Big game tags are allocated to hunters according to the rules of supply and demand. The number of animals that can be removed from a population without harming the resource establishes the number of licenses available for any At some point, most hunters will make a real mistake out in the field.
No hunter is perfect, and eventually we all slip up. Brody Henderson Nov 13, Vanguard MeatEater Edition.
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Handloaders wishing to stretch their lethal distance have long-range bullets designed for the. I've said that a good. But if you're not a world traveler, there's a better way. Pair a reliable. Although there are younger, more modern cartridges that outpace the classic.
Some folks like to talk about shot placement and how with the right shot presentation even a. Me, I like to be able to kill big, heavy-boned, densely muscled deer from any angle, should the need arise. That means shooting a cartridge that throws enough lead and throws it hard.
Loaded with a premium hunting bullet, such as a Nosler Partition, Barnes TTSX, Hornady GMX, or Swift Scirocco II, a savvy hunter can rake his bullet through the hip and into the vitals of a buck — even a big muley in the Rockies or a bulky whitetail in Alberta — and be confident that it's got what it takes to kill cleanly.
You may argue that ethical hunters take only clean shot presentations. You're right, of course. Thing is, shooting the right cartridge and bullet broadens the definition of clean, ethical presentations considerably, which can be heartening when the biggest buck you've ever seen is about to disappear into a thicket on the last evening of a hunt you've saved a decade for. By and large, most game in America is shot inside of yards, and no cartridge is more capable than the.
This old warhorse is America's most popular hunting cartridge — hard to believe considering that it's well over years old. It earned that title the hard way, and maintains it the same way, by proving year in and year out that for all-around use, it can't be beat. Past yards the faster. And, yes, many deer and elk are taken well in excess of that each year.
I'm not saying that it can't do it; it's just that past yards there are cartridges that do it better. Many hunters opt to shoot the lighter and grain bullets in their. However, where the '06 really shines is with grain projectiles and here's where it really pulls away from the.
Heavier bullets have far better aerodynamics and offer considerably higher sectional densities — which is a measure that, all other factors being equal, predicts the penetrating ability of a projectile. While heavy bullets start out a bit slower than their lighter siblings, they hold on to velocity better and soon overtake them, thus offering considerable more on-impact authority downrange courtesy of their heavier mass. Handloading the. Most grain factory loads produce about 2, fps; a good handload can add 50 to fps to that.
My favorite bullets for the. That last one may be the best of them all, but it's unfortunately available only in factory-loaded form. Originally designed as a 1,yard match cartridge, this super-efficient little round quickly caught on among savvy, precision-minded hunters that want good performance at low recoil.
Designed by a national champion long-distance shooter Dennis DeMille and the Einstein of modern cartridge development Dave Emary , the 6. Of all the cartridges discussed here, the 6. I've never met one that wouldn't shoot one-MOA groups, and many of them will halve that, even with factory ammunition. While the 6. As distances increase, the 6. In other words, at long range the grain 6. Now, that's a tunnel-vision comparison of two superb cartridges, but it serves to illustrate the effectiveness of this little short-action 6.
While many deer and more than a few elk fall each year to Hornady's ultra-accurate grain A-Max 6. Choose a to grain version that your gun likes for use on deer and pronghorn-size game. Should you wish to push the 6. Our editors have hand-picked these essential pieces of gear to make you a more successful hunter when you hit the game trails this season.
Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines. All Petersen's Hunting subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. It will be interesting to track the path of both it and the. For a while I thought the. Hornady would love for its newcomer. Ultra Mag seemed to be on its deathbed a couple years ago, but it is popping up on the list again.
Say hello to a Legend. Well, okay, two years do not a legend make, but gun companies are seeing potential in the. The cartridge is aimed at deer hunters in states where only straight-wall centerfire rounds are permitted. Similarly, the queen of the big calibers, the. The newer, shorter. My hunch here is companies are all-in on versatile cartridges—whether they be old standards or cool new kids on the block—and the big boomers never do sell as well as the.
You could argue the. As to the. And my favorite straight wall, the. Mossberg chambered the. Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines.
All RifleShooter subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow. As for the old-timers on the list, they will get the job done. I still have both of my. We are talking about North American big game here—minus the big bears, because they deserve a category of their own. While several of the cartridges below make fine all-around big-game rounds, not every one is ideal for all big game.
Now, on to it. How could I possibly put anything else in this spot? On the other hand, it kicks a bit less and is more accurate. You could use them both on game from now until the sun goes supernova and not see an iota of difference.
On paper, the. What it will do, almost certainly, is shoot more accurately. Seldom in the history of firearms has one cartridge had so much effort invested in it, and the results are plain to see.
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