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Old 03-06-2008, 09:11 PM   #1
 
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Default Is a 30-06 rifle good for all N.American game?

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Old 03-06-2008, 10:08 PM   #2
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Default RE: Is a 30-06 rifle good for all N.American game?

Could be too much for squirrells, but I have been known to shoot a barking one that wouldn't shut up after 25 mintutes.
What are you going to be huntin for(?), but yes a 30-06 is a weapon that should be in ones arsenal.
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Old 03-06-2008, 11:03 PM   #3
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IMO everything up to Grizzly and larger bears and bison. Although it has definetly been used here too. I would just want 338 win mag or larger when going after these animals.
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Default RE: Is a 30-06 rifle good for all N.American game?

of course, ppl have been hunting north america for 10,000 years with much less.
even hunted off the mamoth
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Old 03-07-2008, 07:35 AM   #5
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Default RE: Is a 30-06 rifle good for all N.American game?

It is a great cartridge.

As to your question, it will depend on your definitions of: "good" and "all" especially the latter.
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With proper ammunition and shot placement, it is good for everything in NA.
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Old 03-07-2008, 05:15 PM   #7
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its the most overrated round ever, its a deer cartridge, and its ok at that. 150grains, deer, done.

Skip the '06 and get yourself a few rifles of different calibers, none of them being a '06


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Old 03-07-2008, 07:48 PM   #9
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I've used on everything in the lower 48. Moose, elk, bighorn, muleys, cougar, black bear, mtn goat & antelope all here in Colorado. Moose was in WY. I used in South Africa also----Kudu,gemsbuck, impala, zebra. The 180 grain is my bullet for everything.

The only I would not hunt with it is grizzly. But if you can afford a grizzly hunt----you can afford to get a 375 H&H. CB
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Old 03-07-2008, 08:32 PM   #10
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its the most overrated round ever, its a deer cartridge, and its ok at that. 150grains, deer, done.

Skip the '06 and get yourself a few rifles of different calibers, none of them being a '06

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