Neither one are a match for a pack.
Want to deal with an individual, opportunistic wolf? Those options work.
Want to deal with a pack? Get a .223 with V-max pills. You want the pill to blow up inside the animal and not over-penetrate in this type of situation. V-max pills blow up like few other varmint rounds out there.
Yeah, if you have a pack coming through you have a larger problem (no pun intended). But there’s still the possibility that the wolves could be “trained” to move farther down the road. (I’ve seen it happen with coyotes, but I am not claiming expertise).
What is the bullet weight for those VMax bullets? Rifling twist
requirements? I think my Savage .223 bolt action has a 1:9. I
can put 10 55 gr FMJ through one ragged hole at 100 yds with
that rifle. Had planned to go with 100 gr 30-06 for wolves.
I killed caribou last sept at 550 yards with same ammo using a horseshoe acog. Good stuff.
Wolves acting like killin machines is their nature. They are really working over the caribou now as they drop their calves.
I'm having over a dozen bear coming into our barrel, all day & night long. The game camera is the ticket.