Black tails are super interesting age wise, there’s a thread on Ifish with ages and pictures.
A lot of deer that were way older than they looked.
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What ever is in the guides rifle [emoji23].
I can usually get them across the line by letting them dry fire their excitement away.
Watch them jerk the fuk out of the trigger on an empty chamber then calm them down and do it right.
They were the 230s OTMs from like 8 years ago, the recent ones haven’t had issues from the 20 or so animals I’ve seen killed with them.
I’ve been really impressed with get eldms, the eldx kill really well, but they’re really hard on meat in comparison. That being said it’s like 8 or 10 with...
I shoot prairie dogs and ground squirrels at longer ranges with my 22lr. It’s way better practice than shooting steel imho.
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Yes and no, I post mortemed 2 elk that had perfect double lung pencil holes from un opened Bergers.
Barnes consistently so the same stuff.
They would’ve died eventually, but not without a tough trailing job.
The guys who’ve done it enough have educated opinions, the ones who are on the edges...
Unfortunately long range rifles have entered the equation.
Take away range finders and people have to go back to reasonable ranges, fattys would be weeded out quickly.
Not quickly enough fatal, maybe long term but no blood makes for a hard tracking job.
My analogy was more based in what repeatedly works vs what works in theory but is not often tested by the masses.
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There’s a lot of opinions, body count matters though in the end.
I know you like to shoot critters more than once ( same here so no judgement) the average guy can’t stay behind the rifle, work the bolt and be efficient for multiple follow up shots, most don’t have that skill set.
I’ve got...
Lotta word salad to say I know more than the guys who do it for a living.
For my self personally every animal I’ve guided in the last decade I’ve watched get shot though with a bino or spotter and know within inches most time of the shot placement.
From my experience with a couple hundred, I...
Every client is the worlds greatest shooter and has a sighted in rifle on the phone. I know several outfitters that strongly encourage most to just leave their gun at home and shoot theirs.
I’ve guided some and have seen a couple hundred big game animals die in the last decade. The newer...