favorite deer cal - Page 5

Strafer Gott · December 16, 2012, 10:44 AM

I have success with .30-30 on drives, and .30-06 on watch. It just wouldn't feel right to not give them both a chance.

RevGeo · December 16, 2012, 03:31 PM

30-40 Krag. Good on elk, bear and moose as well.

ChasingWhitetail91 · December 16, 2012, 03:35 PM

Remington 760 Game Master in .06

59sharps · December 16, 2012, 07:24 PM

32 spl never let me down in 43 yrs

12GaugeShuggoth · December 16, 2012, 07:27 PM

Currently, .50 from a muzzleloader is my favorite. Gotta love the smoke cloud.

moisanfan11 · December 18, 2012, 12:05 AM

All I use is 30-30 for deer

crankshaft45 · December 18, 2012, 12:50 AM

I've taken deer with a number of rifles from .357 mag to .300 mag. My favorite now is the Marlin 336 chambered with the 38-55. Loaded with a 255 gr bullet it is great on deer out to 200-250 yds. After it's development in 1894, it was slightly shortened, necked down and became the 30-30.

Because of the many black powder rifles still around, it is a hand load propisition. I have never had to shoot twice at a deer.

RockyMtnDan · December 20, 2012, 10:32 PM

I usually hunt deer and elk in the same season and the 270 win. is my round of choice. At the distance I capable of shooting well, 350 yards, it is plenty for either. If I fill the elk tag first I sometime switch to a 30 30. Dan

CCCLVII · December 20, 2012, 11:26 PM

I like the good old 30-06.

If I was in a place where it was short range shots I would go with the classic 45-70 Govt.

StrongSideArmsInc · December 20, 2012, 11:29 PM

22 Hornet:
Prefer 45gr Soft Point, right behind the ear. Killed everything from a squirrel to a horse. Never lost an animial.

jimbob86 · December 20, 2012, 11:49 PM

.270WIN! (FTW)

Grass rats to big bucks, it works.

03Shadowbob · December 22, 2012, 06:58 AM

Mine is definitely the .35Remington.

Kreyzhorse · December 22, 2012, 08:03 AM

I have two favorites: the 7mm Rem Mag and the 45-70 Gov't. Out of those two, I'd guess I prefer the 45-70 but I most often hunt with the 7mm. Both are fine deer rounds and are perfect for the hills and valleys I hunt in.

10Ringmagic · December 22, 2012, 08:50 AM

Rifle = 30-06

Handgun = .44 Mag

solocam72 · December 23, 2012, 10:40 PM

.257 weatherby magnum, with my handloads, 80 grain barnes ttsx bullets going over my chronograph right at 3700 fps, deer react as if struck by lightning!

December 16, 2012, 03:35 PM	#103
ChasingWhitetail91 Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 211	Remington 760 Game Master in .06 __________________ Abraham Lincoln made all men free, Samuel Colt made them equal.

December 16, 2012, 07:24 PM	#104
59sharps Junior Member Join Date: June 22, 2009 Posts: 11	32 spl never let me down in 43 yrs __________________ member N-SSA, life member NRA " THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM " WASHINGTON, D.C. 2009

December 16, 2012, 07:27 PM	#105
12GaugeShuggoth Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 534	Currently, .50 from a muzzleloader is my favorite. Gotta love the smoke cloud. __________________ ---Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.--- ---Enlightenment is the ability to take infinite pains--- MOLON LABE

December 20, 2012, 11:26 PM	#109
CCCLVII Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 231	I like the good old 30-06. If I was in a place where it was short range shots I would go with the classic 45-70 Govt. __________________ "I ask, Sir, What is the militia?" "Its the whole of the people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them" -George Mason Co-Author of the second amendment.

December 20, 2012, 11:29 PM	#110
StrongSideArmsInc Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 238	22 Hornet: Prefer 45gr Soft Point, right behind the ear. Killed everything from a squirrel to a horse. Never lost an animial. __________________ I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough. Without ever having felt sorry for itself. -- D.H. Lawrence

December 16, 2012, 10:44 AM	#101
Strafer Gott Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 895	I have success with .30-30 on drives, and .30-06 on watch. It just wouldn't feel right to not give them both a chance.

December 16, 2012, 03:31 PM	#102
RevGeo Senior Member Join Date: September 18, 2011 Location: North Idaho Posts: 147	30-40 Krag. Good on elk, bear and moose as well.

December 18, 2012, 12:05 AM	#106
moisanfan11 Member Join Date: December 1, 2012 Location: flagstaff, az Posts: 58	All I use is 30-30 for deer

December 18, 2012, 12:50 AM	#107
crankshaft45 Junior Member Join Date: December 17, 2012 Posts: 3	I've taken deer with a number of rifles from .357 mag to .300 mag. My favorite now is the Marlin 336 chambered with the 38-55. Loaded with a 255 gr bullet it is great on deer out to 200-250 yds. After it's development in 1894, it was slightly shortened, necked down and became the 30-30. Because of the many black powder rifles still around, it is a hand load propisition. I have never had to shoot twice at a deer.

December 20, 2012, 10:32 PM	#108
RockyMtnDan Member Join Date: April 18, 2010 Location: Colorado Springs CO Posts: 27	I usually hunt deer and elk in the same season and the 270 win. is my round of choice. At the distance I capable of shooting well, 350 yards, it is plenty for either. If I fill the elk tag first I sometime switch to a 30 30. Dan

December 20, 2012, 11:49 PM	#111
jimbob86 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 5,314	.270WIN! (FTW) Grass rats to big bucks, it works. __________________ TheGolden Rule of Tool Use: "If you don't know what you are doing, DON'T." http://nefirearm.com/

December 22, 2012, 06:58 AM	#112
03Shadowbob Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 164	Mine is definitely the .35Remington.

December 22, 2012, 08:03 AM	#113
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 10,856	I have two favorites: the 7mm Rem Mag and the 45-70 Gov't. Out of those two, I'd guess I prefer the 45-70 but I most often hunt with the 7mm. Both are fine deer rounds and are perfect for the hills and valleys I hunt in. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

December 22, 2012, 08:50 AM	#114
10Ringmagic Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: MI Posts: 289	Rifle = 30-06 Handgun = .44 Mag

December 23, 2012, 10:40 PM	#115
solocam72 Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 221	.257 weatherby magnum, with my handloads, 80 grain barnes ttsx bullets going over my chronograph right at 3700 fps, deer react as if struck by lightning!