Depends on the season

Shotgun & Remington Copper Solid slugs
.270Win Winchester Failsafe
50 Cal Muzzleloader
or Beman ICS Hunter 400s w/ 100gr Thunderhead

Parker Hale 30.06 with 125 federal soft points. Thats all I' ve used for 25 years.

Hand loads. 120 grains for the7MM-08 rifle, 150 grain for the 30-30 rifle and T/C Contender.

well , i have many to choose from as well but , the ones that always see action during the two week deer/bear season are my remington model 700 classic in .35 whelen , and my browning lightning blr in .270 winchester


PS- good to see another whelen man on the board and damn , just basically up the street from me , about 11 miles away

OOPS , forgot to mention loads , my .35whelen uses 250 grain ammo , my .270 uses 150 grain ammo , was planning on trying some of the hornady light magnum ammo in the .270 as well but , haven' t gotten around to it yet

7mm-08 for me and .243 for the wife, Winchester Supreme ballistic tips in both