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What Is The Best Hunting Cartridge To 500 yds.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1996513" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I thought that I was the only "crazy" one who shoots a 35 Whelen past 50 or 100 yards. I am limited to 300 yards with my Whelen because that the the longest distance that I have a range for. I also have a .358 Winchester that I pound steel plates with all day long at 300 yards; and.....both of these cartridges hit like the hammer of Thor!! I hunt black bear so the shooting is close, and very devastating. Usually the guide will ask what we are hunting with (my son and me), when we tell him Whelens he smiles. When asked the reason for the smile he says, "Because we don't have to track them with the Whelen." I commend the OP for recognizing his limits for shooting long range, only wish more hunters would do the same. Perhaps I missed it in the postings here, but did not read what the OP is using the rifle for other than shots out to 500 yards. I would suggest anything in the .270 WSM, 7mm RemMag, 30-06 category for thin skinned animals. The .270WSM is quite often overlooked, for what reason I do not know, probably because corporate America is touting is latest and greatest long range, 2000 yard T-Rex round. I have a friend who shot a very large mule deer with a .270WSM that was bedded down at 485 yards twice because he though he shot over the deer the first time. When they got up to the deer they found two hole, 2 inches apart, the deer never moved. The dirt they saw that kicked up behind the deer on the first shot a through-and-through. Presently he is in Wyoming (?) using the same .270WSM on an elk hunt. Any game that can bite me I would recommend the .338 Winchester, but.....I don't think there are too many guides who would recommend taking shots at dangerous game out to 500 yards. These are my humble recommendations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1996513, member: 69192"] I thought that I was the only "crazy" one who shoots a 35 Whelen past 50 or 100 yards. I am limited to 300 yards with my Whelen because that the the longest distance that I have a range for. I also have a .358 Winchester that I pound steel plates with all day long at 300 yards; and.....both of these cartridges hit like the hammer of Thor!! I hunt black bear so the shooting is close, and very devastating. Usually the guide will ask what we are hunting with (my son and me), when we tell him Whelens he smiles. When asked the reason for the smile he says, "Because we don't have to track them with the Whelen." I commend the OP for recognizing his limits for shooting long range, only wish more hunters would do the same. Perhaps I missed it in the postings here, but did not read what the OP is using the rifle for other than shots out to 500 yards. I would suggest anything in the .270 WSM, 7mm RemMag, 30-06 category for thin skinned animals. The .270WSM is quite often overlooked, for what reason I do not know, probably because corporate America is touting is latest and greatest long range, 2000 yard T-Rex round. I have a friend who shot a very large mule deer with a .270WSM that was bedded down at 485 yards twice because he though he shot over the deer the first time. When they got up to the deer they found two hole, 2 inches apart, the deer never moved. The dirt they saw that kicked up behind the deer on the first shot a through-and-through. Presently he is in Wyoming (?) using the same .270WSM on an elk hunt. Any game that can bite me I would recommend the .338 Winchester, but.....I don't think there are too many guides who would recommend taking shots at dangerous game out to 500 yards. These are my humble recommendations. [/QUOTE]
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