Dear hunters,

Today I past hunters safety, and I don't no what I want to shoot. Any suggestions? i also need help finding a gun to fit me.

ok, we'll need a few more specifics: how old are you, where do you live, what is the terrain like, what big game animals do you have close by?
Welcome to the club, and just to warn you... it will soon become more of an addiction than a hobby.

i would also like to welcome you to the addiction, and wish you the best of luck around here, just a few tips, when you ask for a fact, you'll get alot of opinions, there is no perfect gun/cartridge for any animal, and there are very few things anyone on here will agree on,
if you remember these hints, you will have a blast with all the people on this site

again, welcome
hope to see ya around

Might I suggest enrolling in a local "gun handling" or some kind of shooting course or club. Sounds like you're new to using weapons as well as ready to go hunting.

Without knowing more, (and assuming you're east of the Mississippi), I'd have to suggest starting with a 12 gauge shotgun. You can hunt everything in your area with it. Deer, turkey, squirrels, dove, dog, cats, (lol!) OOPS!
Good gun to introduce yourself to, and has a relatively short range if you miss.

I like to tell all newbies to remember, "Hunting is all about pursuing the animal, not possessing it."

I would suggest starting out with a regular, .30 caliber, bolt-action rifle, since it'll give you more accuracy than a 12-gauge shotgun, and it also gives you more range, or course, you'll definately need a scope.

My advice would be to get a Remington Model 700 CDL in .308 Win. cartridge, that's a great deer rifle, I have a similar rifle, and I love it!
Very accurate rifle and cartridge, and also very deadly on whitetail.
As for gettinga second shot on deer with a 12-gauge, you never think about more than one shot on deer, with whitetail, it's one shot-one kill, if you're thinking about your second shot, you'll make a bad first shot, and since the deer will be running, your second, third, will be even worse.

That's why you need a slower action, yet very accurate, so that you can learn how to shoot first, and then kill a whitetail with one shot.


Plus, the .308 rifle doesn't recoil as much for shooting deer as a 12-gauge would.
You can't use it on Turkey, though, I would suggest getting a shotgun on the side, since there is no "Wonder Gun" that can do it all.
That's the way wedo itin TN, you have a rifle for deer (And whatever else walks into your sights, even groundhogs, after all, you don't want to put just a clean hole in the groundhog, you want to see him blow up!)a shotgun for turkey, and of course, a trusty little .22. Then you add on whatever your heart desires.

I think deer hunting is what you should do first, since it's more economical. Turkey hunting is fun, but you need to buy lots of camo to completely cover yourself. You'll have to do the same and buy a treestand, if you want to bowhunt deer.(Or anything, for that matter.)
So rifle deerhunting would be the best to start with, IMO(In My Opinion).

Umm... dude, if you want us to help your you need to actually come back here and tell us the answers to what we asked you, or we won't have the ability to help you.

A rifle i would recommend is the .270. Its good for all North american big game except for the grizzly.

30/06 best all around caliber