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March 23, 2013, 10:38 PM | #51 |
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I hunt coyotes with mine. my brother stole it one year and killed a 4/5 whitetail buck. other than that... squirrels, tweety birds, anything else that tickles my fancy...
I never have killed a deer with it though, I prefer slightly larger cartridges for that.
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March 23, 2013, 11:07 PM | #52 |
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Personally, I like to hunt with a bolt action. The AR platform just doesn't feel comfortable to me for hunting with the pistol grip.
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April 13, 2013, 09:44 AM | #53 |
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My father (he's 67 years old) and I hunt exclusively with AR15's chambered in 6.5 Grendel here in Mitchell County, Texas. We typically go out with 10-15 rounds in our magazines because we've been known to kill multiple hogs at one time. In this open country a bolt action is at a disadvantage on a herd of hogs compared to an autoloader. We also deer hunt with our AR's.
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April 13, 2013, 02:53 PM | #54 |
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I do, yes. I use which is set up as a Varmint Rig, and one set up for more reflective shooting. We do a lot of very high volume hunting here, and the AR platform is ideal.
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April 13, 2013, 03:08 PM | #55 |
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I shot a couple of deer in the late 70s with my SP-1, but I'm kind of a renaissance man.
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April 14, 2013, 07:42 PM | #56 |
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I sometimes turkey hunt with my wife's "target" AR.
I hope to acquire a 6.8 upper for this coming season.
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April 23, 2013, 07:20 PM | #57 | |
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From Cat9x:
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There's even a reloading manual dedicated to the Grendel so folks can more easily get good background and a nice collection of commercial load data. |
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August 3, 2013, 07:05 PM | #58 |
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I stalk hunt with an AR-10 using a leafsuit, they never see me.
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August 5, 2013, 08:15 AM | #59 |
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If I had one I most certainly would.
I hunt with a mini14, different rifle but same concept.
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August 5, 2013, 09:06 AM | #60 |
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Although I had a .223 Interarms Bolt Action and a Colt AR-15 HB, I never used them on deer. However, my brother has used an early Colt AR-15 (no forward assist), and his son used it to kill a couple of deer. My brother usually used an '06, but took a header out of a tree (about 30' up) during bow season, broke elbow, couple of ribs, so he anticipated too much pain if he used the '06 during the gun season. He found a blow-down, used it to support the AR, and shot it one handed. He reported it worked well. He always had a lot of faith in the AR as to its effectiveness, having seen the wounds it caused as a medic (V.N. 3-tours, 2 of which were in a LURP unit, in country).
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August 5, 2013, 11:18 AM | #61 |
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Yup. 5.56 or .223 for coyotes & smaller critters, .450 Bushmaster for deer (also took it bear and pig hunting but didn't have any luck finding them due to limited opportunity in KY.)
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August 6, 2013, 03:43 PM | #62 |
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Would if I could. I dont have time to hunt much except for deer, and .223 is illegal for deer in Michigan.
I would love a 6.8 upper, but frankly there are other gun "wants" that take precedence. I plan on taking my M1A at some point. Those 5 round magazines are a pain though!
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August 6, 2013, 05:14 PM | #63 |
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I would depending if it was legal, depending on game and chambering. I dont, because i dont have one. But I would have no issue using the other EBR I have for hunting .308Fnar well anything deer or bigger.
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August 7, 2013, 12:14 AM | #64 |
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Dpms 308 is my favorite woods gun from from varmints to black bear.
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August 7, 2013, 07:51 AM | #65 |
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Shot 3 feral dogs yesterday in the garbage does that count.Btw dogs had no tags.
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