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How not, to use a 6.5 creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1601320" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>Scoots, the range was shown in onscreen text at the beginning , 600 yds. Just my opinion but I think he was way under gunned at that range, in fact I wouldn't use a 6.5 CM on elk, period. Yeah, I know it can be done, but I also know how tenacious elk are, so I wouldn't even consider it.</p><p></p><p>Most of all, if I had been the "star" of that freak show I would have erased the evidence and sworn the others to secrecy! Be proud of the elk but quiet about how many chunks of lead were thrown at it and how it actually died. Maybe it was a case of 'buck fever' but if you get that tight in a clinch, there should have been a back up shooter. The only way that fiasco could have been worse is if they were unable to find the bull at all. I think this is more of a "how to fall into the outhouse pit and come out smelling like rose" - an example of what not to do. From the poor choice of caliber to lousy shooting, to questionable shots at too long a range to having to put two shots into a critter already on the ground when one should do it (no mention of the pistol used but judging by what I saw, it was probably a .22!), the whole thing simply reeks of "wrong!" Definitely not a hunt to be proud of.</p><p>Cheers, </p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1601320, member: 78056"] Scoots, the range was shown in onscreen text at the beginning , 600 yds. Just my opinion but I think he was way under gunned at that range, in fact I wouldn't use a 6.5 CM on elk, period. Yeah, I know it can be done, but I also know how tenacious elk are, so I wouldn't even consider it. Most of all, if I had been the "star" of that freak show I would have erased the evidence and sworn the others to secrecy! Be proud of the elk but quiet about how many chunks of lead were thrown at it and how it actually died. Maybe it was a case of 'buck fever' but if you get that tight in a clinch, there should have been a back up shooter. The only way that fiasco could have been worse is if they were unable to find the bull at all. I think this is more of a "how to fall into the outhouse pit and come out smelling like rose" - an example of what not to do. From the poor choice of caliber to lousy shooting, to questionable shots at too long a range to having to put two shots into a critter already on the ground when one should do it (no mention of the pistol used but judging by what I saw, it was probably a .22!), the whole thing simply reeks of "wrong!" Definitely not a hunt to be proud of. Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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