CBH Australia
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- Joined
- Feb 10, 2019
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- NSW Australia
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- Sporting Shooters Association Australia, Africa Hunting website!!!
- Hunted
- Australia and now South Africa
I formed the Opinion that Nathan Foster has a loyal following, I almost used the term cult following.
I take from it the bits I believe and can’t attest to from my experiences.
He is knowledgeable but we cannot replicate field shots to prove or disprove anyone persons theory. His interests are building his business on his reputation he is not a contributing writer but this website and his publishing are his bread and butter. That is good for him he built this for himself but I don’t hang on every word he says either.
Read enough to support the view you have formed or take the general consensus I find people are advocating a particular projectile for particular game. These might be lessons learned from experience. Equally if enough people are suggesting a projectile is not fit for purpose then maybe look at the alternative.
Trial and error are the best teachers, don’t intentionally wound game to drop it aim a little higher. For your own self esteem. Aim for accurate hunting rounds , hunt closer don’t shoot further. When I mess up a shot I question why? What did I do wrong when I took the shot? Usually there is an answer.
I did have a Hornady Zmax 168 grain break up on a pigs shoulder once. No scientific research but an importantly observation easily identified. Those projectiles will only be loaded for target practice not pigs, perhaps I would shoot a fox or thin skinned game if the shot presented with the given rifle and ammo.
There are many, many hunters here with more experience than me but I try my best and I took 10 cull animals with A hire rifle in SA all one shot kills.
My PH was pretty happy with that and well so was i.
I take from it the bits I believe and can’t attest to from my experiences.
He is knowledgeable but we cannot replicate field shots to prove or disprove anyone persons theory. His interests are building his business on his reputation he is not a contributing writer but this website and his publishing are his bread and butter. That is good for him he built this for himself but I don’t hang on every word he says either.
Read enough to support the view you have formed or take the general consensus I find people are advocating a particular projectile for particular game. These might be lessons learned from experience. Equally if enough people are suggesting a projectile is not fit for purpose then maybe look at the alternative.
Trial and error are the best teachers, don’t intentionally wound game to drop it aim a little higher. For your own self esteem. Aim for accurate hunting rounds , hunt closer don’t shoot further. When I mess up a shot I question why? What did I do wrong when I took the shot? Usually there is an answer.
I did have a Hornady Zmax 168 grain break up on a pigs shoulder once. No scientific research but an importantly observation easily identified. Those projectiles will only be loaded for target practice not pigs, perhaps I would shoot a fox or thin skinned game if the shot presented with the given rifle and ammo.
There are many, many hunters here with more experience than me but I try my best and I took 10 cull animals with A hire rifle in SA all one shot kills.
My PH was pretty happy with that and well so was i.