Originally Posted by Mule Deer
The first time I hunted deer in Canada was in Alberta. Of the six hunters in camp I brought the smallest rifle, a .280 Remington and handloads with 150-grain Nosler Partitions. The other guys all had various 7mm and .300 magnums, including one who brought a wildcat .300 that just about duplicated the .300 Weatherby.



Same here JB. I used my 280 with a 140gr Speer on my first Saskatchewan hunt. The 300 boomer crowd all snickered. grin Low and behold, it still managed to pierce the armor of a large whitetail. Interestingly enough, the 2 in camp that wounded deer were a 340 Weatherby and 300 Win Mag.

Here's a 300# (dressed) piggy poo that I harvested in Canada a couple years back with a "less than boomer" as well.
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