I'm not going to debate whether of not a .300 wthby is better or worse than another round.
I've always stated that you need enough cartridge with the proper bullet to make a "CLEAN" harvest with a properly placed shot.
Some might argue that a .22-250 would qualify, while others would claim that you need a heavy magnum.
As ethical hunters, we owe it to the game to make a clean, one shot, game down harvest. If we miss the clean shot, and wound the animal, I would hope that we had a round with enough energy to at least drop the animal and have a follow up kill shot to take it, rather than following a poor blood trail for miles and lose an animal to infection or the coyotes.
JMHO
Jeff
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
