ckleeves
WKR
Goats aren’t that tough, guys shoot them with the wrong bullets. Something like a 6 creed with a 108 eldm is going to be more effective then a 375 H&H with a mono. The wallop factor index is really lopsided on goats.
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Agree with you 100%, but to be fair I do think many of those stories of guys using big guns and tough bullets are due to where they are hunting (brown bear (coastal AK and BC), and/or the goat was part of a combo hunt for moose or bear.Goats aren’t that tough, guys shoot them with the wrong bullets. Something like a 6 creed with a 108 eldm is going to be more effective then a 375 H&H with a mono. The wallop factor index is really lopsided on goats.
Goats aren’t that tough, guys shoot them with the wrong bullets. Something like a 6 creed with a 108 eldm is going to be more effective then a 375 H&H with a mono. The wallop factor index is really lopsided on goats.
Agreed. But it does seem that many outfitters hold the “bigger is better” view also, or encourage the use of monos on goats which I really can’t get behind. Even the biggest of Billies isn’t that thick thru the chest.Agree with you 100%, but to be fair I do think many of those stories of guys using big guns and tough bullets are due to where they are hunting (brown bear (coastal AK and BC), and/or the goat was part of a combo hunt for moose or bear.
Guys down in the lower 48 and grizz free areas of Utah, CO aren't going to have that as part of the equation, and aren't going to be hunting multiple species at once either.
There is definitely a view that goats are tough and "soak up lead" that gets amplified.