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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 1857379" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>My wife uses her .338 WM for "all" of her big game (deer/antelope thru moose) hunting.....one bullet, one load, one zero for everything. That is practical for our environment and style of hunting, as we may encounter game ranging from deer to bear/moose on the same day. Her bullet, a 225 grain Barnes TTSX. But, that may "not" be the best bullet..... if you are exclusively hunting "smaller" big game in timber or small parcels of land. On "small" big game, in the conditions described, you may want a bullet that exhibits more violent expansion, perhaps leaving a better blood trail. All of her kills, except one, was almost instant immobilization.....dead. Her most recent antelope, was taken very low in the chest, only contacting about 6" of antelope. I don't believe the bullet got enough tissue resistance to give complete expansion, and was low enough as to "not" contact much vital tissue. Consequently, there was no blood trail for about 30 or so yards, and the antelope traveled approximately 40 to 50 yards. While this seems a long way.....probably only about 2 seconds of travel time! memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 1857379, member: 75451"] My wife uses her .338 WM for “all” of her big game (deer/antelope thru moose) hunting.....one bullet, one load, one zero for everything. That is practical for our environment and style of hunting, as we may encounter game ranging from deer to bear/moose on the same day. Her bullet, a 225 grain Barnes TTSX. But, that may “not” be the best bullet..... if you are exclusively hunting “smaller” big game in timber or small parcels of land. On “small” big game, in the conditions described, you may want a bullet that exhibits more violent expansion, perhaps leaving a better blood trail. All of her kills, except one, was almost instant immobilization.....dead. Her most recent antelope, was taken very low in the chest, only contacting about 6” of antelope. I don’t believe the bullet got enough tissue resistance to give complete expansion, and was low enough as to “not” contact much vital tissue. Consequently, there was no blood trail for about 30 or so yards, and the antelope traveled approximately 40 to 50 yards. While this seems a long way.....probably only about 2 seconds of travel time! memtb [/QUOTE]
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