Three Favorite Deer Cartridges

[jbarnwell]

My all time favorite would have to be the 280 Ackley with the 7mm-08, either Ackley or standard coming in a close second. I had great success with 140-150 grain bullets.

 

[MrMajestic]

I'm not a trophy hunter but have shot enough to know what works. A properly constructed bullet at a terminal velocity that insures adequate penetration to a properly placed shot. I've used .223 to .41 Magnum and .50 caliber Inline, they all gave anticipated results with the above caveats. Only ever lost one due to an improper bullet placed improperly and it still haunts me...respect your quarry.

 

[dolek]

I can say what my least favorite is
Because of losing game or having to spend hours to find
Shotgun with buck shot
A 223 is next
Then a 243

Three Favorite Deer Cartridges

 

[hogpatrol]

Depends on the ranges shot. Real close, I prefer the .22 LR. A little further out, the .17HMR. Beyond that, I bring out the heavy stuff, a .17 Fireball. Shot placement!

 

[JLT]

.25-'06, .257 AI, 7mm-08. I like the quarter bores for medium game.

 

[muleman69]

muleman69,

not much of a spread there...

I no , I do have a few more 308,7mm-08,300WM,300 Weatherby,6.5x55 but LITE seems to matter more now a days

 

[JBT47]

.308 using 168 Amax or 165 BT
6.5x47 Lapua 130 Hybrid OTM
.300 Win Mag 215 Hybrid

 

[Just Say Moe]

7mm-08
300 H&H
338-06

 

[1K6BRA]

250-3000 Savage,6.5x284 and not the 30-06 (no hate mail please the 30-06 is a fine cartridge, I just like using something that I can’t buy ammo for at Walmart)

 

[jamesh]

1. 6.5 Creedmoor
2. 6.5 Grendel
3. 300 PRC
Honorable mention
25-06 7mm Rem Mag.

 

[Hotshot]

It appears to me that some of you are hunting Rhino sized deer with those great big bullets.

 

[hogpatrol]

It appears to me that some of you are hunting Rhino sized deer with those great big bullets.

Big guns with big bullets, like paint, hide a multitude of sins.

 

[IdahoSharpshooter]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I left out my OM70 458 RUM, and double rifle ten-bore.

 

[69mach]

300wsm, 270win, and 50bmg

 

[69mach]

It appears to me that some of you are hunting Rhino sized deer with those great big bullets.

Where I’m at in Kansas the cwd is in one out of around 3 deer tested for the food bank. So I’m no longer eating them until the cwd mover on after it ravages our whitetail herds. So I’ve turned to long range hunting for enjoyment. Those big bullets are just fun.

 

[69mach]

250-3000 Savage,6.5x284 and not the 30-06 (no hate mail please the 30-06 is a fine cartridge, I just like using something that I can’t buy ammo for at Walmart)

I’ve got a 250-3000 in a model 99. It’s a great deer cartridge and a real thumper in its day.

 

[JimT]

.280 AI
.280 Remington
7mm-06

I refer to the last two as “The thinking man’s .270.”

Oh, and all of them can be loaded to replicate the 7mm-08.

 

[joe12180]

7mm-08 with 140 Sierra Pro Hunters, 25-06 with 117 Sierra Pro Hunters, that’s basically all I am using now for out to 300. I’d add the 444 marlin with 300 beartooth WFN’s for woods hunting.

 

[1K6BRA]

I’ve got a 250-3000 in a model 99. It’s a great deer cartridge and a real thumper in its day.

These two still thump them every year!

 

[DBLNUT]

What are you three favorite deer cartridges, you can even choose your bullet for out to 300 yards? I was thinking about it last night and finally came down to 7mm Mauser (7x57), 6.5-284 and 270WSM The 7x57 would shoot the Nosler Accubond LR 168 grain, the 6.5-284 would shoot the 142 grain Nosler Accubond LR and the 270 WSM would shoot again the Nosler accubond LR in 150 grain. I think all three of these would be effective out to 300 yards. My favorite being the 7x57, killed a truckload with my Ruger No.1 using the Noslers.

250 Savage and the Speer 120 Grand Slam, 257 Roberts and the 25/06.