I don't think 25-06 Rem. and "Fur Friendly" even belong
in the same sentence.
I wanted to test some 25-06 Rem. 85 gr. NBT hand loads for
accuracy, and had a winter rabbit chewing my orchard trees
problem. So out of the dining room window, I had a great view
of a brush pile that was housing said rabbits. The rabbits
were exploding on impact. It gave red mist new meaning. I
had been leaving the rabbit parts laying in the snow, which
seemed to attract a feral cat, that I also had been gunning
for. So one late afternoon session waiting at the window
for any surviving rabbits to peak out of the brush pile,
I saw a flash of something out of the corner of my eye,
and focused on that feral cat sneaking towards the brush
pile. I quietly started cranking open the window, when
the cat spooked. It ran out to about 80 yards, stopped,
and looked back at me...Poor kitty took a 85 gr. NBT in
the middle of the back, which cut poor kitty in two. Again
new meaning to red mist. The next night, a pack of coyotes
wandered by, and cleaned up the whole mess. I didn't
see them, as they visited late, under cover of a new moon,
but I am sure this load would have made BIG holes. I don't
save fur, but the 25-06 Rem. would run that notion right
out of my head, if I did. Oh, and that load turned out
to be exceptionally accurate in this Tikka M695.
Squeeze