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Old 11-23-2006, 05:45 AM
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spencer0071
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: ICT, Kansas
Posts: 76
Default RE: Deer with .243

IMHO most deer hunters are over gunned. It is common knowledge that most deer are taken inside of 100 yards. Whywould you need to hunt deer with a 300 win mag? Why are you using 3000 foot pounds of energy on a 175 pound deer when 500 foot pounds will do the job? The 300 win mag will retain 1500 foot pounds of energy at 500 yards, three times what is necessary to kill a deer at that range. I know plenty of people that hunt deer with 223 rem, 220 swift, 22-250 rem and 243 winthey have never had a problem bagging a deer. With this said if i am going to pay big bucks for a trophy deer hunt, i will go over gunned (270 win or 308 win). Shot placementis more critical than caliber regardless of what you shoot. 243's are fine for deer.
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