I agree that there seems to be too many variables to prove one calibers desireability over another.
2 years ago I had the opportunity to shoot a medium size whitetail doe in the Chelsea area of Michigan. 75 yards with a .245 gr aerotip in my Encore with 100 gr of triple 7. She dropped in her tracks. 3 weeks later I shot a buck with a .280 Rem at 65 yards and he went on for darn near a hundred yards b4 succumbing. Both shots were placed where itended just behind the shoulder and both removed a portion of the heart.
Makes you wonder if some animals do not just have that little bit of !!SCREW YOU!! I aint ready yet going on inside of them.
Look at the recent article in Successful Hunter. Eileen Clarkes piece on a stubborn little pronghorn and its tenacity. Some things just don't make any sense.
MCS
