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<blockquote data-quote="Bang4theBuck" data-source="post: 2849680" data-attributes="member: 73596"><p>No disrespect taken at all. I have a deep appreciation for those that deliver fact-based information. I've strived to be the same way. Hence the reason I brought the story full circle. Truth of the matter is Steve actually recommended a lighter bullet, and was sure it would perform superbly, but my decision on bullet choice was based on some minimums that the guide wanted to see (180 grain). Looking back on it, there were two guys in camp archery hunting one with a compound, one with a cross bow. The cross bow guy missed a toad at 22 yards, and the compound guy wounded a bear, and missed another, so I am not sure how or why there would be rifle minimums when they also hunt them with stick and string. I suppose the guide sees all kind of things, and since I asked, I got an answer. Fact is, next time, I won't discuss it with the guide, unless he asks me. My choices will be made strictly based on proven data from those that know. I think those of us that are still analyzing this type of information in the middle of the summer are just different, and do not represent what the guides typically see. Our guns are sighted, our data is verified, our loads are tuned, our choices are deliberate. No disrespect to those that aren't that way, but the guide is used to guys that are shooting borrowed rifles, mis-match boxes of ammo, 6MOA capability, somewhat unprepared clients. If i were a guide under those conditions, I would tell them to bring big guns with big bullets and increase the chances of success on marginal shots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bang4theBuck, post: 2849680, member: 73596"] No disrespect taken at all. I have a deep appreciation for those that deliver fact-based information. I've strived to be the same way. Hence the reason I brought the story full circle. Truth of the matter is Steve actually recommended a lighter bullet, and was sure it would perform superbly, but my decision on bullet choice was based on some minimums that the guide wanted to see (180 grain). Looking back on it, there were two guys in camp archery hunting one with a compound, one with a cross bow. The cross bow guy missed a toad at 22 yards, and the compound guy wounded a bear, and missed another, so I am not sure how or why there would be rifle minimums when they also hunt them with stick and string. I suppose the guide sees all kind of things, and since I asked, I got an answer. Fact is, next time, I won't discuss it with the guide, unless he asks me. My choices will be made strictly based on proven data from those that know. I think those of us that are still analyzing this type of information in the middle of the summer are just different, and do not represent what the guides typically see. Our guns are sighted, our data is verified, our loads are tuned, our choices are deliberate. No disrespect to those that aren't that way, but the guide is used to guys that are shooting borrowed rifles, mis-match boxes of ammo, 6MOA capability, somewhat unprepared clients. If i were a guide under those conditions, I would tell them to bring big guns with big bullets and increase the chances of success on marginal shots. [/QUOTE]
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