If it was me I think I'd want a flatter shooting caliber.
I live on Kodiak and I remember reading a Craig Boddington article about when he visited Kodiak to hunt deer with a 35 Whelen. It turned out that all the shot opportunities were too long for the caliber (country too wide open) so he ended up using the guide's 300 WM with 150g bullets to shoot his deer.
In a light rifle to get a flat shooting round you either need to go for less powder or a smaller caliber (less lead). Personally I use a 260 remington (both less powder and less lead!) and it seems to do great in a light weight rifle - and I feel good out to 400 yards. But clearly there are lots of options out there!
It just seems to me that a 35 whelen would a little limiting in terms of longer range stuff.
Patrick
But yet archery hunter after archery hunter continue to kill bucks, velvet and non velvet year after year.... I'm sorry if Dumbington couldn't get 300 yards from a Sitka dummy....
Please note Sitka donkey, I said 300 yards, your big homie quoted 400 yards, does stupidity come easily in Alaska???
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