favorite deer caliber
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hesse
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264 win mag using 129 Hornady SST what a great caliber for deer
Aussie Hunter Steve
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6.5-300 with 142gr ABLR.
Magnum44270
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Killed the most with my old 270. However The 6.5x55 Swede is quickly becoming my favorite.
txaggie1
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240-257 weatherby for deer and medium sized game for me mostly 257 love the quarterbores here in texas.
dhbikerczar
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I ram a 30-06 for 20 years and it did a fine job. I ran the 180 gr partitions. About 10 years ago I got a Lane Precision Rifles 6.5 SAUM. That's when it was still a wildcat. I prefer the 6.5 SAUM for deer but I've shot elk with it and I think it's just too small for elk. It's ideal for deer and antelope but not nearly as versatile, IMO.
Nimrodmar10
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I've killed deer with many different calibers, but I killed more deer with the 6mm Creedmoor than anything else. I shoot a lot of deer on depredation Permits when the soybeans are coming up in the spring to early summer with a Ruger American 6 CM 105 gr. Berger Hybrid with a suppressor. Some days I'll shoot over a dozen deer. Ranges are usually between 225 and 475 yards. It's a very deadly round.
cloverleafs
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Gorgeous! Congratulations!My favorite is my "Lucky" gun Weatherby vanguard in 7-08 that I won in a raffle for $20.00
41Magnum
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The 243 Winchester In a rifle. Never failed me. Been hunting with handguns for years and my favorite cal. in my handguns is the 41Magnum.
blacktails
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I used to rotate between a Win XTR 270 using 140g bullets and a Rem Classic 25-06 using 120g bullets every other year to take a bunch of blacktails. Now it's between the 25-06, a Win XTR 257 Roberts, and a Stewart Rifles custom 7-08, depending on my mood. All will easily get the job done for deer.
I found SST's & bone
don't mix, they are a messy dead, unless the velocity is lower like 139's in 7-08
graymond1212
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I seem to grab my 280Rem or its little brother the 7mm-08 the most.
Good day and hope that you and your family are foing well.
I know that you Post is a few months old, but what did you do with the "up to a dozen" deer a day you shot?
There is a Tree Farm less than one mile from our property and the owner has a an open permit to shoot any DEER 24/7/365. I couldn't get in the action, but he has PD Officers come over and shoot the deer at night with NV. Takes a lot of some nice Bucks out of the gene pool since we mostly do Buck Management on the properties around here. I was very disturbed one day when Edward our Rhodesian Ridgeback took off snd zi followed (tried to find him) in the back of our property. I came across a "Kill Pit". basically all the deer they shoot on the Tree Farm they just throw into a pit to rot. I was Pis***ed off because there are several Food Stations that will process Deer to feed the needy. These jerks from the PD just shoot for fun at night and let the meat rot. I did start some issues with other property owners that like to Manage Hunt this area. I had to be careful because Edward ran onto Private Property and then i was on that PP so I could be fined for being there.
Just hope that hunters that get special permits to shoot anything at least try to give the meat away for a good cause.
