Deer hunters: what do you shoot?
 

i used to shoot my model 70 featherweight in .270 win

just curious what you all shoot.

My personal caliber for deer is the .308 Winchester cartridge loaded for the anticipated hunting conditions. The rifles carried afield are either the Weatherby Mark IV Accumark ultra-lightweight synthetic/stainless for medium-long range duty or my Browning BLR for short range brush duties or medium range work.

The recent acquisition of the Winchester Model 70 Ultralightweight (also in .308) will fit somewheres in their too at some point down the road once new glass in acquired and several visits to the benchrest!;)

This should get some interesting replies.

The last 6 or so years a 260 Rem in first a M700 and then a Kimber M84. Before that I used a custom M700 in 7-08 for around 12-15 years. Prior to that a `06 or Ruger Super Black Hawk depending on the area I hunted. I started in the early `60s with a M94 in 32 SPCL of my dads, as did both my brothers.
I`ll likely stay with the 260 Rem. The cartridge seems to kill as well as any used so far and recoil and accuracy are as good as it gets in a hunting arm.

When I lived in Pennsylvania, I used a Marlin lever action .30-30 and a Savage .30/06. Now that I am an Ohioan, I use my Remington 870 12 gauge with rifled slugs.

Either a 760 pump in '06 or a 141 pump in .35 Rem. Also always have a Vaquero .45 on my hip. Would like to take a deer with it someday.

I killed my first deer with a Savage 110 in .30-06, which is my dad's gun. Then, I bought a Ruger 77MKII in .300 Win Mag. and that has been my primary deer gun. I also have a Rem. 700 in .270 Win that I have taken out twice, but I never had the opprtunity to shoot at a deer with it.

Over the winter, I am hoping to get a Ruger 77MKIIVT in .25-06 and plan on using it for deer as much as possible.

However, the majority of my deer have been taken with my slug gun. Initially, it was a Browning BPS with a Hastings rifled barrel, but now it is a Benelli SBE with an ER Shaw rifled barrel on it and two recoil reducers.

model 70,

While I have 6 scoped commercial rifles for PA deer (.243, .270, 7mmRM,.308, .30-06, and .35 Whelen) , I much prefer "as issued" military arms with hunting ammo. Most PA deer are shot at 75 yards, or less, so iron sights on my old "War Horses" do just fine.

My favorites are the Kar 98k, the 6.5 Swedes, the No1 MkIII SMLE and the Danish Madsen M58.

Adam

For longer ranges - older tang safety Ruger M77 in 25.06

For the thick stuff - Ruger 96/44 mag

For both whitetail and mule deer I use my .257 Roberts with 117 gr. Sierras.--tr

6,5 swede, 129gr sp. rl-19.

Most of my deer have fallen to my 30-06 or my 270. Shot my first elk in Colorado this past Nov. with my 7mm mag by Ruger 77. For PA deer, being of light chassis myself, I now like my 260 or 270 or 280.

A lot of different stuff. Just depends on where I'm hunting and what's legal. Here in Ohio, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and handguns. Out of state, about 4 or 5 different rifles depending on what I feel like using. primarily either a 7 mag or a 30-06.

gd

Old, tang safety, Ruger m77 in 30-06. Shootin Hornady 165gr spire point boattails.

sks with hollow points, that works awsome my doe only ran 15 yard and i hit her in the very back of the lungs
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Remington 700 BDL RMEF Edition 300 Ultra Mag 180gr Swift Scirroco