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I've shot a lot of animals with my ballistic tips, but the posts above have some very good advice. And even though my rifle shoots them very well, I would not use them on a bear. They definitely weren't meant for something that tough.

I have not, but it sounds great!!

I agree Jim. I always slip it in behind the that heavy shoulder bone, fairly low … top of the heart / bottom of the lungs. That's a great spot to hit 'em.

Sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun with that !

You could call them but I seriously doubt they know what's going to happen next fall. Too many unknowns at this point.

Hilltop, I'm sure that info on ballistic tips is correct. I will also say that my old 30-06 shoots 165gr ballistic tips the best and I think bullet placement is critical so I use them. I've killed a number of elk with them without issue and they all dropped basically in their tracks. So if...

Thanks Kid, I appreciate that. I understand your perspective on this thing. For me, I think It’s hard to tell what’s really happening when all the news sources skew the information to fit their agendas.

Hey, I think I gave the answer ... I wish the drawing were today, and you wish you and Ike were calling calling someone today ... Sooooo ... see where I’m going with this ? 😁

Great trophies ... awesome!!

I wish the drawing was today ... :-)

Yeah, I agree with the comments above. I think there’s a pretty good chance residents will be allowed to hunt, but like Jim said, some counties have restricted spring hunts to residents only so who knows about non-resident hunting this fall. I guess we’ll just have to plan to hunt and keep our...

To go along with my earlier comment of "whichever one you can shoot effectively"... For elk I like my Dad's old Pre-64 Model 70 Winchester in 30-06 with 165gr Noslers. It still shoots great and I've been shooting it so long and I'm so familiar with it I shoot it pretty well.

Staying in really good shape is my number one. I've been really busy at work for over a year and my conditioning is slipping. Gotta get that going again. A really big mule deer would probably be next.

Venison supper … so were the mounts kind'a like a menu? ;)

That makes it even better!!

Yeah, I'm gonna keep social distancing for a while but I do think I'll go get a haircut … my hair hasn't been this long since high-school !!

Kid, I can't say whether or not "this virus is really the threat we are being sold that it is" but I just had a friend die from it so it's nothing to take so trivially. ...and yes, he could have died from just about anything, but he didn't, he died from the virus. As for the OPs question...

^^ Ok, point taken. Whichever one you can shoot effectively so your bullet placement will be spot on … within reason. I'm assuming we all have enough common sense to rule out .22's and .223s.

That thing sure is tucked in there. Looks like a difficult place to land !

^^ Yeah, I think my winning notice must have gotten lost in the mail or something.