Unsure what part of Florida you're in but Florida bucks can get to 170-180+ pounds. And, that aside, are you saying if a deer is let's say 300 pounds it makes an identifiable difference in taking an ethical shot? I mean if it's quartering away and you want to be able to shoot through its back leg all the way to its lungs I guess it could be a factor.
Source? Pretty pleaseSo ol lamb slayer is insinuating mid sized 6.5s are marginal for deer.
Are you asking about the lamb slayer thing? His wife shot a sheep some insist was sub-legal with an outfitter in the unlimiteds a couple years ago. Reckon his experience sheep hunting is probably silly for me to poke at though..
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Huh? There’s countless studies on it, and it’s validated.
That may be true, I just don’t know enough about it and don’t pay much attention. To sell a 300 mag all a guy needs to do is shoot it next to a small caliber. The small gun makes it giggle and there’s a little temp cavity and little permanent cavity - the 300 makes a gigantic cavity and the block jumps off the deck and does a double back flip. Lol
Wut?
One of his not so good points;
Bigger Guns for Bigger Bucks - Game & Fish
Hunting cartridges are not equal, and neither are deer. Do today's deer hunters use enough gun?www.gameandfishmag.com
Context matters. Y'all can read the article if you want, but the author (Craig Boddington) states towards the end that he prefers the .270 Win for general purpose deer hunting. There's a few things that does set the CB apart from many hunters.
A) He's a gun writer. He's not using a TMK or similar in T&E and is likely personally using what he's had good experiences with testing on game in over 40 years of testing for his writings.
B) He hunts a lot in Africa. He's considered a person to listen to on hunting the Big 5, which means .375 and up in most countries. Recoil has been a large part of his career. I've read many articles of his on big rifles, and he shoots them quite well.
C) He's a retired Marine. The Marines are consistently behind the times on updating equipment. Part of that is budget, but it's also steeped in their tradition of placing an emphasis on rifle marksmanship. The Army fully replaced the M16 by 2010, while the Marines did not until 2016.
D) His opinions are based on his personal use of several different cartridges from .223 and up. I doubt he's used the TMK, but his observations (small entrance, rarely exit, poor blood trails) are consistent with what I've seen in the .223 thread (Most of the photos, about 60% of the text, I skip the quarreling).
E) If you take the cartridges out of the article, there's a lot of good points. Like shoot a rifle you're comfortable with, understanding that less penetration takes away certain shot presentations (i.e. You can shoot a Florida Whitetail at a more extreme quartering angle than an Alaska Moose)
My opinion remains to shoot what makes you happy, just as he does.
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Yeah. He probably subscribes to some form of Optimal Game Weight. I can't remember the formula, but the frontal area was part of it. There are too many variables in bullet design for it to matter to me. Accuracy, impact velocity, and performance are my criteria.
I should correct myself to the Key subspecies. Saw one on a dive trip years ago and thought it was a fawn until it lifted its head and had a little velvet rack.You are high by a full Florida whitetail.
I don't doubt that but how much does that matter as opposed to the actual wound channel?
Did you use 10% organic gel that was calibrated? Because that’s what’s been validated against pig tissue and used in studies.
That's true at least. Shooting my 300WM next to a 6.5 did cause me to question why I was paying 1.5-2x as much per round with 3-4x the recoil for roughly 10% better external ballistics. I ended up selling it so we agree there.
Seems to my puny brain that it's similar to comparing someone getting punched in the chest by Mike Tyson to them having a mini-grenade implanted in their boiler room with a hypodermic needle.
