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What rifle caliber do you use for your whitetail hunting?

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.243 Winchester
6.77%
.25-06 Remington
3.13%
.257 Roberts
0.52%
.270 Winchester
17.19%
7mm-08
8.33%
6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
1.56%
30-30 Winchester
10.42%
30-06 Springfield
22.40%
.308 Winchester
5.21%
Other
24.48%
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What rifle caliber do you use for your whitetail hunting?

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Old 10-22-2006, 09:11 AM
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Default RE: What rifle caliber do you use for your whitetail hunting?

Gotta keep this alive in case someone else needs to post.
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Old 10-22-2006, 09:33 PM
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I use a ruger m77 compact in 7mm/08 with a custom trigger set at 2lbs. Hopefully I'll get to try it out on a deer next week.
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Old 10-23-2006, 08:08 AM
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I mostly hunt with a 32 win. Special...I have a 300 win. mag. but, where I hunt I have a lot of brush and the 32 is great for this.
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Old 10-23-2006, 09:38 AM
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I've been hunting with a 30-06 Huskavarna that my grandfather gave me a few years back. Very accurate, straight shootin rifle........and the best thing is it's extremely light - perfect for ridge running after those bigg'uns.

My brother picked up a new Tikka T3 with a composite stock. We were sighting it in when he handed it to me saying....... "this is so light." I then handed him the husky and he proceeded to sit down and adjust his sights...lol.
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Old 10-23-2006, 10:40 AM
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I use a 35 cal. Lever action Marlin. It's an awesome gun in the bush and shoots a 200 grain blunt bullet. Plus it's fairly light and easy to move around with. Course if I was more open field I would more then likely use a 270.
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Old 10-25-2006, 01:40 PM
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"OW,OW,OW,OW, Stayin' Alive, Stayin' alive"
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Old 10-25-2006, 01:49 PM
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Default RE: What rifle caliber do you use for your whitetail hunting?

The "others"


.300 Savage (1)

.44 Rem. Mag. (2)

.300 Win. Mag. (5)

.500 S&W (1)

.338 Win. Mag. (1)

.325 WSM (1)

7mm Rem. Mag. (6)

.22 Hornet (1)

.45-70 Gov. (3)

.260 Rem. (1)

.38-56 Win. (1)

7mm STW (1)

7mm WSM (1)

.450 Marlin (1)

.32 Win. Spcl. (1)

35 Whelen?(1) Is that what you meant,foxfire125gr?
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Old 10-25-2006, 02:03 PM
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30-06....Has never failed me. I do want another gun next year however, thinking 270, 260 and 25-06
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Old 10-25-2006, 02:20 PM
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1968 Belgium Browning A bolt 270 cal

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I use a 7mm Rem Mag for everything.
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