6 Creedmoor for Desert Bighorn

gillettehunter said:
Sheep are thin skinned and are fairly easy to kill when hit in the vitals. I'm sure that combo would work. My question to you is this. It's $40-70K for a desert bighorn hunt. The only chance you have at the biggest ram in the unit is 600 yds with a 15 mph wind. Do you want a 103 grain bullet bucking the wind or something bigger? Personally I want/need every edge I can get and would go to a bigger caliber rifle and bullet. Your money and your choice.
Bruce
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I would like to see a Desert Big Horn hunt for $40,000 sign me up !Maybe if you could draw a tag in one of the US states,but Old Mexico try upstream of $70,000,but I agree use something in the 7mm 3000 fps range!
 
Northkill said:
I know this from experience. Did a 600 yard hit on a doe with a 243 and the 90 grain Nosler BT many years ago when I was young and dumb. It was easy to see it was hit in the gut, but there is no blood trail and no deer to be found. I'm totally fine with a 243/6 MM at long range on thin skinned game, but just with a better constructed, heavier bullet than the BT.
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Small cartridge, hard bullet, low impact velocity = Narrow wound. No thanks.
 
Wind Gypsy said:
Small cartridge, hard bullet, low impact velocity = Narrow wound. No thanks.
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Ya not really sure why you would want a bullet that is so small, and going so slow. To expand even less and cause even less trauma
The problem here wasn't just the bullet
It was everything
 

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