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

Bring in 2/1 battalion and hit it with a few mag58's the more holes the better

Just get dundee on the job with his 22

He'll need all these as well.

35 Whalen?

Originally Posted by terryf

Actually I doubt it, the whales brain is very small compared to the head size and shooting it is actually asking for trouble in terms of humane killing. If I had to use a rifle I would want as big a calibre as possible to ensure maximum temporary cavity.
Explosives is the preferred method of instantaneous euthanasia with whales.

yup, explosives are the one, iv had to put down a few dozen in my years on the whale board.
Also best to administer said explosives from a distance with a field gun. Everybody should have one handy.

Originally Posted by BRADS

45/70

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Was actually my brother in law who put the whale down and he just used his .22 mag


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Must have a very good understanding of whale anatomy.

Originally Posted by Smiddy

Was actually my brother in law who put the whale down and he just used his .22 mag


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Bullshit Dave's in Alaska.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

Bullshit Dave's in Alaska.

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His mp5 isnt 22mag tho 22lr all the way

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Originally Posted by timattalon

Naaa. They do a blood test and take their sweet time looking fora vein. That will sort it.....

@timattalon
That only works on kea's doesn't it?

Am I missing something with this stranded whale business ?? I can never fathom why a line is not run in to the beach from a fishing boat and used to just drag the bastard back out. Sort of the opposite of dragging a cattle beast out of a deep creek. Why all the fiddling around waiting and praying, night vigiling etc while it gets weak using its energy struggling and stress hormones elevating in it's system. It's a mammal so just like a mud stuck horse or downer cow you have to get it back on its feet or in this case fins quick fast or else call the pet food man. Just put a big single grapple hook through the flesh in behind the bottom jaw onto a chain to line setup with a remote release hook and drag it out. Leave the whale to get rid of the hook and chain setup - might even change it's mind about coming near the beach again.

call in the japanese whale towing service

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Am I missing something with this stranded whale business ?? I can never fathom why a line is not run in to the beach from a fishing boat and used to just drag the bastard back out. Sort of the opposite of dragging a cattle beast out of a deep creek. Why all the fiddling around waiting and praying, night vigiling etc while it gets weak using its energy struggling and stress hormones elevating in it's system. It's a mammal so just like a mud stuck horse or downer cow you have to get it back on its feet or in this case fins quick fast or else call the pet food man. Just put a big single grapple hook through the flesh in behind the bottom jaw onto a chain to line setup with a remote release hook and drag it out. Leave the whale to get rid of the hook and chain setup - might even change it's mind about coming near the beach again.

they said on the radio is was like 40ton

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?