I am not short and I really trust my Kimber 300 WM. Like a lot. A whole lot.

There are exceptions to all rules HUD. You’re Too Tall Jones arse is this exception

Long story short you missed a poll I did a few years ago on height and caliber size. It was very scientific and proved short people preferred much larger higher case capacity Cartridges compared to their taller counter parts.

I shot a white tail with a 458 Win mag at 15 yards. Needless to say it dropped in it's tracks.
It had a lot less meat damage that the various 6.5s I have used.

I'll start off by saying .300 Win Mag followed by 7MM Rem Mag., what say you??

Funny that you started with the same two calibers that a tracking guy said was the calibers that he tracked more than any others.
He said that it was not a shooter problem but a "too big for whitetail" problem." He claimed that the calibers were so powerful that they would go clear through a deer and most of the energy from the bullet was not expelled into the animal, but was wasted as it passed through.
I heard a similar statement on the History Channel where an ex-sniper claimed that a 300 mag was more deadly at 300 yards than up close as more energy was put into the target rather than pass through.
Don't shoot the messenger here, I am just repeating what I heard. Is there anything to this?

I don’t buy into that logic at all. I think bullet design has a lot more to do with that than anything.

I'll start off by saying .300 Win Mag followed by 7MM Rem Mag., what say you??

When I was a kid we hunted down on the Pecos outside of Pandale, rough country. Pop worked with all those guys out on the base and all damn good folks. I can't remember what all everybody was carrying, I had the 06 and off course Pop had the old 300 Weatherby. He caught a lot of chit from the other guys for carrying the Weatherby but by the third year there was 3 more men carrying Weatherby's, two 300's and a 257. You could always tell when Pop pulled the trigger, that Weatherby barking up a canyon had it's own distinct sound. That's where I shot my first 257 Weatherby, a man named Bob Ross bought it. There wasn't any blinds or feeding back then, you had to hump canyons all day and most of the shot's were long and most were running. Some of the hardest to country to hunt I've ever experienced but I loved it down there, the old Pecos run crystal clear through that area and we had about a two mile stretch of it. Most everybody was carrying 270's and 06's back then. Hell the 270 was joked about for being a ladies gun, Pop had one and we always called it Mom's gun although I think it originally was my Grand Dad's. Got me thinking. In all the years I hunted with POP and all the places and folks we hunted with the one caliber I never remember anybody hunting with was the 30-30. Off hand I only remember 3 times that I've seen a 30-30 in camp and the most recent was the one Pink used for the THF Ladies hunt and she put a nice 10 point down at 150-165 yards with that rifle. While I prefer Magnum calibers I have to admit Mrs. B sure didn't have any problems filling the freezer with her little 7mm08 She took 4 hog's, 6-7 Whitetail bucks, one Bull elk and two Javalina's with that rifle. The only one that didn't go straight down was the elk and it only went about 20 or so yards. She used a 243 before that but one shot with the 7mm08 and the 243 never came out of the closet again.

Hud, Kohler said you were shorter than he is....... Bobo, short dudes like jacked up trucks too.

All you short guys and your super magnums

I’d put 30-06 over 300wm even thought I hate that cartridge the most.

281 comment was pretty funny though

All you short guys and your super magnums

I’d put 30-06 over 300wm even thought I hate that cartridge the most.

281 comment was pretty funny though

Interesting BOBO.
I'd like to hear why you put 30-06 above 300wm

you wanna really start an argument lets talk about fixed blades vs. mechanical broadheads.....

That’s easy..

Can you tune your bow?

No-> mechanical(WT- 1.5+ diameter, Elk/mule-<1.5”)

Yes-> Whitetails or western game?

Whitetails-> larger cutting diameter-> mechanical
Elk/mule-> two holes-> fixed

Fixed blades never fail to open.

even if a mechanical doesent open it still leaves a better blood trail than a fixed blade

Fixed blades never fail to open.

No such thing as overkill dead is dead 😉

One thing about the '06 - If you're on the other side of the world, and the airline has lost your luggage with your ammo in it, and you have your rifle - you stand a better chance finding '06 cartridges than almost any other (except 7.62X39 ).

And I'll buy a round or two to watch you pointed stick guys argue in person. 'Course, I might fall asleep after the 2nd.