rather_be_huntin

Right, shot placement is everything ONLY AFTER you've dealt with the other stuff like using the right caliber with the right bullet. His view is simplistic to me because he only spoke of placement but he obviously concerned himself with other things like caliber and bullet weight.

Would you be comfortable hunting elk with a .22 even with supreme accuracy outside of a survival situation? You are probably saying "of course not that's silly" and if you did you may not even realize it but you put some forethought into caliber and bullet weight and construction meaning placement can't be 100% if you spend time worrying about other factors. If you're answer is "no" to the .22 question then you can't logically argue placement is everything.

That's why I say my father takes a simplistic approach. He confuses common sense with knowledge and he never did teach me a thing about calibers and bullets. Had to learn it all on my own.