JImbothefiveth
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The "minimum caliber for this" threads have inspired me.
I'm sure you've all seen the "small caliber for this" threads. Inevitably, the group will split in to 3 crowds. The practical crowd, the ".22-250 for elephant at 1000 yards, because an olympic shooter stranded in the wilderness managed it once" crowd, and the ".50 bmg will work for small deer, with proper shot placement" crowd. Keep in mind although this guy may have killed plenty of deer with a .223, you will not hear about the other people that shot a deer and lost it. You will not hear about the times people didn't have good enough shot placement. You will not know whether or not you will have good enough shot placement.
And then another person will chime in about the time he perfectly placed a .375 H&H on a small deer and it got away anyway, and ever since he's never lost one because he now uses a .458 winchester magnum. You will not hear about the people who lose deer anywhere past 25 yards because of the flinch.
I'm sure you've all seen the "small caliber for this" threads. Inevitably, the group will split in to 3 crowds. The practical crowd, the ".22-250 for elephant at 1000 yards, because an olympic shooter stranded in the wilderness managed it once" crowd, and the ".50 bmg will work for small deer, with proper shot placement" crowd. Keep in mind although this guy may have killed plenty of deer with a .223, you will not hear about the other people that shot a deer and lost it. You will not hear about the times people didn't have good enough shot placement. You will not know whether or not you will have good enough shot placement.
And then another person will chime in about the time he perfectly placed a .375 H&H on a small deer and it got away anyway, and ever since he's never lost one because he now uses a .458 winchester magnum. You will not hear about the people who lose deer anywhere past 25 yards because of the flinch.