I had a .25-06 for years, killed a pile of Ground hogs with it. The things the old 75 gr sierra hps would do to them was almost gross at times...... I only killed on deer with it as the gun was built by someone else with a 1-14 twist barrel. It would barely shoot a 100 gr bt decent. I brought it with me when I moved out west. The wind here convinced me to put a 6.5 barrel on the gun and I never have been sorry. a .25-06 can not push anything as effective in winds as a 130 gr. JLK or berger offerings......
