Recent content by Madis

SWO represent! Good to see some hardcore Canucks here.

Decent oak woods camo for turkeys.

I'm nearly 50, and have been hunting for 15 years, on and off. I was in the army, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, as a tank gunner and commander for the entire 1990s, during which I took up hunting for something to do in my spare time. When you're living on a base in the middle of the wilderness...

Thank you. Wouldn't it make sense to create a central database similar SC deer study except with data fed in from PH's and hunters all over the world? Doesn't Boone & Crockett already have all this data? The sample size would become huge in short order and would finally settle the eternal...

That's a rather unassailable line of reasoning there. The proof behind your reasoning is that he has a bunch of us talking about his business on another forum. Same could be said about Weatherby and his .257, which seems to be a darling in this thread. That's some savvy businessmen!

Yet another .257 fan I see, and with good reason. In my previous posts I discussed why I chose a .25-06 over the .257. Maybe I just should have bought the Weatherby... Tangentially, the .257 was born about the same time as the .244 H&H and the David Lloyd rifle (Weatherby and Loyd having been...

Cheers gents, sincere thanks. This board is quite a change from what I am used to nowadays, as I stated earlier. And I'll take the time to introduce myself as you had suggested.

Words from the wise.

This is a really fascinating post that aligns with my thinking at the time of purchase for that aforementioned .25-06 of mine. I too was taken in by the .257 Wby for much the same reason as you describe and then proved in the field. I, however, went with a .25-06 for two reasons: ammo...

If you're still reading this, and noticing a slew of replies by me in series, I'm rather taken aback at the number and quality of replies I received,. In an age when most new forum posters are treated to "STFU and GTFO n00b" I'm a little bit shocked. Thank you all. I guess this is what I get for...

It's this one: From https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/Effective+Game+Killing.html

I totally agree. There's a reason cup and core small bores .243-.308 sell in the millions every season for whitetail. It's a proven combo that works. I'm just looking for something a little more scientific and Foster is the closest I have found.

I'd tend to agree with you, yet Foster claims the reverse. To wit: From https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/Effective+Game+Killing.html In effect, he claims due to the large sample size, that there is demonstrable effect at 2600+ [small bores] vs. 2550-. Thoughts?