what calibers have you killed deer with?
01-08-2002, 09:03 AM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Monroe tennessee USA
Posts: 68
RE: what calibers have you killed deer with?
i use a .243 in anything i shoot..i shoot ground hogs with it...ive killed 15 deer with it and ive had it for three 1/2 years...an everyonce and a while a squirrel gets took down with it lol jk
01-08-2002, 09:13 AM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW WY USA
Posts: 206
RE: what calibers have you killed deer with?
243
6mm rem
260 (pistol and my ideal deer round)
270
7-08 (pistol)
308 (pistol)
30-06 (pistol)
7X57 imp
280
7mm mag
30-30
338 mag
375 win (pistol)
45-70
44 mag
45 colt
454 casul
6mm rem
260 (pistol and my ideal deer round)
270
7-08 (pistol)
308 (pistol)
30-06 (pistol)
7X57 imp
280
7mm mag
30-30
338 mag
375 win (pistol)
45-70
44 mag
45 colt
454 casul
01-08-2002, 10:17 AM
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Indiana PA USA
Posts: 3,656
RE: what calibers have you killed deer with?
Okay, lets see. .243, 25-06, .270, .280, 30-06, .300 win mag, and the best, 100 grain thunderheads <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)
Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)
01-08-2002, 12:57 PM
#20
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW AL USA
Posts: 72
RE: what calibers have you killed deer with?
Well, let's see:
Several with 12 ga. using buckshot
A few with 12 ga slug
A few with a 30-30
A couple with a .300 Savage
A few with a .270
A bunch with a 30-06
All of the above killed deer just fine, but I finally got tired of trailing wounded (dead on their feet) deer a hundred yards or so. So, I bought a .300 Win Mag about 8 years ago, and put an end to that problem. I've killed many deer with it since I bought it, and I've had only two deer run on me after being shot, and the furthest of those was about 40 yards. I don't buy into the "too much gun" theory...in my book, dead is dead. And the closer it falls to where I shoot it, the better it is for me.
Several with 12 ga. using buckshot
A few with 12 ga slug
A few with a 30-30
A couple with a .300 Savage
A few with a .270
A bunch with a 30-06
All of the above killed deer just fine, but I finally got tired of trailing wounded (dead on their feet) deer a hundred yards or so. So, I bought a .300 Win Mag about 8 years ago, and put an end to that problem. I've killed many deer with it since I bought it, and I've had only two deer run on me after being shot, and the furthest of those was about 40 yards. I don't buy into the "too much gun" theory...in my book, dead is dead. And the closer it falls to where I shoot it, the better it is for me.