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I’ll give you an example that will shed light on this subject subjectively. I shoot big bore competition and hunt with the same rifles...

This passes the straight face test. I load a 280 ackley with H4350 and H4831. The faster burning 4350 has a sharper recoil than the 4831.

Yep. Keep shooting until they quit moving. Elk aren't bullet proof, but I've seen them take punishment that a deer never could. Combine...

As long as they are up or head is up and visible, keep slinging lead.

I've had the same thing happened to me on a turkey hunt. Sitting by a pipe drainage where I knew that a group of turkeys was hanging...

Here here. Lol.

Chranah, I’m very aware of similar things happening! 😉 memtb

I'll throw in my hat here, but only to give my opinion and tell a second hand story. Opinion: I, and my hunting buddies, all shoot...

Lost my biggest mulie ever cause I thought the first one was good... he was definitely dead, but I never found him.

I’d agree 90% of hunters would say that, but I have to believe the 10% that wouldn’t are right here on this forum. One I’ve been...

Thatd work slick I think. Have a bullet in mind?

mine is bone stock

Yep……way too much stuff to think about and do! I'm an absolute simpleton, one rifle, one load, one zero for all hunting……well...

Not to derail the thread, but in your case - I’d find a different load if temp sensitive powder is causing that much of an inconvenience.

Wow that's a lot more complicated than I ever want to think about. Usually elk will feed in the open until 1st and last light and be...