Originally Posted by
Bocajnala
... No such thing as overkill!...
My taxidermist would probably disagree with you like:
- the Wolverine that I shot with my .257 Ackley and a 117 grain Sierra GameKing
- or the Steenbok that I shot with my .375 RUM and a 270 grain TSX
- or the Jackal that I shot with my .375 RUM and a 270 grain TSX
- or the Klipspringer that I shot at 310 yards with a 168 grain TSX from my .300 Weatherby
Or, not that I was thinking about mounting them, but one time when I was antelope hunting in eastern Montana and I came across 3 prairie dogs standing in a row so I just had to try the shot. The 117 grain Sierra just about vaporized the first two dogs then cut the third one in half.
Yes there is only one degree of dead, but there are many degrees of bullet damage.