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<blockquote data-quote="Raudy707" data-source="post: 2519891" data-attributes="member: 105681"><p>My Dad started both my brothers and I with 87 grain Speer bullets out of our 25-06's when we were 12 year olds to keep the recoil low. We have a cult following in our household with father and 3 brothers all shooting 25-06's for everything from ground squirrels to elk. My Dad growing up in a poor household and my grandfather working through the Great Depression was a very strict conservationist from day one. Eat what you kill. Only fire one shot. Skin them to the ears and save every scrap of meat. Including all organs and tongue. We even ate brains back in those days. We poked little 25 cal holes in the lungs of those deer and never had much meat loss at all. A handful to the dogs. I remember around my senior year of high school my Dad told me great job after my 9th neck shot in a row. Hunting WAS actually how we got food. Over 100 deer and 10 elk killed with the 25-06's and I'd say we had 2% max loss of meat due to bloodshot. Shoot the slats and neck. Avoid shoulders. We all grew up to shoot Nosler 120 grain Partitions eventually and Hornady 117 Interlocks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raudy707, post: 2519891, member: 105681"] My Dad started both my brothers and I with 87 grain Speer bullets out of our 25-06's when we were 12 year olds to keep the recoil low. We have a cult following in our household with father and 3 brothers all shooting 25-06's for everything from ground squirrels to elk. My Dad growing up in a poor household and my grandfather working through the Great Depression was a very strict conservationist from day one. Eat what you kill. Only fire one shot. Skin them to the ears and save every scrap of meat. Including all organs and tongue. We even ate brains back in those days. We poked little 25 cal holes in the lungs of those deer and never had much meat loss at all. A handful to the dogs. I remember around my senior year of high school my Dad told me great job after my 9th neck shot in a row. Hunting WAS actually how we got food. Over 100 deer and 10 elk killed with the 25-06's and I'd say we had 2% max loss of meat due to bloodshot. Shoot the slats and neck. Avoid shoulders. We all grew up to shoot Nosler 120 grain Partitions eventually and Hornady 117 Interlocks. [/QUOTE]
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