what kind of gun do u deer hunt with and why?
 

what kind of gun do u deer hunt with and why?

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870 with slugs. it was all i had at the time.

next year a moisin nagant with soft points. a mil surp rifle i picked up for cheap.

next year a new savage .308. an upgrade from the moisin.

next year a knight .45 inline. let me hunt deer in sept before archery.

now i use the ml and the .308 during ml and rifle season.

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I prefer the quiet and tranquility of the bow,not to mention the challenge

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.30-30

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I prefer bow hunting. If I can't bow hunt, I use a Rem. 700 ML for black powder and a savage 110fp .308 for rifle season.

Using the Rem. 700 ML is just like using a rifle. 200yds and it's dead.
I love my .308. It is the best shooting gun I have ever owned.

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Remington 870 Wingmaster w/ rifled slugs and a Remington 700 ADL .30-06. I use them because they kill deer dead. ;)

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Rem 700 BDL .30-06 with 3x9 leopold scope. Great accuracy right out of the box. Only shot is 2 times at deer in 2 years. Got em both.

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Hmm, I didn't know deer belong in the small game/predator category[:-]

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Remington model 700 ADL. Accurate, durable, not expensive, confidence, looks cool :-)

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i use a sprngfld 30-06. because they are a common gun. plus if i want to use them for other stuff i can. like put in small loads for varmet, or put in heavier for bigger game such as moose, elk, ect... if i need too. but most of all when i hit the deer in the right spot they drop dead. i have used smaller gun such as a 243 and no offence aginst them prob buy one cuz they are fun to shoot, but i shot 2 deer with one and both of em ran and layed down and died. both chest shots. but my deer this year at 250 yrds shot one time was dead as soon as i pulled the trigger. but i like 243's too so dont get me wrong bout that. but thats y i like my 30-06

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Traditions Buck Hunter Pro .54 caliber inline muzzleloader , #11 cap , 100 grains of Pyrodex RS , .54 roundball or sabot .

This combo allows me to deer hunt without mortgaging my home and accomodates both our gun and muzzleloader seasons .

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In ohio you can only use shotguns and front loaders.........i bow hunt all the way to gun season in the first week of december, i use 870 remington with 3" Brenneke Rottweil slugs. Deer get so close to you when i shoot the get plowed over and i never had one run more than 40 yds.



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50 cal. thompson cap lock or a rem 700 .308. these two really do the job. why would be because you don't have to shoot twice or go looking for your deer. great guns :)

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depends on the season general gun i use my remington 7400 30-06 muzzle loading i use my traditions lightning 50cal. and we have some spots where shot guns are all thats legal and there i use my mossberg 500 12 ga. with a rifled barrel and sabots

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Muzleloader, all season. T/C Omega, .50 cal.

Why? No rifles allowed where I live, and I'm not much of a slug-gun fan. Muzzleloading is one heck of a hobby though.

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I really like my .243 for deer hunting so i stick with that most the time, altho this year due to scope problems i used a .280 and liked that too.

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The bow most of the time ... if rifles season is in i whip out the rem. model 700 .280 .... and if muzzle loader is in like like the traditions PA Pellet extreme for a flint lock and a CVA optima Pro for inlines !

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I use 2 Ruger 45 colt's or my Freedom Arms 454.

Why?.............I just like shooting pistols

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Remington 1100 with slugs.

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What gun: Model 70 featherweight 270wsm
Why: Quality

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i use my .243 because it does little external damage but extreme internal damage and takes em' down fast! i also use my .270 but i havent used that in 2 years...

I use two different guns
 

I use two different guns, plus my bow. If I'm hunting the swamps in upper Michigan, I use my Winchester model 94, 30-30. Since most of the shots are quite close. If I'm hunting the open areas of Michigan, then I use my Remington BDL in a 7mm mag. This is topped with a 3x9 variable Burris scope.

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remington 870, mossberg 500, next year i might be going down south so i might barrow my friends 7mm i use a PSE spyder im getting a new bow befor bow season starts though and i use a traditions .50 calbeacause its shot gun only in Ohio

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Bow only because it's the only true way to hunt.

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I use a Browning BAR in 30-06 shooting 180 grn Nosler Ballistic Tips.

I just got this gun after hunting with a 6.5x55 for years. I've just always wanted a Browning BAR and this comming season I plan to do some black bear hunting here in NW Arkansas and figured the odd 6 would be a much better caliber for bear. It also gives me a lot more versitility than the 6.5. Also, unlike the Swead, there are a gazillion different bullets available in 30-06. It's a reloaders dream and I am reloading for it so I plan to spend the summer finding the load she likes the best.

I haven't got to hunt with the BAR yet, but I'm really looking forward to it.

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.270 remington

Shoots accurately out past 300 yards. will take down elk even. light weight. great gun.

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Remington .270 with Win. 130 grain shells, Mossburg 12 gauge and slugs, and PSE Beast bow. Like all of them and I hunt a couple of sections so it differs in zones what you can use.

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i use a weatherby vanguard in a 270 win because it is very accurate and dependable and it is a very flat shootin rifle

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I just moved to Arizona so I'm not sure what I will use here I'm thinkin my 7 mag , But before now I lived in kansas city, mo and hunted 10 missouri deer seasons my first 2 seasons I used a marlin 336 30-30 but never killed a deer with it, I used it because thats all I had. But after thinking about my needs for a perfect midwest deer gun I settled on a Remington M700 Moutain rifle chambered in .308 winchester. I chose the mountain rifle because of its lighter design a deffinate pleasure to carry around the woods for hours, I chose it in .308 because of the almost 30-06 ballistics and characteristics asfar as performance goes. But mainly for the .308's lighter recoil especially out of a lighter gun even with the .308, it kicks like a 30-06 out of my springfield 03-a3. I topped it off with a simmons 44mag 3-10x44mm scope. A very fair scope for the money it works great so I never bothered to buy something better. I have had 5 successful 1 shot 1 kill deer seasons in 10 years and have killed a total of 6 deer with it. Mostly head and neck shots ( I don't care much for neck roast) From ranges as close as 15 yards to ranges out to 200+. I use Remington express 150 grain PSP core lokt bullets in it and have it zeroed for 200 yards which leaves me roughly just 2 inches high at 100 yards, at 100 yards it holds less than 1 inch groups off a sand bag rest and 2 inch groups at 200 yards off a sand bag rest, I never shot paper at 300 yards but I can't hit gallon milk jugs full of water consistantly. I feel it is the absolute best deer gun. Not to sound Biassed, but I really do. If you decide on a mountain rifle, Remington no longer makes it in a .308 for what reasons I don't know other then maybe low sales. The only calibers similar to the .308 it still comes in would be 7mm-08 and 30-06. I personally would favor more towards the 7mm-08 asfar as deer go it maybe a better caliber then the 308.

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Spike what grain weight of bullet do you shoot with your .270??

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150 grain bullets or heavier from a 270 shoot no flatter then a 150 grain .308 and a 150 grain 30-06 shoots flatter , to really get flat shooting performance from a 270 you need to stick with 130 grain bullets or lighter. If I was wanting to get flat shooting performance from a .270 I would shoot a bullet with the highest ballistic coefficient like a 130 grain nosler ballistic tip boat tail. with that you would be getting close to 243 ballistics. to get the best non magnum flat shooting capabilities for big game calibers I'd step up to a .280 with a 140 grain nosler ballistic tip boat tail it gets near 22-250 ballistics. But anyway forget flat shooting, just learn how to shoot your Freakin gun. Reminds me of time a friend of mine made a bet with me becasue he thought he would shoot better then me because his 243 shot flatter then my 308 so we set up milk jugs full of water from ranges from 100 to 300 yards needless to say he lost the bet at 200 yards but he was like thats not fair your gun is zeroed for 200 yards so I said ok lets see you hit a jug at 300 yards with your 243 just like at 200 yards 5 shots and and didnt hit a jug at all then I shot 3 rounds and hit 3 jugs in a row. then he was like oh, I said see now wheres my 50 bucks. The moral of the story is who cares how flat your gun shoots you have to be accurate to begin with in other words learn to shoot your damn gun

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ah messed up on the pick up handle that question about what grain weight in 270 do you shoot? goes to "270win"

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Sorry about my post about the bow. I said it was the only true way to hunt. I meant its the only way I hunt. I had a error and didn't want to hurt feelings.

I did hunt with a 20 gauge.

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i cant hunt with a rifle in ohio, just shot-gun and muzzleloader, i use a 12 870 remington express with a tru-glo sight. Thinking of gettting a scope on it for this year.

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.270

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Ruger 77 carbine in .358Win. with Leupold 1-4x scope.
2nd choice: Ruger 77RSI, .308Win., Leupold 1-1/2 - 5x scope.

Both cases, just love the rifles, and that .358 pretty much eliminates any need for tracking. They go down & stay down.