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Husqvarna · September 17, 2012, 12:15 PM

Brian don't you find the bigger bullets makes for easier tracking of wounded animals?

We have tons of hunters with 6.5x55 here, and it is a good round if placed well, but pigs and moose can tend to not bleed too much from bad hits, same placement with a 9.3x57(another pretty common calibre here) leaves much more to track

now this is circumstantial at best becuase it is not like I am a professional tracker or anything

And more concerning the topic the .222 is great for our most common deer the roe but I have a sneaky suspiscion that a big deer for us would be a tiny one for you

September 17, 2012, 12:15 PM	#40
Husqvarna Senior Member Join Date: May 7, 2012 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,000	Brian don't you find the bigger bullets makes for easier tracking of wounded animals? We have tons of hunters with 6.5x55 here, and it is a good round if placed well, but pigs and moose can tend to not bleed too much from bad hits, same placement with a 9.3x57(another pretty common calibre here) leaves much more to track now this is circumstantial at best becuase it is not like I am a professional tracker or anything And more concerning the topic the .222 is great for our most common deer the roe but I have a sneaky suspiscion that a big deer for us would be a tiny one for you