.243 85 gr. Nosler partition Kills 600 lb. Bull

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The headline is a typical ploy by newspersons and advertisers. If it got your attention then the ploy worked.

Today I played cowboy ... sort of. I have a purebred Limousin bull that is nearing the end of his productivity. I also have a small "teaser" bull that keeps the old fella' honest.

Today the teaser decide he was able to displace the old bull and become the big dog. They started a pushing match which the big older bull won easily. However, the teaser kept on until the big bull who is 1000 lbs bigger, was exhausted in the unusually hot weather. The big bull collapsed and the teaser tried to kill him with his short straight horns. I attempted tp intervene but the teaser continued in his quest.

I grabbed a Savage 99 in .243 that was loaded with 85 gr. Nosler Partitions and shot him in the neck.
He went down immediately, kicked once and died. It surprised me that the little 85 gr Nosler was that effective but was happy that it save my herd bull.

Since I was close and was able to get a neck shot, this round was very effective but I would not count on it stopping a 600 lb elk.

My wife helped me cut the loins out of the teaser along with the 2 hind quarters. We now have quite a bit of beef aging in an outside refrigerator but I expect it to be tough given the circumstances. I used a Damascus blade knife gifted to me by member Loon Wulf. Thanks buddy.

Never underestimate a Nosler Partition!
 
Have you ever watched the you tube videos in which the guys shoot the deer with .22lr? I can't remember if they are caribou, reindeer or what they really are, but they pop them in the back of the head while they are swimming across the river. They don't move, just start floating. The guys in the boat grab them by the horns and drag them to the bank where they are dressed immediately.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
Interesting story.... My buddy has used that same bullet in his 6mm Remington and reports that it is highly effective on whitetail deer, too. They're great bullets. E.T.A...... Forgot to mention that a couple years ago I gutted one of those deer for him in return for some venison. Don't recall all the details but it was a large wound channel with great penetration. Good performance on about a 125 yd. shot. I also loaded those bullets myself for him ( he works a lot of hours & I'm retired) with a load of Varget powder 7/10ths of a grain below the Nosler max.. So it's not considered a "hot" load and shoots very accurately. Not actually a big deal for a Nosler Partition. They seem to work great regardless of velocity; even if the game is a long way off and the velocity is slowing down. At any normal hunting distances they just flat out work well.
 
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When I was a kid there were two guys out back of an East Texas grocery store that slaughtered cattle on site. They worked like one guy with 4 arms, I wish I had a way to video them back then. They killed all of them instantly with a single shot from an old at the time Winchester .22 short.
 
Patocazador said:
How many times have we heard this, "bullet placement, bullet placement, bullet placement"?
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Yup. But I also learned that the spine is just as good. (Not really, thats a joke). In my defense I was 14, last day of the season, and in the blind for 6 hours. And i tried to hit a moving target. Only moving targets id ever shot were bluerock.

He was a 4 pointer with one side missing.
 
Ole Joe Clark said:
Have you ever watched the you tube videos in which the guys shoot the deer with .22lr? I can't remember if they are caribou, reindeer or what they really are, but they pop them in the back of the head while they are swimming across the river. They don't move, just start floating. The guys in the boat grab them by the horns and drag them to the bank where they are dressed immediately.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
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Wow talk about non fair chase lok
 
Armyvet91179 said:
Wow talk about non fair chase lok
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Those are native substenance hunters, it has everything to do with collecting meat for the winter and nothing to do with fair chase. It’s kind of like slaughtering cattle in a slaughter house. Except there are no cattle and no slaughter house. Their cattle (meat) are caribou and they have to go out and find them and kill them and process them outside before they can eat them.

Believe it or not there are still places in the US where you can’t just drive to a store to buy meat. You’ve got to collect it for yourself so you don’t starve during the winter.
 
When stores are over a hundred miles away you do what's legal and have food on the table.

So in states where it's legal to put out deer feeders and trail cams so you know when the deer come to feed so you can be there fifteen minutes sooner is that fare chase?
 
Well constructed bullets help but placement is King. actually my grandpa on my mom side used 243 and 100 power points to take a half dozen or more moose. It is a the lowest legally allowed and not my choice . Try telling him that with shots from 50yards to 350 yards. When your comfortable your comfortable. Just not my cup of tea. I’d go with heavy and slow calibers inside 100yards and mid weight fast from 100-400 yards.

As for the OP story that was not where my head was at. Lol. Good hook, line and sinker
 
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