A while back, I was on a moose hunt up in Manitoba, Canada. The outfitter asked me "what are you using?", I told him a 30-06. He then said "good luck!", I asked him why? He said "the 30-06 is obsolete!" I obliged him with a good laugh and then later, a dead moose. It was the only hunt I went on with this guy. It's amazing what a great "obsolete" cartridge the 30-06 still is! And everything I've ever killed with it is still dead! Sometimes I stray from it, but it's never far away.
Did you ask him why more moose up there over the years have been harvested with two worse options... the 303 British and 6.5 Brenneke (pretty sure that’s the 6.5 I’m thinking of)?
30-06 gets a bad rap, but it works on all big game. Especially if you reload higher BC bullets.
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