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6.5 SAUM - Was it a wise choice for Western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1675349" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>I once met a guy that worked for one of the long range hunting tv shows. He told me that editing is a wonderful thing so that you don't see all of the bad shots and wounded animals, just sayin. Stuff happens, given enough time we will all make a bad wind call, a bad range or the animal will move just as the trigger is pulled and then, a bad shot happens. On elk, they are tough and have a will to live, I have tracked a few hit with a big gun and it put enough of a hurt on them that I was able to finish what I started. I have known many people that have hit elk with smaller calibers, like 25-06 and never found the elk, good hit, no blood trail and no elk recovered. A buddy of mine shot a very large bull elk two years ago with a 215 gr Berger from a 300 rum, hit the bull twice and the bull disappeared never to be seen again. That bull haunts my friend, because he can't understand what happened. He has killed many, many elk and the best bull of his life died somewhere where he couldn't be found. This is a long range hunting forum, we shoot long and usually kill long, sometimes it doesn't work out. If I was shooting a 6.5 on elk, I would limit my shot to a distance that I could place the bullet spot on 95% of the time from many different shooting positions and avoid the shoulder bone. I would probably limit my distance to no more that 500 yards and practice making quick follow up shots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1675349, member: 2567"] I once met a guy that worked for one of the long range hunting tv shows. He told me that editing is a wonderful thing so that you don't see all of the bad shots and wounded animals, just sayin. Stuff happens, given enough time we will all make a bad wind call, a bad range or the animal will move just as the trigger is pulled and then, a bad shot happens. On elk, they are tough and have a will to live, I have tracked a few hit with a big gun and it put enough of a hurt on them that I was able to finish what I started. I have known many people that have hit elk with smaller calibers, like 25-06 and never found the elk, good hit, no blood trail and no elk recovered. A buddy of mine shot a very large bull elk two years ago with a 215 gr Berger from a 300 rum, hit the bull twice and the bull disappeared never to be seen again. That bull haunts my friend, because he can't understand what happened. He has killed many, many elk and the best bull of his life died somewhere where he couldn't be found. This is a long range hunting forum, we shoot long and usually kill long, sometimes it doesn't work out. If I was shooting a 6.5 on elk, I would limit my shot to a distance that I could place the bullet spot on 95% of the time from many different shooting positions and avoid the shoulder bone. I would probably limit my distance to no more that 500 yards and practice making quick follow up shots. [/QUOTE]
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