What do you use for deer?

[Magnumsrule]

Yes that makes sence lol I myself would be comfortabel with a good 243 and premium bullets.

[Midas]

.308, .300 Win Mag, .243, all have proven to be fine deer rifles.

[ArkansasHunter]

Moose would a 308 shooting 150 gr, bullets be good medicine for Muleys ?

[STITCH]

Well I would have to say that I use either my 30-06 or my .45 Muzzleloader(mostly just this one tho). I only hunt brush or dense woods.

[Mooseman684]

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

Moose would a 308 shooting 150 gr, bullets be good medicine for Muleys ?

Should be Just Dandy !!!

[lefty o]

for bambi, i use , 44mag pistol, 7mm-08 pistol, rifles 6.5x55, 30-06, 270win, and 270WSM. they all kill fast, but my go to has become the 270WSM.

[Onesonek]

Alot depends on where I'm hunting and the type of hunting I'm doing. I use both pistol and rifle configurations in the TC Encore mostly. My main pistol barrel is a 6.5x57R AI, with a .308 in reserve. Even with a rifle I prefer to hunt as close as I can get, so I use a 7BRM, which is a imp. version of 7-30 waters, and has plenty of power and PBR for my needs.

Dave

[Lng Rng]

The last couple years has been 7mm WSM.

[sbowers5]

Yes turner i will concede that the 275 rigby and the 7x57 are exactly the same and what a great little round it is, to bad it does not get the respect that it deserves. JUst my opinion.
steve

[jashoffa]

Originally Posted by NTBNB

Hey Jashoffa, can you use smoke poles in Iowa? Nebraska just voted to let the muzzleloaders use variable power scopes here, that has more guys willing to muzzleloader hunt.

Yep we can use muzleloaders and we can have scopes on them. However muzleloaders with electronic primes are not allowed. Kinda of dumb if you ask me.

[LarryO1970]

I jump from a tree... knife bit in my teeth and a wrastle du deer to the ground! Garrgh!

... just kidding. I use a Savage 110FP in .308

[Seven©]

I use KC Masterpiece honey teriyaki marinade for venison.

[jashoffa]

Originally Posted by turner

I've often wondered why your state and a few others do that. Heck, even Connecticut allows high powered rifles! Many studies have shown that there is no difference, safety-wise with MORE injuries at MORE than shotgun range, being the norm. Of course, Connecticut doesn't allow Sunday hunting...what the he**!! I know other states don't as well, but, I sure hope you don't have the DOUBLE whammy! On a brighter note.... I believe that a rifled barrel might just give you 150yd capability.

Yeah, In many ways the way that we hunt here with shotguns make it more dangerouse. You see gernally in Iowa the gun Deer season is pretty short Five days for one season and 9 days for another (there are 2 muzzleloader seasons that are separate, the early is short, less than a week I think, and the late season is like 2 weeks late December and early January).

So in iowa durning the shotgun season, which also allows the use of handguns and muzzleloaders, most people hunt in groups of 5 or more hunters. one or two push a timber area while the others post and the posters get most of the shots.

It is by far the most dangerouse and deadly season for hunter safety in the state. Add to that the idiots that are running deer from section to section with pickups and driving like mad to get ahead of running deer and deer hunting in Iowa gets kind of a bad rep. Now they have for the last two or threee years allowed hunting with rifles in the bottom part of the state but only for a special late season antlerless only season to help bring the deer population in that part of the state back in line. Perhaps over time things will change but to allow rifle hunting in the state you would almost have to change the culture of deer hunting in our state. I am for using rifles for deer hunting but I don't know if the same kind of hunting would be more or less with rifles, I think I would be a little more worried. I guess I would be okay with it if it was restricted to single shots and bolt guns, I don't know I am not an expert I guess.

[texnmidwest]

Originally Posted by Seven©

I use KC Masterpiece honey teriyaki marinade for venison.

[Sav .250]

Early 60`s Savage, model-110 in .243. Sweet!

[243custom]

1924 pre WWII mauser reciever,24" douglas barrel chambered in 243 win,hand carved stock, with a 85gr.sierra hpbt with all the trimmins!!!

[Brother Bob]

My .243 or my .30-06. Neither have ever let me down as long as I did my job.

[Purdy]

Originally Posted by Magnumsrule

. I say the 25-06 is a lot of powder behind a relatively small bullet. I have never shot one so i will not judge but i have heard that it kicks a great deal. I would like to take a 6.5X55 out. I think that or the 260 would be a good deer gun. What i liked the most however was the 7mm mag. Takes everything from deer to elk. It can be loaded way down or up to 190 grainers. (where u can find them) It shoots flat and hits hard. The deer didnt know what hit em.

LOL for a guy that calls himself "Magnumsrule" you worry about recoil from a 25/06 ??? ROFLMAO Then you turn around and talk about a 7MM Mag. ?? Sorry but it sounds incongruous to me.

[TRUE GRIT]

I use a 308 mostly, but also like the 270 Win. and 30-30. I would have no problem using the 25/06 or the .243 on the Blacktails in my area if I had a rifle chambered for them.

[.280Rem]

Originally Posted by BaserRonin

I use a 25-06 as well. Never had to take more then 1 shot either. Accurate little round, and more then enough for what we find out in CO.


Edit: the 25-06 seems to be an underestimated round. My hunting buddy doesn't understand why I "risk going with anything that small..." I have tried explaining what a sweet round it is but he never seems to hear me; or at least asks me about it every time.

Over the years I have use the .243 which did fine, and took deer out to 300yds with it. I've killed deer with a 7mmRM, 300WinMag, 30-06, 338WM, and .280Rem. The .280 is my 1st choice. 30-06 probably second. No "magnum" is needed for deer, but if you want to use one, have a ball...lots of ways to "get er done". I plan on next year seeing if I can take one with the 35 Whelen.