I started a new thread for this, simply because the other threads have gotten too long, and I was tired of reading them..lol

Before you ask if this gun or that gun is big enough, ask yourself, Am I good enough to use this gun?.. Am I a good shot?
Don't asume you are, cause most hunters seem ta have a hard time figuing out which end of the gun to point.

I have outfitted many hunters, most come in real sure of themselves, convinced that they can kill any thing at any distance. I had a guy take 8 shots at a moose with a 270 before it finially droped over. I had one guy that was a great shot, a real marksman.. missed a moose broadside at 120yards with a browning A-bolt 300. Most of you have prob never seen a moose up close.. let me assure you that a clean miss on a broadside moose at 120yrds is not the workings of a true marksman.. Take a VW beetle out walk 120yrds away from it and see if you can hit it, forget that walk 500 yrds away and you should still hit it somewhere.

If you are one with your gun, and if you don't suffer from Buck fever, you can take any northamerican animal with any caliber(legal caliber), but be responsible, the bigger the aniamal the bigger the gun.

I have attached a picture for your viewing enjoyment, it can also be found on my website. It is a B&C moose we took here in Alberta, It was crossing a cut line full trot, behind six cows. The shooter killed it with a single lung shot, from a 243 with an 80 grain reloaded bullet. He was a man that new his gun, and was absolutly certain about is abilities. It took 9 men to roll this bull off the tree he died against. (the gun in the picture is my 30-06 bush buddy)