost. Load em up and shoot. One of my .300 wbys, bought it new probably 25 years ago...surprised it even has any rifling left with the amount its been shot. That gun has shot more gophers than many rimfires. Never had one get away, and not every shot was in the boiler room haha. Good times....
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The context of this thread is young children. If you hunt with kids, you know the toughest part is getting them in position when the deer is. It’s hard. The biggest part of that trouble is the rifle they are packing. It’s heavy and unwieldy. If they could point their finger at the deer and kill it with a “pew pew” much of the logistics would solve themselves. All I’m saying, is a light handy rifle with mild recoil would go a long ways to solving some of it.
I shoot with my kids enough to know that a 260/7-08/243 isn’t fun for long, but a 223 they can’t shoot enough. And they get darn good with it. They can hit what they are aiming at. A light recoiling rifle in a handy package would, in my opinion, make better shooters and hunters out of 12 year olds and that in turn makes better 30 year old hunters and shooters. Who may well be packing a magnum.
I was illustrating in the picture that I have nothing against magnums. I have used them quite affectively. Have I had to shoot stuff more than once? Absolutely. Have I seen a correlation regarding case volume. Not a meaningful one. And, I’ve said many times. The more game I shoot, the less I know. But I sure like learning from what I experience and see.