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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 2859561" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Certainly hunting in the higher elevations will bring about better performance with all cartridges.</p><p>But the differences will be somewhat marginal, not major.</p><p>Regardless of any of that, animals die as a result of tissue damage which causes blood loss, and not by the energy of the bullet.</p><p>Same reason an archery hit animal rarely drops on the spot, but instead runs off before it dies.</p><p>My longest kill was a whitetail buck at 1200 yards with a 7x 300 Wetherby wildcat using a 162 gr bullet at about 3400 FPS.</p><p>I decided right then and there that i wouldnt shoot at another at that distance with that cartidge.</p><p>When you find bullets that didnt exit the animal, its time to rethink the distance, or the cartridge.</p><p>But i also know several others who have killed them at longer distances with that cartridge.</p><p>I know for sure that one was a head shot, which he admitted was just b s luck.</p><p>I have also watched thru very good 40 power 100 mm tripod mounted binoculars as my son shot at a buck at 1300 yards with a 338x 416 Rigby sending a 300 gr bullet at about 3050 FPS.</p><p>I watched the bullet hit the deer, right behind the shoulder.</p><p>The deer never even flinched, and just walked away as not even touched a distance of at least 50 feet. My son shot again and the deer dropped. Both bullets had hit within 6" of each other. The second shot no doubt wasent even necessary.</p><p>But obviously the deer just wasent ready to die with the first one.</p><p>Whats the remaining energy of that bullet at that distance shot from that gun?</p><p>Next question, without someone observing through good optics, how many hunters might have written that off as a miss?</p><p>And thats not the only one ive watched get hit with a 300 gr 338 and walk away. One was at 850 yards. Mind you now, they all died, but not before they were ready to die.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 2859561, member: 12443"] Certainly hunting in the higher elevations will bring about better performance with all cartridges. But the differences will be somewhat marginal, not major. Regardless of any of that, animals die as a result of tissue damage which causes blood loss, and not by the energy of the bullet. Same reason an archery hit animal rarely drops on the spot, but instead runs off before it dies. My longest kill was a whitetail buck at 1200 yards with a 7x 300 Wetherby wildcat using a 162 gr bullet at about 3400 FPS. I decided right then and there that i wouldnt shoot at another at that distance with that cartidge. When you find bullets that didnt exit the animal, its time to rethink the distance, or the cartridge. But i also know several others who have killed them at longer distances with that cartridge. I know for sure that one was a head shot, which he admitted was just b s luck. I have also watched thru very good 40 power 100 mm tripod mounted binoculars as my son shot at a buck at 1300 yards with a 338x 416 Rigby sending a 300 gr bullet at about 3050 FPS. I watched the bullet hit the deer, right behind the shoulder. The deer never even flinched, and just walked away as not even touched a distance of at least 50 feet. My son shot again and the deer dropped. Both bullets had hit within 6” of each other. The second shot no doubt wasent even necessary. But obviously the deer just wasent ready to die with the first one. Whats the remaining energy of that bullet at that distance shot from that gun? Next question, without someone observing through good optics, how many hunters might have written that off as a miss? And thats not the only one ive watched get hit with a 300 gr 338 and walk away. One was at 850 yards. Mind you now, they all died, but not before they were ready to die. [/QUOTE]
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