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Is the 6.5 Creedmoor too "light" for 1,000+ yard hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="packgoatguy" data-source="post: 1433334" data-attributes="member: 27192"><p>Yes, but that is not to say that the objective of an ethical harvest with a bow is to have as swift of an expiration as possible. Ive taken two elk with a bow that died within 50 yards of being shot. It wasn't the "shock" of the arrow that killed them, it was the massive and quick bloodloss.</p><p></p><p>However, in a discussion about the viability (or lack of viability) of the 6.5 Creedmoor as a long range hunting cartridge, I am not sold on the idea that many suggest that to be able to ethically harvest an Elk you need a bullet hitting with at least 1500 foot pounds of energy, or 1000ftlbs for deer... My point above is merely that such a calculation is overly simplistic and does not account for a number of other even more important factors that should be weighed when determining what bullet or cartridge is suitable for harvesting big game. When there are plenty of short range weapons including a variety of pistol calibers that are well regarded as ethical hunting tools for big game, but which have less than 1000 ft pounds of energy at even modest ranges... then there has to be a better way to evaluate whether a particular cartridge is viable to ethically hunt at a particular range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="packgoatguy, post: 1433334, member: 27192"] Yes, but that is not to say that the objective of an ethical harvest with a bow is to have as swift of an expiration as possible. Ive taken two elk with a bow that died within 50 yards of being shot. It wasn't the "shock" of the arrow that killed them, it was the massive and quick bloodloss. However, in a discussion about the viability (or lack of viability) of the 6.5 Creedmoor as a long range hunting cartridge, I am not sold on the idea that many suggest that to be able to ethically harvest an Elk you need a bullet hitting with at least 1500 foot pounds of energy, or 1000ftlbs for deer... My point above is merely that such a calculation is overly simplistic and does not account for a number of other even more important factors that should be weighed when determining what bullet or cartridge is suitable for harvesting big game. When there are plenty of short range weapons including a variety of pistol calibers that are well regarded as ethical hunting tools for big game, but which have less than 1000 ft pounds of energy at even modest ranges... then there has to be a better way to evaluate whether a particular cartridge is viable to ethically hunt at a particular range. [/QUOTE]
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