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Trxx: Being from the UK, where do you hunt that you have taken "100's" of whitetails? Again, I don't mean to turn this thread to another subject, but I was curious???
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22-rimfire: I said deer, not specifically whitetails. Mostly shoot red deer, sika deer and roe. Red and sika are approximately whitetail-size, roe are smaller. I shoot in Scotland and control deer on a professional basis - ie I get paid for it. This happy state of affairs means I get to shoot a lot, usually around 300 per year.
To move the topic back on the rails, I'll mention another calibre that is over-rated for deer - 300 Win Mag.
Was out shooting once with a guy who used one of these, and watched him miss an easy 100-yard shot on a red stag, a feat easily explicable by the fact that he closed his eyes about half a second before pulling the trigger. He said he needed a magnum for "stopping power" and was less than pleased when I pointed out to him that stopping power only works when the bullet is on target.