6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

[Harvey_NW]

Well the creedmor struck again today with 147 eldm. This time a 400 yard shot on another Roosevelt bull. Bullet entered just behind the shoulder and exited in the same location. Heart and lungs were a complete mess. He went 20 yards and tipped over. Didn’t have time for good pictures as light was fading fast.

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

 

[General RE LEE]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

Yeah I bet he has tiny peni to “penitrate” with thus the 338 big Johnson mag

 

[541hunter]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

I had a guy yesterday tell me that it was good thing it was only a spike by fork other wise my caliber choice would have been inadequate. Then I showed him my 13 year olds 4x5 Rosie from a couple weeks ago at similar distance with similar results and he changed the subject. Couldn’t argue with results, especially 2x in 2 weeks I guess.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

You can’t argue with stupid people because they will drag you down to their level and win with experience….

 

[Harvey_NW]

You can’t argue with stupid people because they will drag you down to their level and win with experience….

I usually drop a smartass comment like that, followed by some facts to set the post on fire, and then go about my business. Often times it results in a message with someone genuinely curious, and then we have a real discussion. People are funny.

 

[Timplant]

220 yd 143eld-x to the throat. I will dig the bullet out of this deer and the last and add a data point.

Bullet retained 78gr of the 143 if anyone is curious, dug it out of the vertebrae.

 

[camp_86]

6.5 Creedmoor at 341 yards. 140 ELDM with impact velocity of 2260 fps. Shot her bedded down on top of a ridge, stood up and took 2 steps before falling back into her bed. 12 seconds between shot and her dropping.

No necropsy photos but a bullet size hole in the hide followed by roughly 3" entry though ribs and lungs destroyed.