Don Dayacetah
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I can respect that and totally agree. The '06 would have done it in sooner. Do you feel a 270 Win or say a 7mm-08 would have ended it just as fast as the 30.06? They quickly end loads and loads of whitetail instantaneous every season and have for years so I feel that either one would have along with some more rounds in that power range.
I don't hunt with a 223 Rem although many people do and swear by them. I'd say alot more detail on bullet wt/type, range, and shot placement would have to be accounted for using something that small and weak but accounting for these things, it's doable.
I agree with a good vital shot, your '06 would have ended that scene alot sooner but I guess my point is so would several other cartridges between the 223 and the 30.06. I don't believe in skating that line of not enough and just enough, I just believe whole heartedly that the line of more than enough is a pretty good tick below 30.06. That's all
270 Win and 7mm-08, as well as many others are fine hunting calibers. I just don't see the benefit or merit of skating the edge between 270, 260,etc,
and "too weak to dependably do the job", till the dead minimum is discovered. It could be 243, who knows? I don't intend to see any more animal
suffering, in order to find out. IMO, there should be a hedge factor between absolute minimal, and what you use to get the job done. Once again opinion, but
it's what's required, for the ethical taking of game.