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Is the 243 the best whitetail deer cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 2732743" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>We've found that the larger bore cartridges work pretty well on smaller big game! We've taken game from Pronghorn, deer, up through (no pun intended) with a 338 WM (her's) and a 375 AI (mine) with none lost…..while using Barnes bullets.</p><p></p><p> We did have a Pronghorn, about 8 years ago, give us a bit of concern. The "goat" was about to go behind a ridge, my wife jumped from the truck (yes, I got it stopped first) and took a quick offhand shot on the moving Pronghorn at a measured (after the shot) 204 +/- yards. The shot was quite low, behind the foreleg. The goat (unseen by us because of the ridge) went about 50 or 60 yards, and for a little while was hidden to us by Sage Brush. There was little to no blood trail for 20 to 30 yards, as there was very little animal penetrated by the bullet….probably only about 6 to 8 inches. We suspect that there was little vital organ damage because of the very low shot contributing to the long run and little blood leaked out! memtb</p><p></p><p> Photo is the "goat"……her 2nd best!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/L7kei1ql.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 2732743, member: 75451"] We’ve found that the larger bore cartridges work pretty well on smaller big game! We’ve taken game from Pronghorn, deer, up through (no pun intended) with a 338 WM (her’s) and a 375 AI (mine) with none lost…..while using Barnes bullets. We did have a Pronghorn, about 8 years ago, give us a bit of concern. The “goat” was about to go behind a ridge, my wife jumped from the truck (yes, I got it stopped first) and took a quick offhand shot on the moving Pronghorn at a measured (after the shot) 204 +/- yards. The shot was quite low, behind the foreleg. The goat (unseen by us because of the ridge) went about 50 or 60 yards, and for a little while was hidden to us by Sage Brush. There was little to no blood trail for 20 to 30 yards, as there was very little animal penetrated by the bullet….probably only about 6 to 8 inches. We suspect that there was little vital organ damage because of the very low shot contributing to the long run and little blood leaked out! memtb Photo is the “goat”……her 2nd best! [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/L7kei1ql.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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