I shoot both the 150 gr. Nosler Ballistic tip and the 150 gr. Nosler Partition. Both shoot well under 1 moa and kill. Here is a pic of my BT from this year. Dropped my largest muley this year in his tracks at 410 yards.
I am a huge Nosler fan. I would look at the BT, AB, or PT. All 3 will cleanly kill any deer you shoot with them while expanding consistently.
That said, my buddy shoots the 150 gr. Federal Fusion out of his 300 WSM and it is a hammer. He has killed everything up to a 370" bull elk with it.
Apologies to the OP for derailing your thread.
I agree with sneaky that until we lighten the pressure on the cows and the CWMU's jump in things are not getting better.
Good luck to each of you on the hunts!
So sneaky, tell me what is the bad info in my post?
The part about there being no cows on the public land during hunting season? The part about bulls rutting in Sept all alone? The estimated counts? They did not fly this winter. That is straight from the biologists mouth.
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