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How To Choose A Hunting Caliber

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  1. So what youā€™re saying is, I donā€™t actually know a whole hell of a lot but what I do know is these are the most popular rounds atm and all my buddyā€™s at the range shoot them so thatā€™s what I use. Am I close?

  2. 1 shot placement is key.
    2 living in sweden you learn you can hunt anything roaming here with a 6,5 swede
    3 a lot of people fell for the magnum craze. But even bigger calibers dont to shit if you cant shoot

  3. Yes, and Yes……..
    Great informative short..
    Seen a few "shot placement" comments and Yes, this is critical as well……
    I stand in that "ratified ground" between Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith. That's where Robert Ruark stood: "Use Enough Gun".
    O'Connor/Keith would grab a.30-06/.300WinMag(338 LapuašŸ˜) if facing bears and certainly so if they are angry bears, but not so much for prairie Dogs …lol!
    Col Wheland said a hunter has no business being in the field if you don't know where to shoot your game. I agree.
    I also understand and agree with a hunter doing his "research" on/about the intended game, weather, physical environment, including critical shot placement.
    Excellent information All Around!

  4. Or just grab grand daddyā€™s 3006 and grab the appropriate ammo. 130TTSX for varmints. 150TTSX for deer. 168TTSX for elk and moose. 180-200s for dangerous gameā€¦

    Orā€¦simply use the 168TTSX for everythingā€¦.iv killed deer and moose with this same cartridge and they all fall the sameā€¦.I donā€™t feel nervous in bear country one bit and being a guy who shoots for lungs, i have yet to damage any meat or eat any lead.

    To each there own, but the 3006 had been stacking meat in the freezer for over 100 years and has taken game from varmints to elephants, and everything in between.

    I have lots of choices, but I usually grab the old wood stock browning my uncle gave me in 3006 and a box of barnes. If your on a budget and want a one and done, cant go wrong. Applies to all the cartridges in this class (280, 270, 308, 7mmRM, ectā€¦)
    Not sure why everyone wants 5 hunting rigs.

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