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<blockquote data-quote="Paparock" data-source="post: 1266040" data-attributes="member: 106235"><p>You can't kill what you can't hit so there are limits to "firepower" and to "killing power". The "average" individual" has a hard time mastering anything over a .375 H&H and even then many can't handle that referring to it as the .375 Ouch and Ouch. When dealing with anything that can hunt you back and or kill you it is wise to shoot the largest caliber with the largest toughest bullets you can shoot accurately least you join your ancestors sooner than you had hoped for. Even then dealing with "dangerous game" nothing is ever a given even when dealing with the lowly black bear as a friend of mine found out the hard way after one killed him and used him for food for two days before we terminated Yogi. NEVER take anything for granted as I have seen a man in a deer camp I was in as a teenager that was "accidentally" killed by a whitetail buck "running dead" after the guys last shot killed the buck but as the bucks head dropped his tines speared him through the chest and the guy died. A fellow deer stander saw the whole thing. If it's moving it can kill you, even Bambi. A "dead poisonous snake" can still bite you if you are careless handling them. If you give dangerous people or animals a chance they will injure or kill you.</p><p></p><p>Those of us who have hunted men, been hunted by other men as well as by dangerous animals and have survived have learned not to give them a chance to strike you. If they have shown their intent is to kill given the chance you make sure they are dead before you approach them. If you ever see a professional hunter approach a Cape Buffalo or an Elephant you know what I am talking about. As long as there is a flicker of life in them you are in danger. That is why they tap the eye as that is the last reflex to leave. If they react you shoot them again, instantly if you value your life!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paparock, post: 1266040, member: 106235"] You can't kill what you can't hit so there are limits to "firepower" and to "killing power". The "average" individual" has a hard time mastering anything over a .375 H&H and even then many can't handle that referring to it as the .375 Ouch and Ouch. When dealing with anything that can hunt you back and or kill you it is wise to shoot the largest caliber with the largest toughest bullets you can shoot accurately least you join your ancestors sooner than you had hoped for. Even then dealing with "dangerous game" nothing is ever a given even when dealing with the lowly black bear as a friend of mine found out the hard way after one killed him and used him for food for two days before we terminated Yogi. NEVER take anything for granted as I have seen a man in a deer camp I was in as a teenager that was "accidentally" killed by a whitetail buck "running dead" after the guys last shot killed the buck but as the bucks head dropped his tines speared him through the chest and the guy died. A fellow deer stander saw the whole thing. If it's moving it can kill you, even Bambi. A "dead poisonous snake" can still bite you if you are careless handling them. If you give dangerous people or animals a chance they will injure or kill you. Those of us who have hunted men, been hunted by other men as well as by dangerous animals and have survived have learned not to give them a chance to strike you. If they have shown their intent is to kill given the chance you make sure they are dead before you approach them. If you ever see a professional hunter approach a Cape Buffalo or an Elephant you know what I am talking about. As long as there is a flicker of life in them you are in danger. That is why they tap the eye as that is the last reflex to leave. If they react you shoot them again, instantly if you value your life! [/QUOTE]
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