22 ARC or 6ARC

[wind gypsy]

I am also curious to see what @mtwarden thinks on the subject. How often it's "considered" "asked about" etc.

I've been backcountry hunting since I could legally hunt growing up in the Sierras in the mid 90's. Never once did any fish and game or rangers ask us what cartridge we were hunting with. I've hunted and killed in nearly all of the western states since then as well, again, never once has "caliber" been asked about when we've been stopped to show licenses, tags, etc.

Is it something that just isn't asked or "checked"? What would happen if somebody killed an animal, had it in their pack or vehicle, and for some crazy reason a warden found out it was shot with a .224 instead of a .243?

If we're struggling to anoint the 22 ARC as notably superior to 6 ARC, why not just follow the law?

I've been been treated shitty by wardens when I had done nothing wrong and also when i had made dumb decisions in my younger years. It feels much better to have interactions knowing all your shit is in order. Its so easy to avoid knowingly breaking cartridge laws, I see no reason to even consider it.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

If we're struggling to anoint the 22 ARC as notably superior to 6 ARC, why not just follow the law?

I've been been treated shitty by wardens when I had done nothing wrong and also when i had made dumb decisions in my younger years. It feels much better to have interactions knowing all your shit is in order. Its so easy to avoid knowingly breaking cartridge laws, I see no reason to even consider it.

My advice to anyone would be to follow the law.

 

[Mojave]

I'm going to start ending some of my social interactions with "see you next Tuesday'

It is my favorite 4 letter word ever since I left Australia.

 

[Dobermann]

100/100 women greatly prefer cycling and using a Tikka.

The next Rokslide t-shirt slogan?

Or at least a meme, @fwafwow and the meme gang?

 

[Dobermann]

It is my favorite 4 letter word ever since I left Australia.

And are you a TISM fan?

 

[Mojave]

And are you a TISM fan?

I didn't know who that was until 30 seconds ago.

More like Slim Dusty and Kevin Bloody Wilson.

 

[Dobermann]

I didn't know who that was until 30 seconds ago.

More like Slim Dusty and Kevin Bloody Wilson.

They have a song about your acronym: "I might be a **** but I'm not a ******* ****" Should be on YouTube.

 

[fwafwow]

The next Rokslide t-shirt slogan?

Or at least a meme, @fwafwow and the meme gang?

I suppose a more creative/erudite meme maker may not have gone straight to that vision in his (or her) head.

 

[mtwarden]

I can only weigh in on Montana, who currently does not have any minimum caliber for big hunting—that was easy

I could speculate that the states that do have a minimum caliber, that not many violations are written for it. But I always advocate to follow the law.

With the advances in bullet design (and cartridge advancements) it probably needs looked at with the states that do have a caliber restriction.

 

[Shontwelve]

Don't expect the actual velocity that is stated by Hornady. Its definitely less. Not drastically though.

 

[Ralphie]

Sorry I didn’t have the sarcasm font on. Some on the forum are advocating for breaking the wilderness non resident rule in Wyoming because the fines are rarely given, small when they are, and they don’t take your animal.