Originally Posted by kutenay
I do not "get" WHY anyone would choose a cartridge/bullet for an expensive and perhaps "once in a lifetime" hunt that is marginal in all-around uses in the area being hunted.


That's it, should be the holy grail of expensive hunts.

Northern bucks as opposed to tiny frail southern bucks do carry a lot of weight, I can't imagine anyone wanting to use less than a 130 grain .270 class round on a $5000 trip.