favorite deer caliber

[pnw_recce]

Rem700 in .308 and 30.06. Been stacking blacktail and mulies with both the tried and trues as long as I could walk and carry a firearm in the woods.

 

[Bradgrace]

If I only got to choose one with would be a 308.

 

[Locust Glenn]

The .30-06 would be my favorite hands down. With that said, I had a rifle built in 2018 that I drank the Kool-Aid and had it chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. It's now my doe patrol rifle. I've killed exactly 50 whitetail does at the time of this post with that 6.5 Creedmoor. Definitely not the best, but I've never felt like it didn't have enough to get the job done and well.

 

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The .30-06 would be my favorite hands down. With that said, I had a rifle built in 2018 that I drank the Kool-Aid and had it chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. It's now my doe patrol rifle. I've killed exactly 50 whitetail does at the time of this post with that 6.5 Creedmoor. Definitely not the best, but I've never felt like it didn't have enough to get the job done and well.

I've killed a boxcar full of deer with a 30-06, over the course of 40 years.
My hands down favorite for the last 10 years has been a 7-08, followed by 300 Savage.