RE: Favorite Mule Deer Cartridge?
From the very few whitetails I have witnesses shot, and the 100's of mulies I have shot and witnessed shot,
the Whitetail, is much harder to to drop in its tracks so to speak than a mulie is..
Whitetails have alot of stamina..
I seen whitetails bolt over 100yrds when shot with .300 win mags and 7mm mags ..
I have never witnessed a W.T. shot with a 3006 or .270.....
And I've seen all these cals drop mulies, as well as elk moose almost instantly.
But reality is, they are both a thin skinned game animal and ya don't need a huge bullet with lots of energy to kill either of them..
Mulies tend to be in alot more open range, where longer shots may be the norm .(I hunt anarea where the closet shot is probably 250yrds away and the farthest well..if ya wanted to, ya could hailmary shots a mile away)thats why hunters favor magnums and flatter shooting cals....
.243 will work fine, .270 .280 .3006 are my favorite mulie cals..
Don't overlook the 270WSM 7mmMags or .300 magsif longer shots are the norm they will come in handy..