Thread: What rifle calibre do you shoot a whale with?

Originally Posted by 40mm

call in the japanese whale towing service

So they'll tow it off the beach and then invoice it for the tow?

maybe, I was thinking they would cut it up and research how it tastes

Question is probably why they strand in the first instance? I'm way too dumb to figure that out. My pick Saboted AP Carl Gustav.

about 1988 or so din collings was asked by doc to get in a 458 winchester to cull whales, he got two in and i got the other one.

I think my 338 Win Mag would do the trick …..not sure though never shot one .

Whales can't be towed off the beach. Their bodies are used to being supported by water and they have very little skeletal structure to support their weight when stranded

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Whales can't be towed off the beach. Their bodies are used to being supported by water and they have very little skeletal structure to support their weight when stranded

Yup. Only thing I imagine might relieve (?prolong) a whale's suffering until tide is back in would be some kind of barrier erected around it and a lot of seawater continually pumped inside the barrier.

I suspect though that the right thing to do is, when such strandings happen all the whales get immediately euthanised. Candle vigils and unrealistic hopes are just cruel. Too few make it off beaches in a survivable state to justify the rest of them suffering.

And eat them, make them into spacecraft oil (urban myth, I know), skirt hoops, belts, Maori carvings or whatever.

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Whales can't be towed off the beach. Their bodies are used to being supported by water and they have very little skeletal structure to support their weight when stranded

Would rolling them work?

Has to be the 460 weatherby mag - it's even IWC approved

from wiki...'The .460 Weatherby is one of the very few rifle cartridges approved by the International Whaling Commission for the harvesting of whales. The cartridge was deemed to have the penetration necessary to penetrate to the brain stem to provide a quick kill on whales. The Makah people of the Pacific Northwest have used this rifle cartridge for decades hunting whales.[32]'

I think I saw one for sale on here recently, the seller should update their ad to make mention of the rifle being suitable for whaling expeditions..

Originally Posted by Backcountry Bob

Whales can't be towed off the beach. Their bodies are used to being supported by water and they have very little skeletal structure to support their weight when stranded

I am sure that they can be assist towed back into deep water. We are not considering a cradle lift with a crane, just a straight pull out then release the line before it turns and gets tangled. There is no way that whale was 40 tonne that's like saying it was the size of a 40 foot high cube container loaded with steak which it is not

Im rather glad that when my ancestors crawled out of the sea millions of years ago there wern't well meaning greenies there to throw them back in

Originally Posted by Martin358

Im rather glad that when my ancestors crawled out of the sea millions of years ago there wern't well meaning greenies there to throw them back in

With my build I have to swin in togs and not a wetsuit. Everytime I get out wearing the wetsuit some green prick tries to refloat me.....

Was that Jesus

Originally Posted by Martin358

Im rather glad that when my ancestors crawled out of the sea millions of years ago there wern't well meaning greenies there to throw them back in

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Whale go to calibre 270 Minkes to Sperm my Inuit mate at the local told me

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