Can't tell you how many guys I've run into in Oklahoma that swear that you NEED a 7mag as they call them, to shoot our 125 pound whitetail deer. 9 times out of ten they know nothing about bullet construction or trajectory, just that their mighty 7EMEM shoots flat and they had a hell of a deal on Remington shells at the WallyWorld the week before deer season.
With Joe Average thinking like this it is no surprise to me that folks think they need at least a 30 caliber magnum to kill an elk. Afterall, the ones the guys on tv shoot are all at least 1000 pounds.
You should see the guys up here in AK that have to have a 375 to hunt black bear and moose. Nevermind the ones of each species I see killed every year with 243s, 270s, and 308s.
