You'd prefer that 30-06 over the 12 gauge IF you COULD choose a rifle that is.....


I prefer the bow myself too.

i think that your rifle should fit your personality and body. how far are you going to be shooting? will you want follow-up shots? How much recoil can you handle? Is ammo available?all these things should be questions to have answered before choosing a caliber

Other - .50cal - Muzzleloader.

Why because it's darn fun shooting/hunting withfront stuffers. I won't lie a nice benefit is the season starts a month earlier.I seem to be hunting less and less for deer with a CF, even when rifle season is open I have been choosing the ML instead the past number of years. However I still do and always will pull out the long stick during the year for deer hunting.When I do it's.284 cal- chambered in a 7mm rem mag.

Like the flat line of the .284 in either my 7-08 or my 7 mm mag.

.277 -- Flat shooting, better B.C. , low recoil by most standards..... I have used one of a variety of 7mm's I own to take most of my deer. It is my favorite diameter as in 7mm-08 , .284, 7 mag.

My new favorite is .366 and to be more specific, 9.3x62. I can load it up or down for anything from hogs and Whitetail deer to elk or large African game.

It would be a toss up between a 6mm and a 25-06.and I would lean towards the 25-06. Perfect combination of low recoil,flat trajectory,super accuracyand killing power. a 117 or 120 grain pill put in a deer at 3000 fps is all that is needed and it matches up well with a 270 using a 130 grain pill.

Just to be contrary, I'll pick one of the hot .224 bores.........anything from the 223 on up. I've shot a good many deer, both mule deer and whitetail with 223 and 22/250 and the animals don't go anywhere but down. Only trick to it is use 55 gr bullet and not one of the lighter possibilities.

Why are Americans so over-gunned? A 257 Roberts will kill any deer that ever lived and do it at any reasonable rangebut most shooters think they need something larger. Silliness.

308 Winchester, accuracy, power, and low recoil.

I use Federal Powershoks, it's hard to find faster bullets than that, lol.

243 low recoil and that 85 Grain BTHP is wicked on deer out to 300 yards..