My last three moves were with movers, twice with work and once on my dime. The first two were great, the military paid for everything. The movers packed, loaded, off-loaded and un-packed everything. The third time, my wife and I packed/un-packed the whole house by ourselves and only hired movers...
I would say herd animals like deer and elk are much better off if the mother dies. I'm sure some calves still don't make it though.
When it comes to more solitary animals like moose and bear, you might as well as killed the mother and the calves/cubs yourself...
That is the furthest thing from the truth, but Okay.
I'm pretty confident the overwhelming majority of guys on here would rather have a great day whitetail hunting over seeing and hearing absolutely nothing but pumpkins in "elk country".
Going on a date with a 9 < getting to 3rd base with a 7.
I saw a BLM "range" North of Gillette two years ago.
Three dudes were shooting a couple ARs and a bolt action a few yards from the road, leaning on a fence post, shooting at what looked like a flat screen TV box 50 yards away.
Real classy!
Probably missed my elk because I was too busy going live on IG to talk about my new and improved layering system, and this new Elk Blood energy drink!!!
Both calibers you have will kill everything in NA. My go to is my .25-06 for whitetail, mule deer and antelope, and my .300 WM for anything bigger. If I'm hunting up North in the thick bush I take my 45-70 though.
If you want a caliber with a huge variety of ammo, definitely go for a .308. My...
I have a natural gas ceiling tube heater in my garage and it is 100% worth it. The price of the unit plus installation was worth it over a cheaper electrical unit that costs and arm and a leg in electricity.
For me it was higher initial cost ($3k) but much cheaper to heat long term than...