Somebody said they went to a bigger cartridge because of a 15 yard shot and a 25-06 in another thread.
It had nothing to do with needing a heavier cartridge for a sub 250# animal.
Yep, I'd opine, though personal experience, that the shooter forgot that at 15 yards, from above POV & POI are at a minimum, of 1.5" apart, depending on where zeroed.
Went for a head shot, at about that distance, on a buck jumped from his bed.
Took out the lower jaw, deer died, but a bloody mess, that could have ended differently.
YMMV, but it was the last, close up, head or neck shot I've taken.
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
