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That is a very passionate diatribe you just delivered.[]

7mmRemMag is the biggest in camp, eh? [Good round BTW]

Then, speaking of logic, it sounds like that means you and your hunting mates haven't had the chance to witness (thru the years and in a mixed crowd for a multi-datapoint comparison) the handiwork of these more powerful cartridges. Wolfkiller's dad on the other hand has seen the two schools of hunting operate next to each other for some time and reached a conclusion from that. We instituted a 30-06 minimum for elk camp, BUT that was after we tolerated the "mixed bag" of cartridges (large and small) over the years and THEN it was from that which we drew our conclusions.

Would your group be a kinda of a "closed society" in regard to this issue? I believe that would likely mean you are formulating your opinion in somewhat of a vacuum without any/much reasonable amount of first hand or close, close second hand experience (as in you were standing RIGHT THERE when the other guy shot) regarding the very cartridges you are condemning.

Just trying to figure it out.
Last year I kinda felt like the "lone stranger" on this topic.
Not so this year. It seems like I'm getting more and more company.

EKM