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1989 Toyota Ext cab
1999 Chevy S10 Ext cab
2004 Chevy 1/2 ton Ext can
2007 Honda Accord
All were one hit kills!
1999 Chevy S10 Ext cab
2004 Chevy 1/2 ton Ext can
2007 Honda Accord
All were one hit kills!
For elk I use my Tikka T3 in 243. Federal Blue Box 100gr soft points. Puts meat on the table no problem.
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I prefer the 458 SOCOM for brush hunting and the 300 WinMag for field hunting.
Actually sitting this year with a Ravin R29.
Actually sitting this year with a Ravin R29.
For now my go to is a Savage mod. 11 lightweight in 6.5 creedmoor. 3x9 40mm Leupold. Hornady 129 gr. SST's. 3/4 inch group at one hundred yards. A little over 6 inch drop at 300 yards with a 1 and 3/4 inch group.
My second go to is a Winchester high wall in 7mm WSM. 4X12 40mm Leupold. Winchester factory 150 gr. ammo. Under a inch at 100 yards if I do my job.
For black powder my go to is a custom build Southern Va. (Cir. 1775 - 1785) flintlock rifle built by Wick Ellerbe in 54 Cal. Shooting a .530 patched round ball.
My second go to is a Winchester high wall in 7mm WSM. 4X12 40mm Leupold. Winchester factory 150 gr. ammo. Under a inch at 100 yards if I do my job.
For black powder my go to is a custom build Southern Va. (Cir. 1775 - 1785) flintlock rifle built by Wick Ellerbe in 54 Cal. Shooting a .530 patched round ball.
I wish Minnesota would do that too! Where I'm at in MN it can only be shotgun, muzzleloader, or pistol. I use a 20ga 870 Express with a smoothbore slug barrel and iron sights that I've had since I was a kid. A few years back I bought a CVA Wolf (I know they're cheap, but I didn't know how much I'd actually go out when it's that effing cold). Last year a added a Vortex Diamondback 2 to 7 to the Wolf and it's actually pretty damn accurate so I mostly used it for longer range areas during slug season.
I used to my Beretta 96FS INOX or my Ruger Vaquero 44Mag, but I got superstitious as I would ONLY EVER see fawns and spikes when hunting with those! Four years in a row! Switched back to by shotgun muzzleloader combo and shoot a 9 pionter the first year. Three years ago I traded the Vaquero for an H&K VP9 and it was a great decision! I even got into some casual USPSA competition shooting with it. Fun pistol!
I have a Ruger Gunsite Scout .308 and a M+M M10 (or AKM) that I used when I used to go out to Wyoming, but my job hasn't allowed that to happen for years. ...It looks like I need to get my priorities straight...
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Remington 700 BDL 30-06 laminated thumb hole stock. Leopold vx-ii 4x12x50
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Weatherby Vanguard in .270 
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It depends on my mood but currently my top choice is a Remington 783 in 6.5 Creedmoor burping out 130 grain Sierra game changers of my own recipe. I'm also very fond of 7mm-08 Rem and 308 Win.
One of the greatest rifles made in my opinion I try to snatch every one I find if it’s a good buy!
Have my grandpas old savage 110 in 7mm-08 little booger kicks like a mule but it’s priceless and will be passed on someday.
Love my guide gun! Kicks like hell but defiantly kicks even harder on the other end!!!
I’ve been wanting to get a 6.5 haven’t been around one much but what I’ve hears it’s an awesome little round!
Maybe I’m ignorant but from how I’ve seen deer hunted in Iowa it’s got to be the most dangerous way of hunting deer I’ve ever seen.
What I observed was deer being hunted in a similar fashion that pheasants would be hunted in a corn row with blockers and walkers. Last I checked, deer don’t fly...so all shots are taken shoulder height and lower vs above.
Never seen so much lead flying in close quarters before.
I don’t see how a slug would be safer than a rifle.
What I observed was deer being hunted in a similar fashion that pheasants would be hunted in a corn row with blockers and walkers. Last I checked, deer don’t fly...so all shots are taken shoulder height and lower vs above.
Never seen so much lead flying in close quarters before.
I don’t see how a slug would be safer than a rifle.
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OK I admit I'm from Nova Scotia. Got that guy last Saturday. Three bucks altogether.Did you get him this year.
Hello fellow Nova Scotian.
Where do you hunt.
I do mine in Cape Breton.
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Choosing a gun is a lot like choosing a s/s. You pick what your comfortable with. Friends/associates/family have a huge influence.
First honda was a 1972 CB 350. Look that up.
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I have normally hunt with my 308 but I'm thinking I of like the rifle I bought for my daughter a couple of years back better for FL deer. It's a Ruger 7mm-08. It's just a bad little gun that doesn't destroy as much meat.
Great little round. Everyone I know that uses it loves it.
.30-06 has always been my favorite, but I also love .308, .270 and even .243 that is a perfectly ethical kill. Back east I've used .30-30 and .44 Magnum lever guns, but out west you can't get within that range usually. Today all I hear about is the 6.5, but I was killing deer 40 years ago with a .30-30 and seemed to manage just fine.
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Ive heard complaints of lost deer because they will still be able to stumble off after a 6.5CM unless you use the single blunt nose Hornady round.
These complaints are coming from guys who I KNOW don’t miss and have had no issues out of their 30-06,270,243 guns.
To me the CM is a long range target and varmit caliber. Is it accurate YES VERY, is it great for large game? It will kill something if you put a hole in it, but I think there are much better rounds and calibers for large game.
I know people that use a .223 to hunt deer. In SD that’s the minimum caliber.
It takes a really well placed shot to bring them down without running off too.
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Yup a 22 will kill a deer, some rounds are just more efficient than others.
I'd rather have a quick clean takedown, no point in making the animal suffer. Also I am fat and out of shape so searching for one in the brush and thickets we have around here is not enjoyable. Im in it for the meat not the sport.
