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Do larger calibers really compensate for bad shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="woodsmanlw" data-source="post: 1706991" data-attributes="member: 87767"><p>Each round has its own ability to affect the animals systems and ultimately its demise. The thing is, sure you can shoot a larger round and have, potentially at least, a greater affect on the animal. But a lot of what we are talking about is "How bad of a shot?" If you gut shoot something then it's going to be difficult to see much difference in small vs large but the closer you are to vitals the more pronounced the affects of the larger (well any actually) rounds will be. To really make the point about taking into account how bad a shot think of it this way. If you shoot a deer with a 223 and blow its leg off below the knee will shooting it with a 50 BMG have made any difference? Then we get to just how much of the animal are you willing to waste? You can punch giant holes in animals and waste good meat when you can get just as humane a kill with something smaller. But this is the long range hunting forum after all and we are assuming longer shots needing to retain energy at those distances so larger rounds are assumed. So my take on the original posters question is yes larger rounds help but there are a number of qualifications associated with that premise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodsmanlw, post: 1706991, member: 87767"] Each round has its own ability to affect the animals systems and ultimately its demise. The thing is, sure you can shoot a larger round and have, potentially at least, a greater affect on the animal. But a lot of what we are talking about is “How bad of a shot?” If you gut shoot something then it’s going to be difficult to see much difference in small vs large but the closer you are to vitals the more pronounced the affects of the larger (well any actually) rounds will be. To really make the point about taking into account how bad a shot think of it this way. If you shoot a deer with a 223 and blow its leg off below the knee will shooting it with a 50 BMG have made any difference? Then we get to just how much of the animal are you willing to waste? You can punch giant holes in animals and waste good meat when you can get just as humane a kill with something smaller. But this is the long range hunting forum after all and we are assuming longer shots needing to retain energy at those distances so larger rounds are assumed. So my take on the original posters question is yes larger rounds help but there are a number of qualifications associated with that premise. [/QUOTE]
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