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<blockquote data-quote="dwinmeade" data-source="post: 1940094" data-attributes="member: 111253"><p>No disrespect intended, but what a loaded question! Everyone is different...one size (situation) does not fit all. Different rifles/calibers, different ages of hunters, different shooting abilities, different physical capabilities...all these and more come into play...AND...only the person in question can answer for themselves.</p><p></p><p>The original question deals with weight, which is rather mute...because the Kifaru Gun Bear levels the weight field for all ages. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps what caliber to use is more important. Shoot the rifle/caliber you're most proficient with...just because you can shoot out the eye if a woodchuck at 500 yards with your 243, that's not the rifle for an elk hunt. What to do? </p><p></p><p>You start shooting out woodchuck eyes with your deer rifle/caliber that matches up better for elk. </p><p></p><p>Then practice, practice, practice until a 9" pie plate isn't safe at 1000 yards! (And neither is an elk.) </p><p></p><p>(There's a fellow on YouTube who shoots woodchucks with a 300 WM out to 5-600 yards. Real messy, but think an elk would be safe at 1000 yards with him?)</p><p></p><p>Above all, use your God given common sense. Don't let your 20 yr old mind tell your 69 yr old body what to do. Know/respect your own limitations dispite what others are saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dwinmeade, post: 1940094, member: 111253"] No disrespect intended, but what a loaded question! Everyone is different...one size (situation) does not fit all. Different rifles/calibers, different ages of hunters, different shooting abilities, different physical capabilities...all these and more come into play...AND...only the person in question can answer for themselves. The original question deals with weight, which is rather mute...because the Kifaru Gun Bear levels the weight field for all ages. Perhaps what caliber to use is more important. Shoot the rifle/caliber you're most proficient with...just because you can shoot out the eye if a woodchuck at 500 yards with your 243, that's not the rifle for an elk hunt. What to do? You start shooting out woodchuck eyes with your deer rifle/caliber that matches up better for elk. Then practice, practice, practice until a 9" pie plate isn't safe at 1000 yards! (And neither is an elk.) (There's a fellow on YouTube who shoots woodchucks with a 300 WM out to 5-600 yards. Real messy, but think an elk would be safe at 1000 yards with him?) Above all, use your God given common sense. Don't let your 20 yr old mind tell your 69 yr old body what to do. Know/respect your own limitations dispite what others are saying. [/QUOTE]
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