You nailed it! I bet when you wrote this nobody was taking 100 yard shots at game and 800 yards with muzzle loaders! Was there 14 cameras on every water source back then? Were people using drones to scout?
Why not look at the 160 TTSX at 3200, at 400 yds and under BC really doesn't mean a hill of beans different.
This is good advice. 150 grains in 30 caliber and 110 grains in 270 have dumped some elk for me
Few years ago I was worried about losing my keys on a backpack hunt, because I had a new to me truck with no spare. I put the key in a pouch that I keep a few misc items in, and put that in the main pouch of my pack (eberlestock mainframe with duffel bag). I shot my buck in his bed at noon on...
It’s important to have matching sitka or kuiu pattern so the people at the gas station know you’re legit when you stop to fill up. Not as important as your window stickers though.
Turns out elk aren’t the friendly critters we thought they were. They were hunted to near extinction for a reason! You see an elk you shoot, shovel, shut up.