When is 'enough gun' 'too much gun'?

Slamfire said:
Game calls work. More emphasis on hunting skills. Make the critters go look for you rather than the other way around. Up close I figure all I really need is my iron-sighted 30-06. ;)

Until Yeti shows up. :p

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That's not yeti... that is Ted in a grizzly fur coat.
 
"Enough gun" depends on how close the grizzly is. My 9.3x62 felt like a pea shooter with a grizzly coming in hard at 30 yards, though the deed was done with a 30-06 / 180gr and the bear died promptly.

I can also report that the 9.3x62 with the 250gr TTSX is effective on coastal blacktails. Overkill to be sure, but dead is dead, and there was no meat loss to speak of. Just felt like taking the .366 Wagner that day.
 
mike Crawford said:
I agree 100 % the box of 223 says varmint and people swear they are BETTER deer cartridges than 308 and 30-06
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Well that just one box, there's much better choices than varmint bullets if your going for deer with a 223, partitions, monometals, interlocks, corelokts etc. A 243 or 308 loaded with v maxs would probably be just as ####ty for deer as a 223 shooting varmint grenades. Pretty hard to argue though that a properly loaded most anything is better choice.

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Quote Originally Posted by Slamfire View Post
When is 'enough gun' 'too much gun'?

How about when the cartridge grossly exceeds the power needed for the game class being hunted? A .375 H&H Magnum for gophers instead of a .338 Win .Mag.?
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How about when you can't hook-up all that power? A 22/250 will humiliate both in a gopher patch; even when a coyote strolls through it. Much depends on bullets of course.

Too much of what you don't need and not enough of what you do isn't a great fit.
 
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