What Deer Cartridge This Year

[glenwolde]

Hey Kid, why do they do that? And what qualifies? Would a 458 Win Mag qualify? How about a 44 Mag in a rifle?

And good luck everyone and hope you have a good hunting season.

There's a maximum case length restriction which eliminates a lot of fun stuff. One good thing that came out of this rule is it resurrected the .357 Maximum from the grave.

"A .35-caliber or larger rifle loaded with straight-walled cartridges with a minimum case length of 1.16 inches and a maximum case length of 1.80 inches."

 

[max503]

The same Tikka 308 Winchester that I've used for the last 30 years.

I've got a Tikka 223. It's not for deer, but dang, its a shooter.

 

[Flattop5]

All the above calibers are fine for deer. Myself, i would grab my old Win. 88 .308. For deer and Elk it has never failed me. Just my 2 cents .

The .308 is my all-time favorite hunting cartridge. It has plenty of power, yet, the recoil is rather mild.

My grandfather hunted all over America with a .308 rifle. He told me "if you can't do it with a .308, then you can't do it at all" (paraphrasing him). Indeed. A .308 will take most game in North America (although for Brown bear, that might be pushing your luck! Moose, too, unless you use real heavy bullets).


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[Buick]

1959 .270 Winchester Model 70 for the fields and a Marlin 336 in 30-30 or a Browning BLR in .308 for the woods.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

"A .35-caliber or larger rifle loaded with straight-walled cartridges with a minimum case length of 1.16 inches and a maximum case length of 1.80 inches."
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Makes me wonder who the boneheads are who think up these specs.

John

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Whatever happened to the .22lr and Q beam???

Those are used on the farm with depredation permits.

 

[Bill Bates]

I didn't draw a deer tag this year but I did dry a cow elk tag. I filled that tag this morning. I shot it with last winters project...an Interarms Mark X .30-06 I restocked. If I had drawn a deer I would have used this rifle for that too.

 

[Capt. F.]

Not much time to hunt this year, but the few times I did, I toted my unconverted 3 screw .44 flattop Ruger.
Two fifty grain 429421 cast on top of a healthy dose of 2400 of course.

 

[kmyers]

Both of us here got a white tail. Wendy uses a Savage 99 in .250 and I use my Marlin 1895 in .45-70 for most all hunting. She asked if the deer was belled like a cat for me to even notice it? No problem on me hitting them but I admit to being a clueless Fudd on even noticing them nearby.

 

[huntsman22]

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