Thread: First blood and a proper trophy sized Billy

Some good shooting there.

With my .243 I limited myself to under 400 metres. I've just moved to 7mm08 and look forward to getting that set up over coming weeks then slowing taking it out further as I get comfortable with it. Goats can be really hard to put down sometimes and like any animal deserve respect - there is nothing worse than having to climb through gorse, broom, rosehip, lawyer, matagori, nettle then finally some blackberry to finish off a wounded animal. They say Donkey's are the toughest animal to put down but I've seen some amazingly resilient goats over the years.

Like you Flyblown, the old matriarchal nanny goes down first. Once you have her pegged the following shot is for the next goat that steps up and takes the lead. You'll often see the billies run the opposite way to the rest of the mob so you need to kept an eye out for them making the break. In heavy cover I usually try calling them back after a short period of silence. Nothing brings out the sneaky ol ladies like the sound of a lost kid looking for mum.

I note the 6.5 Creedmoor has become popular and I hear it's something to do with being the calibre of choice with the US snipers. It's that correct? It seems so similar to the .243 or 7mm08 to hardly warrant the change. What does it have over the others?