Thread: Calibre / Velocity / Projectile vs Meat Wastage

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

forget ALL about meat loss....think animal lost and it becomes irrelevant..... far better to kill it 3 times over than kill it just about enough and have it get away into spot you cant find it.....one of you old meat hunters will correct me on this if wrong but I believe 70% of the good meat is behind the 3rd rib..... so at WORST you will loose 30% shoulder and neck is stew or mince.....the steak is in the back and bum....TAKE OUT THE FRONT WHEELS AND ITS GOING NOWHERE.

Obviously an animal crawling away to die slowly is an animal lost and totally wasted.
But referring to the question at hand -if all other things are equal, and one option preserves more meat than the others - why wouldn't you want to use that option? Otherwise you might as well use a 338 on rabbits...

Basically - I have no issue with killing animals for meat/ and or pest control. But I feel it is more respectful to the animal/life to use as much as possible. That's just my ethics though. Other may feel differently and thats totally fine.