These guys disagree with RS’s caliber choices

[Swamp Fox]

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That's a lot of hair product for human history, much less mythology ....

 

[Leaf Litter]

I read about 8 words. Didn't really seem worth going beyond that

 

[Schmo]

I used to be one of those guys. I spent too much time on here now I’m selling my 7prc and building a 25 creed…

Welcome to the dark side my friend!

Yes, 22 cal centerfire is undergunned. We should go ask the deer what impacts feel like at 353 and 440 yards. Oh wait, they’re dead

 

[rogerdoger]

This could make a good podcast episode on S2H.

 

[Dan Carey]

Humane kills or ten holes in an animal is worth considering.

 

[HandgunHTR]

It just proves anyone can get published online. I wouldn't put too much into what the author wrote after seeing that he posted this hero picture on Instagram of his "Colorado mule deer". Bucks like that fall to nothing less than the "lord's cartridge".

Jay

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I am never going to crap on anyone over shooting a "little" buck. As long as it is legal, I am happy for them. Especially for the first one (regardless of how old they are as well).
However, putting a 9" can on a 26" barrel is cause for ridicule.

I was raised on a ranch in southern New Mexico. I've seen Mule deer killed with almost every caliber made. My mother was very creative in cooking deer meat. I got a 222 Remington 722 for my birthday in 1954. The 50 grain bullet accounted for more deer kills on that ranch than all the others combined. I shoot a 6MM now and when I can go hunting it is deadly. I guess I was ignorant about what was needed to kill a deer as I didn't read the gun rags of the day.

Humane kills or ten holes in an animal is worth considering.

Those posts seem contradictory to one another.

 

[Dan Carey]

Really? Why?

 

[The Guide]

I am never going to crap on anyone over shooting a "little" buck. As long as it is legal, I am happy for them. Especially for the first one (regardless of how old they are as well).
However, putting a 9" can on a 26" barrel is cause for ridicule.

It just seems pretty uninsightful for someone who is claiming a RSS is trash and a 300WM is a prerequisite for killing a deer to humble brag about a deer like that. Where I hunt that used to be called a 12 year old deer. All the ranchers wouldn't let anyone hunt those deer unless they were 12 and it was their first year hunting. Then if you we a 12 year old, the rancher would take you in the feed truck out to the hay stack they were hanging around and let the kids shoot them.

I don't mind people shooting a small legal buck but I hate when people cry that there are no big deer. I see non-resident hunters killing 50+ deer that size or a little bigger in Montana every year vs 2 or 3 mature bucks because they don't want to go home empty handed. It seems to be seen across the west wherever mule deer roam, people will shoot a little mule deer buck just to say they got one. I wouldn't care if they (mule deer) were in a high population density swing but currently, they aren't. Shoot as many whitetail deer aka hay rats aka tick bags (including bucks that size) as you want but mule deer populations will never rebuild if hunters keep killing 2.5 year old bucks even when legal. I haven't shot a mule deer buck in over 10 years. The older year class bucks are harder to find and I won't pass up a delicious whitetail especially when I find them up in mule deer country.

But seriously, who needs a 60" rifle to kill that buck unless the suppressor is actually a milk bottle and he was feeding it from a distance...

Jay

 

[Steel Rain]

There are opinions and facts. 25 years ago, my father-in-law was already on the 6mm wagon. He shot everything with an 85gr Pro Hunter. From crows to deer 500 yards and in. People can have their opinions and shoot what they want. I've cleaned a whitetail I harvested with a 300WM and don't care for the meat loss compared to smaller chamberings. But that's due to my opinion based off of anecdotal data and the evidence in the various threads here. To each his own.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

5 minutes between this thread and the article I wish I had back although I did laugh may ass off so will call it a draw.

'is it though?' hahaha

a two minute article that basically says same as Bella and a .22 lr and the largest grizzly?...doesn't everyone know that already? what a waste of cyberspace that article is, stuck very mid 20th century, we're a good 75 years ahead of that article lol

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

RS getting famous or infamous???

https://fieldethos.com/carry-a-big-stick/

95+% of all hunters and shooters also disagree with RS cartridges. You’re always going to catch a bit of crap when the hunting and shooting echo chamber is so large.

The perfect response is in post number 2….

 

[thinhorn_AK]

This could make a good podcast episode on S2H.

Lol

 

[omicron1792]

Humane kills or ten holes in an animal is worth considering.

Say what?

 

[Dan Carey]

Say what?

Pretty self explanatory. If you choose the wrong caliber and or the wrong bullet and can't shoot worth a sh!t what do you expect the outcome to be.

 

[JBradley500]

What is the wrong caliber?

 

[mtwarden]

Any other caliber but the Lord’s caliber!

 

[Dan Carey]

What is the wrong caliber?

Any caliber YOU can't shoot for a one shot kill on any kind of target.

 

[omicron1792]

Any caliber YOU can't shoot for a one shot kill on any kind of target.

What does that even mean?

How would one caliber give you a “one shot kill” over another caliber?

 

[Dan Carey]

What does that even mean?

How would one caliber give you a “one shot kill” over another caliber?

Just to increase my post count.
The simple answer is a gut shot on a deer with a 22LR vs a 300 Win Mag. Don't forget the DRT aspect.

 

[HandgunHTR]

Just to increase my post count.
The simple answer is a gut shot on a deer with a 22LR vs a 300 Win Mag. Don't forget the DRT aspect.

Both of those will kill the deer with that "one shot". Both will take a long time for the deer to die and result in a "not fun" tracking job as well.

Not a great comparison.