Whitetail Deer Hunting

[CajunRebel]

I highly recommend you shoot the rifles in the calibers in which you're interested. Don't dismiss my comment about recoil. If you're confortable with the rifle caliber you will practice more and become a betters shot. Even a milder recoiler like the .38-55, .243, .270, etc. can readily take down a deer. There aren't too many shots you'll take in LA beyond 200-300yds. A .270 can take most game in North America except for moose, elk, brown bear. I met a man at the range shooting a .30-30 Winchester lever-action; with iron sights at 100yds he put most of us to shame! I also met a man at Sherbourne WMR with a 7mm Magnum that handed the rifle off to one of us other shooters asking us to sight it in because the recoil was beating him up.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by CajunRebel

I highly recommend you shoot the rifles in the calibers in which you're interested. Don't dismiss my comment about recoil. If you're confortable with the rifle caliber you will practice more and become a betters shot. Even a milder recoiler like the .38-55, .243, .270, etc. can readily take down a deer. There aren't too many shots you'll take in LA beyond 200-300yds. A .270 can take most game in North America except for moose, elk, brown bear. I met a man at the range shooting a .30-30 Winchester lever-action; with iron sights at 100yds he put most of us to shame! I also met a man at Sherbourne WMR with a 7mm Magnum that handed the rifle off to one of us other shooters asking us to sight it in because the recoil was beating him up.

You can take Elk wit a .270 and you can take moose and brown bear wit a 30-06.