Tesoro
Well-Known Member
My post wasnt so much about whether the creed is a 1000 yd cartridge as much as if you shoot at game at 1000+ you need to be really good and 90%+ of the hunters I speak to or watch shooting at the range have no business trying to hunt at that distance. And it seems to be getting worse every year. Maybe the one that takes it in the guts and disappears could have been your or my trophy the next day!
You can only kill a deer so dead and we all know a long skinny lighter bullet going slower will penetrate surprisingly well compared to a short fat heavier one going faster. You dont need a magnum to shoot deer long range and esp if you like to see your hits, which I consider important. At long range wind is your enemy and its the one thing you can only guess at to adjust your aim. I just dont feel like most hunters have the experience to read the wind well enough and a magnum or not wont make up for that. If it were that easy it wouldnt take so long for the military to train snipers.
With elk thats a diff story and agree for more power but only if you feel confident you can kill one at 1000 and have proven to yourself you can by dusting coyotes repetitively at the same range. Shooting gongs when you know where they are and a what range dosent cut it. Gongs dont have legs and run around!
You can only kill a deer so dead and we all know a long skinny lighter bullet going slower will penetrate surprisingly well compared to a short fat heavier one going faster. You dont need a magnum to shoot deer long range and esp if you like to see your hits, which I consider important. At long range wind is your enemy and its the one thing you can only guess at to adjust your aim. I just dont feel like most hunters have the experience to read the wind well enough and a magnum or not wont make up for that. If it were that easy it wouldnt take so long for the military to train snipers.
With elk thats a diff story and agree for more power but only if you feel confident you can kill one at 1000 and have proven to yourself you can by dusting coyotes repetitively at the same range. Shooting gongs when you know where they are and a what range dosent cut it. Gongs dont have legs and run around!