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Caliber choice, chasing the fad.
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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1564075" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>Here is an extreme example of where I am coming from. I hunt whitetails a lot, mainly because its what we have at home. I've killed a bunch of them with a .224TTH and 80gr Amax. Get them out in an open field, Wait until they are exactly broadside, pop them in the lungs. Dead deer. All the time in the world. If no shot today, you will kill one tomorrow. Now, I get a chance to go to Canada and shoot a Trophy Whitetail. The weather can change in a heartbeat, I may only get one chance at a trophy animal that I've spent $7k on, its getting dark on the last day, and he's walking toward heavy cover sharply quartering away from me. Do I use a little gun and let him walk, or do I shoot him with a heavy bonded bullet with my RUM. I drive the big bullet through him and take him home. Unethical? Not to me. Unethical would be using a smaller gun in this situation. These are two different worlds, and the source for much of the controversy over the proper cartridge for the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1564075, member: 92702"] Here is an extreme example of where I am coming from. I hunt whitetails a lot, mainly because its what we have at home. I've killed a bunch of them with a .224TTH and 80gr Amax. Get them out in an open field, Wait until they are exactly broadside, pop them in the lungs. Dead deer. All the time in the world. If no shot today, you will kill one tomorrow. Now, I get a chance to go to Canada and shoot a Trophy Whitetail. The weather can change in a heartbeat, I may only get one chance at a trophy animal that I've spent $7k on, its getting dark on the last day, and he's walking toward heavy cover sharply quartering away from me. Do I use a little gun and let him walk, or do I shoot him with a heavy bonded bullet with my RUM. I drive the big bullet through him and take him home. Unethical? Not to me. Unethical would be using a smaller gun in this situation. These are two different worlds, and the source for much of the controversy over the proper cartridge for the job. [/QUOTE]
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