What is everyone favorite caliber for deer?

[SamuelBerryhill308]

I'm a 308 win guy my self but I also like 270 win and 30-06 haven't deer hunted with any thang else besides a shot gun

 

[freefloater59]

I've taken the most deer and antelope with my 264 Win Mag, but that's mostly mountain and plains. Brush and thicket will be my 30-30 or short barrelled 308.

 

[Sockeye66]

6.5x284, 6.5 CM, 7-08, 25/06, 243. Can't really pick my favorite, depends on day, weather, and distance.

 

[arch408]

Depends on conditions, but I always take my .30-06 or 6.5 Rem Mag.

 

[Kodiak Special]

308 is my deer round. Use it for wild boar as well, but my preference is for deer. Started my son on the 6.5 CM, but will move to a 7-08 for sure. Fit for purpose.

 

[Clem Bronkoski]

I have so many that its hard to pick a favorite. Out of my top 3 I'd have to pick the 7-08. I haven't used my 6.5 CM yet nor my 350 Legend.

 

[crkckr]

Deer are relatively easy to put down, I've killed them with everything from a 243 to a .338 WM, all of which worked just fine. I've probably hunted more with a little Rem 788, 308 over my shoulder than any other but my Win 70, .270 is always going to be one of my favorites just because it's so accurate and so far anyone who has pointed this rifle at deer have been able kill them quickly, thus it's the only rifle I own that I've named: Excaliber (yah, I know, it's spelled wrong... my rifle, my spelling!). All of my rifles, for what it's worth, shoot Nosler Partitions quite well (I sold those that wouldn't!) and these are the only bullets I've ever used for big game (they work, they shoot, why change?).
Cheers,
crkckr

 

[seattleman1969]

Deer sized and smaller, if I have a choice, my .25-06. Gets it done every time little meat damage from a boiler room shot

 

[Creoleboy]

308 for deer is my favorite

 

[wyogeargeek]

Shoot a 7mm SAUM!

Yup, have a pile of rifles from .223 Remington to 300 RUM with bunches in between but my old. 270 is the go to out of them all.

 

[JC in Calif]

Suppose it depend on the deer species and where you hunt.

Deer
Deer are the hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk, the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer, the roe deer, and the moose.Wikipedia

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[Old Rooster]

Here in Montana the Muley bucks get real big so I mostly use 300 win mag but I own many others that would work also.
Southern white tail deer and I have taken were with many various calibers that others have mentioned so no need to go over those.
Pick a caliber you like,scope it and go hunting!
Old Rooster

 

[rbTanzan]

The first criterion is an accurate rifle shooting a deep-penetrating bullet,
the second is a bore size from .243 to .338,
and the third is enough powder capacity to make 400 yard shots relatively flat and easy.

 

[Buster***]

25-06