What’s your favorite caliber for deer?

[hicountry1]

280 for almost all my deer hunting.

 

[TX Badger]

.257

 

[Cigar]

270 Win. 130gr. Barns X bullet

 

[RedsideMT]

I've been loving my Tikka 25-06rem with 100gr Barnes TTSX the past few years.

 

[Longtine88]

Bucks:
10" to 75" BC 7 saum
76" to 100" BC 7 saum
101" to 140" BC. 7 saum
141" to 170" BC 7 saum
171" Plus BC 7 saum

All others .22 cal

 

[Texis]

Just starting on 7mm08 build to play with but for 42 years it has been a 25-06.
25-06 is a no recoiling, deer slaying machine. 95% never felt a thing or even took a step.

 

[choprzrul]

Just starting on 7mm08 build to play with but for 42 years it has been a 25-06.
25-06 is a no recoiling, deer slaying machine. 95% never felt a thing or even took a step.

You know, the 25-06 is a very under rated option. I was at my FFL/gunsmith's place yesterday. He has a big house full of african game mounted....including the #4 in the world cape buffalo. I ask him what he normally takes to Africa on his trips. 270, 30-06, and 25-06 was his answer. They made him use a 375 H&H for lions and cape buffalo, but he said the 25-06 will do the job on anything below those levels. Nosler ballistic tips are his bullet of choice he said.

Kinda makes me ponder my cartridge choices....

 

[SteveALA]

Just starting on 7mm08 build to play with but for 42 years it has been a 25-06.
25-06 is a no recoiling, deer slaying machine. 95% never felt a thing or even took a step.

I'm a 7-08 guy too. And I am also working on a 7-08 build. It will have a Zeus QC action and I will have a 7SS barrel as well.

 

[model7fan]

6mm Remington/105. 280 Ackley/140

 

[DakotaFire101]

I'm a "one gun to do it all" type of guy so when it comes to anything on 4 legs I reach for my 7mm rem mag. With 180 grain hybrids nothing is safe. The being said I have been toying with the idea of building myself a 7-08 out of a stainless remington model 7 I recently acquired

 

[Peddler 76]

One gun, me to except I still have a .257 Roberts, .270 and one of those things that nobody likes.

 

[DakotaFire101]

One gun, me to except I still have a .257 Roberts, .270 and one of those things that nobody likes.

I watched my hunting buddy absolutely pancake a mature whitetail buck with a neck shot at 250 yards with one of those things nobody likes. I have respect for it as a good deer caliber within reasonable distance

 

[valleysnyper]

I use a
280 REM
257 WBY
300WSM

 

[Eric Ward]

280 and 7mm-08