Thread: Calibre / Velocity / Projectile vs Meat Wastage

Originally Posted by stagstalker

If that tiny bit of extra meat is really that important then you might aswell be head or neck shooting them to save everything otherwise meat saving is irrelevant IMO. Never ceases to amaze me the amount they blab on about meat saving in the states. I suppose their opportunities are much more limited then ours. What matter is using the appropriate caliber/projectile to achieve the most humane and efficient kill at the target end. My experience has been that it doesn’t overly make much difference. Deer i’ve shot square through the front shoulders with my 243, 708, 308, 270, 284 etc are generally just as stuffed as the ones I shoot with my 7mmRM.

It is not just the States that recover all the meat, all across Europe is the same and I believe Africa do too. We are the only ones who think wastage and poor marksmanship is acceptable