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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 1636471" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>bigngreen, I hunt because I love to hunt and spend time out of doors. I also hunt to put meat in the freezer.....but, certainly will not pass on a trophy, if presented with a shot. I "will not" pass on a "raking shot".....because I have complete faith in my bullet and my rifle's/cartridge's capabilities. Often an entire season can go by with few chances for a kill, which for us means......we have to buy beef! We've only "had" to buy beef once.... a very "bitter pill" to swallow! To date, I've only recovered one Barnes, an original X in '92 or '93, and have never lost an moose, elk, deer, or antelope that was hit. Oh, and the recovered bullet, traveled full length through a rag-horn bull, shattering the pelvis, and due to the angle of the bullet travel.....made three (3) hide penetrations. Recovered.....it had one petal broken off, retaining 95% of it's original weight. Combine that, with the numerous elk, antelope, one moose and one bear that my wife has taken with Barnes bullets since '96..... with no bullets recovered. All were one shot kills from approx. 30 yards to a measured 400 yards.She however, did loose one elk, which was my fault. I hurried her, on a walking bull, about to go behind a ridge. The shot went thru the leg, without breaking bone. We had a very minor blood trail, which eventually quit.</p><p></p><p> In my 56 years of big game hunting, I've had bullets that disappointed me greatly. however as earlier stated, in over 25 years with Barnes being my "only" hunting bullet....I have "never" been "wronged"! memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 1636471, member: 75451"] bigngreen, I hunt because I love to hunt and spend time out of doors. I also hunt to put meat in the freezer.....but, certainly will not pass on a trophy, if presented with a shot. I “will not” pass on a “raking shot”.....because I have complete faith in my bullet and my rifle’s/cartridge’s capabilities. Often an entire season can go by with few chances for a kill, which for us means......we have to buy beef! We’ve only “had” to buy beef once.... a very “bitter pill” to swallow! To date, I’ve only recovered one Barnes, an original X in ‘92 or ‘93, and have never lost an moose, elk, deer, or antelope that was hit. Oh, and the recovered bullet, traveled full length through a rag-horn bull, shattering the pelvis, and due to the angle of the bullet travel.....made three (3) hide penetrations. Recovered.....it had one petal broken off, retaining 95% of it’s original weight. Combine that, with the numerous elk, antelope, one moose and one bear that my wife has taken with Barnes bullets since ‘96..... with no bullets recovered. All were one shot kills from approx. 30 yards to a measured 400 yards.She however, did loose one elk, which was my fault. I hurried her, on a walking bull, about to go behind a ridge. The shot went thru the leg, without breaking bone. We had a very minor blood trail, which eventually quit. In my 56 years of big game hunting, I’ve had bullets that disappointed me greatly. however as earlier stated, in over 25 years with Barnes being my “only” hunting bullet....I have “never” been “wronged”! memtb [/QUOTE]
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