Except for when they don’t. It’s about 20 percent of the time is it is off the essence, not to mention no opportunity for follow up shots. If you can’t hit reliably first round with a magnum you most likely can’t reliably hit first round with any caliber, the mechanics are exactly the same.
I’ve shot 5 elk in the bread basket with a 6.5 prc including one that lost the bottom of his heart, all of them have gone 75-150 yards including one this weekend that ran onto private and couldn’t be recovered. In comparison I’ve killed 7 with my 300 Norma, all of them combined haven’t ran 60...
It’s not, we hunt a lot of patchwork ground where they need to be drt as to not end up on the neighbors, in a fukin shithole, etc and in big herd situations many times you get one shot so wounding them to deaths isn’t an option.
The 6.5 is going back to being a deer rifle..
If you need them drt, then stick with your magnum caliber, if you have no constraints shoot them with small calibers.
I haven’t seen one die in an acceptable time with 25 so far in our group in 6.5 or smaller. They all die, leave little to no blood trail and end up 50-100 yards from poi. Which...
I have a lot of history with notellum creek - walker Powell, birch creek guide service - Brian Campbell he had an excellent rifle session this year 10-11 on bulls, and Cody Cole’s guide service.. aims high hunting is really good as well, I guided a few years for Ty great outfit.
All of which...