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Anchoring game. Why high shoulder over neck shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="Turpentine21" data-source="post: 2934692" data-attributes="member: 124909"><p>Amen, I've seen enough big deer lost or very luckily found with a 243 and smaller that I swore those calibers off. It works ok if you can shoot but still a risk in my opinion. Bullets have gotten better since then. But there's still a line there when you drop below 6.5 or 25 caliber that for some reason makes a difference. I had three friends that grew up with 243s and most every time they shot it was an ordeal. They weren't great shots but they could do ok in that department. Finally, one Christmas for whatever reason they all got 270s or 30-06s. That ended a lot of the after shot drama. This is on whitetails and hogs of course, nothing larger. </p><p>Another thing that happens when you have a blood dog, which I've always had, is you get to trail a lot. But one thing you'll notice is repeat calls from the same folks. Some folks just can't shoot. Then many of those start thinking they need more gun. Which only makes them shoot worse. We all probably have those guys that we cringe when their name pops up on caller ID.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Turpentine21, post: 2934692, member: 124909"] Amen, I've seen enough big deer lost or very luckily found with a 243 and smaller that I swore those calibers off. It works ok if you can shoot but still a risk in my opinion. Bullets have gotten better since then. But there's still a line there when you drop below 6.5 or 25 caliber that for some reason makes a difference. I had three friends that grew up with 243s and most every time they shot it was an ordeal. They weren't great shots but they could do ok in that department. Finally, one Christmas for whatever reason they all got 270s or 30-06s. That ended a lot of the after shot drama. This is on whitetails and hogs of course, nothing larger. Another thing that happens when you have a blood dog, which I've always had, is you get to trail a lot. But one thing you'll notice is repeat calls from the same folks. Some folks just can't shoot. Then many of those start thinking they need more gun. Which only makes them shoot worse. We all probably have those guys that we cringe when their name pops up on caller ID. [/QUOTE]
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