Experience vs. theory.
Before the camp minimum.... bad things.
After the camp minimum.... it's been super.
[As a point of clarification, I consider the 7mmRemMag to be equivalent to the 30-06.]
If the rest of the numbers (88% for 30-06 and up on the power scale) don't tell a story for you then my explaining isnot likely to help.
It's your money, your time, your hunt, your choice.... go for it.
Originally by RedRiverHntr:
IMHO....I would recommend a sharp stick! Here is my logic.....
More game has been killed with it than any other.
It doesn't weigh very much.
It is readily available.
Very little recoil. (Provided you throw it. If you stab him with it you could get a little reverb)
As long as you limit yourself to the range you are comfortable with(i.e. don't try to stab him from a range longer than your stick)and use proper point placement, you will be satisfied with the results!!!
Just remember to get comfortable with your stick and practice sufficiently to acquire the proper confidence.
As an added bonus, when you realize that you have spent all this money, time and effort on what could havebeen an outstanding hunt, perhaps even the hunt of a lifetime, but yet had to pass up your shot due to the fact that you un-necessarily handicapped yourself by trying to use the least amount of force possible............
you can use your stick to actually do a field study as to whether that realization at that particular point in time is any more painful than a sharp stick in the eye!!!
IMHO, borrow an '06 if you don't own one by the time you decide to apply for tags.