I suppose I would go with whoever is actually bringing home the bacon, versus what a bunch of people carried to elk camp.

Burns seems to put some big boys on the ground regularly with his lowly 243 VLD rig. As do his clients. As does anyone else that I know of who uses the 243 with good bullets.

If a hole through the vital kills, how big of a hole does one need to kill quickly? I've seen deer die from 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, and 30 caliber holes. They all seemed to die in about the same amount of time with similar responses to similar hits.