What caliber

[kcm2]

If your concern is meat damage, the partition from Nosler is the best I've found at minimizing damage.

As to seeing a bear, that's unlikely. But I was stalked by a mtn lion antelope hunting n of Rawlins and saw another mtn lion in a prairie dog town south of Wheatland, so you may see a cat.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Using a 257 Weatherby. May take it on up the mountains for elk.

 

[bowhunter307]

LITERALLY anything bigger than a .22 mag

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[TomJoad]

If your concern is meat damage, the partition from Nosler is the best I've found at minimizing damage.

As to seeing a bear, that's unlikely. But I was stalked by a mtn lion antelope hunting n of Rawlins and saw another mtn lion in a prairie dog town south of Wheatland, so you may see a cat.

+1 zero chance for bear in good speed goat territory. My cat interactions have not been in antelope territory but instead steep canyons. Cats are still more likely bears and they aren’t hard to scare off with a stone much less a 243.

 

[Vegas777]

Shot plenty with a 7mm. All about placement

 

[tracker12]

Killed two with my 243. Will be carrying it again this year

 

[littlebigtine]

no such thing as too dead. that being said antelope are thin skinned game and tend to go down easily. a 6.5 creedmoor would be my light recoiling gun at closer distance choice and a 7mm rem mag would be my long distance gun. again, not too concerned about bullet choice here as a properly placed eld-x will have then same result as a LRX. dead antelope