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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 2625837" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>Most of the folks that frequent this site shoot enough to be good to very good shots. Thus the individual experiences of many of us are hard to extrapolate to the general public. You are correct that my experience of using the 308 the last 20 years and the fact it has resulted in dead Moose, no tracking required doesn't really prove a point. Nor does the fact that the 30 years before it had the exact same results using a wide variety of cartridges, including using many Magnums. I have been a far better than average shot my whole life and likely you have too.</p><p></p><p>What I will say is, when I was young I guided for quite a few seasons. We would see 30-40 Moose a year shot. The only Moose we ever tracked a long ways were shot by guys using Magnums. With the exception of a single Moose shot with a 270 where the bullet blew up on the shoulder (I know this because we eventually caught up to the Moose and finished it off), we never had to long track a Moose where the hunter was using a 30-06 class round. Magnums represented about 60% of the hunters. Tells me the single biggest determinant is shooting ability, not the Cartridge used. To each their own, but if you are going to use a Boomer you need to be able to shoot it well and the vast majority really can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 2625837, member: 26077"] Most of the folks that frequent this site shoot enough to be good to very good shots. Thus the individual experiences of many of us are hard to extrapolate to the general public. You are correct that my experience of using the 308 the last 20 years and the fact it has resulted in dead Moose, no tracking required doesn't really prove a point. Nor does the fact that the 30 years before it had the exact same results using a wide variety of cartridges, including using many Magnums. I have been a far better than average shot my whole life and likely you have too. What I will say is, when I was young I guided for quite a few seasons. We would see 30-40 Moose a year shot. The only Moose we ever tracked a long ways were shot by guys using Magnums. With the exception of a single Moose shot with a 270 where the bullet blew up on the shoulder (I know this because we eventually caught up to the Moose and finished it off), we never had to long track a Moose where the hunter was using a 30-06 class round. Magnums represented about 60% of the hunters. Tells me the single biggest determinant is shooting ability, not the Cartridge used. To each their own, but if you are going to use a Boomer you need to be able to shoot it well and the vast majority really can't. [/QUOTE]
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