deanp100 wrote:If shooting these for meat is the goal , then head shots should be the target. It’s no good talking about penetration than belting a shot through the ribs into the shoulders as they run away. You might get the first one, and put a round into the second one another 60 yards on as it runs away and then you will be trimming out all the damage and blood clots. We need to hear from the op about what the place looks like and how wild the cattle are.
If they don’t really want to eat them, or are happy to hack a few legs off then it’s open slather.
Wouldn’t take a chest shot on a running scrubber , that would very probably create a dangerous situation of a wounded beast . I was wanting to know opinions on a targeted chest shot between the 06 and the 45-70 . Head shooting naturally is more humane and desirable. Tracking and culling one at a time sounds like the practical way for the OP. 308,06 would give accuracy and a heavy stout bullet to do the job with head shots at range