Choosing an All Around Cartridge for Hunting

Choosing an All Around Cartridge for Hunting

Welcome to the Ron Spomer Outdoors Podcast! In this episode, I read an article I wrote about an amazing pronghorn hunt I went on in Colorado.

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Who is Ron Spomer
For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion – the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me – from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.

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All loading, handloading, gunsmithing, shooting and associated activities and demonstrations depicted in our videos are conducted by trained, certified, professional gun handlers, instructors, and shooters for instructional and entertainment purposes only with emphasis on safety and responsible gun handling. Always check at least 3 industry handloading manuals for handloading data, 2 or 3 online ballistic calculators for ballistic data. Do not modify any cartridge or firearm beyond what the manufacturer recommends. Do not attempt to duplicate, mimic, or replicate anything you see in our videos. Firearms, ammunition, and constituent parts can be extremely dangerous if not used safely.

[brianfloyd]

30-06 is all I need for any game period !

[tonywoconish]

🗣.338 WIM MAG : load light to heavy bullets of all styles and velocities. SEMPER FI 🇺🇸🤠

[sheabobert]

The exception to the .375 hh minimum is often the 9.3 chamberings. 9.3x57, 9.3x62, and 9.3x64 brenneke. All phenomenal rounds that punch well above their weight class.

[reloadnorth]

My hunting group uses 270, 308, 30-06 and 300WM.

[alanwilliams]

What about the, 378 Weather by Magnum ??? Costly to purchase but it will do the job on just about anything on this planet. It has wicked recoil, but you get used to it. I never put a scope on mine, but the iron sights that Weatherby supplies are very sufficient.

[edwardabrams]

My son just loves his 375 H&H but you need to handload it so you have ammo and to reach its maximum ability

[MrTacklebury]

That's why I bought the 375 Ruger. 8)

[WALTERBROADDUS]

Will a .375 H&H destroy the Cape Buffaloes wings? I thought that's the tastiest part?

[Colt-tfxf]

They can go through a couple of cop car doors and body armor too, ... good to know..

[chrish]

Aaaaand, the answer is the Every day all day. Everything from chucks to brown bears, prong Horn to moose. Even bison. Anything in north America really. I would have to step it up to 300 win mag for polar bears however, because POLAR BEARS! Africa is another story all together.

[sqiketon]

So i disagree if you are trophy hunting 50BMG has range and knock down the only disadvantage is the wight kd the rife a Barrett is 30 pounds and the single shot ones are still about 15 you going for a quick kill ans not concerned with leaving meat to eat why not go with a 1/2 inch bullet that has confirmed 2 legged kills from 2 miles to feet

[orthogonal]

I wish .375 H&H factory loads in 225gr and 235gr were offered again(?).

[jaypee]

240 gr SMK 0.3 MOA is all you need at 2400 FPS.

[robertlunnar]

Now I've seen people shoot cape buffalo with arrows

[mikefranklin]

Having just one gun in one round sounds boring to me.