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gmsemel speaks much truth and common sense.... We don't really need 375's that badly;and most don't get used much.

Little need here for anything of 338 and above.....but if a guy aspires to travel, and hunt,it is not a bad idea to have something in this category hanging around,as I learned early on when I needed a 375 and did not have one.

Because when you do need a 375,you need it pretty badly...

I don't know if I am open minded or not, I tend to not over think stuff any more, I just want to hunt. I order to do that I need to have a few things, Time Money a place to hunt and a rifle I can hit a grapefruit with. Life it way to short, and these days there is never enough money. Need and want are two different things. There is nothing wrong with wanting a 375, I had three before I paired down my collection.

gmsemel you must have or have access to private land seeing there is no rifle hunting in CT on state land outside of the .22rimfire for small game. I keep one or two rifles on hand here in CT just to shoot at the range. All my hunting deer and turkey here in CT is bow.

I do indeed have acess to about 80 acres. One one side is nature conservancy land , another side town consivation land , then mine, I own it. It's a great spot.

It's a good feeling to know that if there is an escaped circus tiger in your neighborhood.................

I have a friend that was hunting in Texas about 30 years ago and he killed an Afican lion that had escaped. He was shooting a 25-06 and I do not remember the bullet that was used.

"We don't really need 375's that badly;and most don't get used much."

Agree - but it sure is fun to own one, shoot one, load for one and occasionally hunt with a .375, just for the heck of it! I sure can't justify my .375 Number One in any practical way, but I like it.

Yep! For N/America, I don`t "need" my 375 Ruger. Really don`t "need" a 338-378 Accumark either.

Good `ol 30-06 or my 300 WSM with the right bullet, will take of everything on the N/A continent.

B O R I N G,,,,,,B O R I N G,,,,,,B O R I N G,,,,,,and,,,,,,B O R I N G.............YAWN!

Lucky you! East Haddam is a nice area with some good deer.

We had some buffalo get loose from a meat packing plant here in Colorado Springs, the police unloaded on them with 223 semi autos, mainly pissed them off. A 30-06 would certainly have been a better choice.

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While I agree with Squeeze (usually do) taking this a bit further, I have a personal philosophy that I wish more folks would consider, so while off the original topic I'll share it here: Let�s take the concept of humane harvests head on, if humane is TRULY your goal [prime directive?]: Bring as much gun as you can shoot good; (well) And kill it as dead as you can get it. (with a premium hunting bullet) Oh, and ferchrissakes � practice, lean how to shoot well & consistently and take only shots that you are CERTAIN that you can make. The hunting fields are no place to just 'try it.' There should be no doubt in your mind about your result when you pull the trigger.

Too much gun ruins too much meat? So what? Our primary responsibility is to the animals, no? besides it still all comes down to shot placement � I clean shot through the boiler room, broadside, won�t ruin any good meat � even if you are shooting a howitzer! (who eats venison ribs?)

African PG hunters have a great deal of experience putting big holes in (through) deer-like game animals. I bet they see more DRT�s from good shots than us NA deer hunters.

Besides, it's good practice to carry your DG gun afield often so you can get/stay intimately familiar with it. For me, this is a 375 Ruger (so I guess not completely off topic) and hopefully soon, a light/stubby Ruger Frontier with as powerful a chambering as I can find it in (.300/.325 WSM -ish) for the really rough-going stuff.

-Joe