Yeah, it's a trade off. AT's or mudders, but you can't have the performance of both.
AT's will get you by in 90% of cases.
Mud tires will get you killed on ice, wear quicker, ride rougher and get darned noisy!
When you compare the velocities, fps of the 7 prc to the 280ai or 7mm Rem... or the 7 SAUM one comes to realize you are burning a LOT more powder (esp. compared to the 280ai and SAUM) for little to no gains in performance with handloads.
My best 280ai handloads exceed some actual 7prc (factory...
Alaska coastal black bear and fishing.
Canada bear/whitetail/muley
Audad
$10k could get you on a Africa plains game if you are okay with just horns and pics.
Hawaii mouflan/axis
Shoot, if you shop around you could possibly do a Spain or Argentina hunt.
I have several X-bolts... all 1/2" shooters consistently.
Some have been beaten, dragged through dust, mud and rain, covered with snow with little maintenance during season and none show any rust. Blued versions at that.
Must be an anomoly.
It is crazy to think 54,000 men died in three days on that little field. As many that died during the entire Vietnam war.
Over a million pounds of lead were fired!
Nine months later when Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address they were still burying the bodies.
It's a haunting place for sure...
In the big picture, It really doesn't matter, regardless of parcel size.
Public land is public land and does not belong to one individual.
I do see what you are saying though.
That is not a study. It is wanton supposition.
All three of those guys no doubt ate strawberries, ice cream and french fries in their lifetimes.
Can we deduce that CJD was cause from eating strawberries, ice cream or french fries?