22-250, 223, or .308
02-10-2014, 04:23 AM
#11
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,143
A couple of variables i'd need to ask 1st:
1) are you an experienced hunter
2) do you handload
3) yardage that youre gonna shoot deer at
Reason for these questions are ive seen some nice deer taken with the 223 with handloaded NP and Barnes TTXS.
These guys where experienced hunters.
If you put a quality bullet thru a deer vitals with a 223 and keep the yardage reasonable its gonna kill them.
HOWEVER... if it was me, out of the 3 cartridges you mentioned ,I'd pick the 308 and shoot plain ole C&C factory fodder in 150g class... because IME that's what has killed deer for me!
1) are you an experienced hunter
2) do you handload
3) yardage that youre gonna shoot deer at
Reason for these questions are ive seen some nice deer taken with the 223 with handloaded NP and Barnes TTXS.
These guys where experienced hunters.
If you put a quality bullet thru a deer vitals with a 223 and keep the yardage reasonable its gonna kill them.
HOWEVER... if it was me, out of the 3 cartridges you mentioned ,I'd pick the 308 and shoot plain ole C&C factory fodder in 150g class... because IME that's what has killed deer for me!
02-10-2014, 07:48 AM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West TN
Posts: 847
Of those 3 to be used in WI I'd FOR SURE recommend the 308. Sure I love my 22-250 & I've killed a doe with it at 300yds before (neck shot). But you are in WI & can very likely get a crack at a 300#+ deer, I would NOT recommend anything smaller than a 243 for such critters. (& even with a 243 you better have QUALITY bullets shot ONLY at ideal angles & even then it might not reach all the way thru a brute buck!)
A 308 with 150-165 bonded "super bullets" or even better, my fav the Barnes, will drill thru the biggest whitetail around! Distance & power wise the 308 can kill well in excess of a 1/2 mile but I'd personally keep the shots under 500yds...
A 308 with 150-165 bonded "super bullets" or even better, my fav the Barnes, will drill thru the biggest whitetail around! Distance & power wise the 308 can kill well in excess of a 1/2 mile but I'd personally keep the shots under 500yds...
02-10-2014, 11:45 AM
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 616
Of those 3 to be used in WI I'd FOR SURE recommend the 308. Sure I love my 22-250 & I've killed a doe with it at 300yds before (neck shot). But you are in WI & can very likely get a crack at a 300#+ deer, I would NOT recommend anything smaller than a 243 for such critters. (& even with a 243 you better have QUALITY bullets shot ONLY at ideal angles & even then it might not reach all the way thru a brute buck!)
A 308 with 150-165 bonded "super bullets" or even better, my fav the Barnes, will drill thru the biggest whitetail around! Distance & power wise the 308 can kill well in excess of a 1/2 mile but I'd personally keep the shots under 500yds...
A 308 with 150-165 bonded "super bullets" or even better, my fav the Barnes, will drill thru the biggest whitetail around! Distance & power wise the 308 can kill well in excess of a 1/2 mile but I'd personally keep the shots under 500yds...
02-10-2014, 07:20 PM
#19
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Northern Minnesota
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