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Whitetail Deer Hunting
Does anyone have any experience with either of these calibers? Thanks in advance! |
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IMHO, you're overgun and the recoil will beat you up. Now, if you want to hunt a water buffalo or grisly bear, they're fine.
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Most Deer hunters use smaller rifles. Something between a .243 and .30 cal. are commonly used. The mag cal. rifles are not needed to kill a whitetail deer.
I shoot a .243 cal bolt action rifle. Hunting is all about taking good shots and hitting your mark. |
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Yes, I agree......
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You can drop a rhino with those rifles! .308, 270, 30-06, 30-30 would be more than enough.
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I love my ruger 270 bolt action. Never let me down. I agree with less gun and precise shot. Just cause they don't drop don't mean there not dead. Now I will say to make a great shot you need a great scope but that's another story.
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Those are way to big for whitetails. I shoot a 270 and have dropped some large hogs and deer no prob. Just need to put the round in the right spot.
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This! But if you want a just about do all rifle, go with 30-06. Many different bullet weights for this gun and you can kill anything in North America with it. |
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I really appreciate the info, I do not have any knowledge of shooting a deer, but many have mentioned a very strong rifle is needed.
It seems a 7 mm or a 30-06 may be the firearm of choice. Thanks to everyone for the information |
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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.
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check into a 7mm ultra mag, ballistics on this round are awesome, i shoot a 270wsm wish i would have known about the 7mm ultra mag before i bought my gun
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This is a ford vs chevy debate. In most of Louisiana, your shots will be less than 100 yards. Any gun from a .243 up to a .308 is perfect here. Not much since getting an 'ultra magnum' to shoot an animal at less than 100 yards and weighs less than 200 lbs. One thing is you want to be comfortable with the gun, too many people buy these large calibers and don't like shooting them because they kick too much. The only way to get comfortable is to shoot it often, my wife and I both shoot 7mm-08 and love the caliber. Flat shooting, knocks em down, and very little recoil. I would suggest a popular caliber just in case you run out of bullets and have to run to the store. The chances are much better that the local store has 30-06 bullets than 7mm Ultra Mag or .270 super heavy magnum weatherby blahblah
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Used those calibers and you would not have to bring the deer to the processor your ground meat would be done already. You will hear 100 different opinions on the right caliber for deer hunting. IMO I would not go with anything smaller than a 100 grain bullet. Yes a .243 will do the job just not a well as some of your larger caliber bullets. I shoot a 7mm mag in the open areas and a 30-30 in thick areas or areas that I don’t have a shot over 100 yards.
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I am beginin to gather that a 400-500 grain bullet may be to much for whitetail deer. Seems a 243 270 308 and 30-06 are popular.
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i've been shooting a .270 WSM for the last year... 2 for 2 and they dropped right where they were standing. i'm not even thinking about another gun!
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270 wsm here too. Have shot plenty hogs and deer and they either drop or don't run but ten yards. Whatever caliber u chose shoot a few diff brand bullets till u find the one that shoots the best.
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