Best deer round

rbb50,I think your friend may have had a .250-3000 Savage.That is another excellent deer cartridge.

My .257AI is on a Mex mauser,which is short,like a Yugo,and also it is a small ring M-98.It has a Douglas FWT bbl,blind magazine with a Rem 700 triggerguard,and I put it in a Garret Accra-lite stock in a FWT m-70 shape.

I get 3050 through the chronograph with a 115 ballistic tip.
 
Oh my my, too many calibers and choices and everyone has an opinion just like a brain. If I told you at this point in my deer hunting career that the 30.06 has bagged more deer for me you would say that the .270 is better..:D
If it works for you then use it. I have a 7MM-08 (never shot anything with it) several 30.06's, 300 WIN. MAG (took one doe with it and put it up) but I have for some reason always leaned towards the 30.06. Well ok guys for some reason I got a wild notion that I wanted to try a 7MM MAGNUM in a bolt gun so I bought one in the spring. I am about to get the scope on it and get it ready for rifle season 2009. I will be trying some 160 GR. Sierra Gamekings over some H4831 that I loaded up and for kicks some factory Hornady Custom ammo in 162 GR. BTSP. Whichever one of those rounds shoots the best will probably be what I will hunt with. I got started late this year trying to work up a load for the rifle so maybe this winter or next year I can try some different loads. Wish me and my 7 MAG. luck for deer season 2009..:)
 
Actually Daryl I knew some old country boys that would hunt deer with nothing but a 22 rimfire

They would swear by them and always say something like

I gets in that brush in my camo an when they comes up I pops up an shoot em in tha haed with that there 22 and they goes rights down every time

trying to get that texas slang they talk in writing just right LOL

I always thought that was illegal but they would always say stuff like, Them there revenuers aint scare me no how LOL

Yeah I lived in some stange places down here in texas and I don't think them boys had much schooling when they were growing up but they usually had what looked like about 100 antlers laying around all over with a bunch of nice mounts on their walls LOL
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I used to know some ol' boys from Utah that claimed a .243 was way too much gun for elk. They used single shot pistols chambered in 22-250, and killed a lot of elk with 'em.

Just the same, I have an uncle that decided not to take his 7mm mag when he hunted with them, but instead took his .243 (too much ribbing if he'd hunted with the 7mm mag). The uncle said those boys looked sort of silly that day trying to hit elk with them at around a thousand yards. My uncle got his from that bunch of elk with the .243, but those boys didn't.

I'm pretty sure I'd have had to sneak up a little closer, but Norm's a awfully good shot when it comes right down to it.

Daryl
 
Not a very logical question IMO. Heck, it's easier to answer the question "What's not the best deer round?"

So many great choices, why limit one's self!

What's the best deer round? Anything from the .25's on up.

LK
 
The best deer round is the one that makes the perfect shot for the perfect stag.

For me it's my .300 win mag loaded with 180gr accubond. Never fails
 
105 mm loaded with HE. Its a little difficult to tote around in the woods, but it might get the job done.

Actually there are a lot of cartridges that are quite suitable for deer hunting and to say which is best would be the one you are most comfortable with. Just make sure that you practice, practice, practice.
 
What is the point of this thread. There are so many bullets that will kill a deer just as easy as the next. It is what you shoot the best. I use a .308, but you cannot beat the versatiliy of the .30-06.
 
There are so many good one's out there it would be hard to say what is the best of them. It will come down to what you like, and feel the best with. There are many new calibers that are good, and a ton of the proven ones that all would work great. I always liked the .308, and now have a 30-06. But that is just two out of lots of good ones.
 
I like all the 30-06 family for deer. 30-06, 280, 270, 25-06. Lately, however, I am finding that my 7-08 and 260 will do what they do out to 300 yards with less recoil. The 308 is the family father, but I don't see the advantage of it over the 260 or 7-08 for deer.
 
Lots of excelent choices for sure..for me and my needs, the model 94 Win in 30.30. has served me well everytime..never a disapointing moment yet. :)
 
You can't say enough about the classic .30-30. I have a newfound love for the .300 Win Mag though. Tons of power and velocity.
 
I love my 99 in .300 Savage

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105 mm loaded with HE. Its a little difficult to tote around in the woods, but it might get the job done.
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I prefer 88mm flak.

I killed a buck a few months ago with an '04 Monte Carlo chambered in 3.5 liter.

I think the best deer round is a 2 3/4" 1oz 12 gauge slug. Put a hole in a buck's heart big enough to throw my hat through. ;)

When I am shooting on someone's kill permit I like 8mm Mauser or 7.62x54r.
 
Willie, Don't you like Deer heart and eggs for breakfast or Deer heart with onions served with barely mashed spicy taters for supper?:D TSK TSK TSK!!!!
But I agree on the slug... I prefer to describe it as "A hole you drive a John deere thru and not get no blood on the paint..."
Brent
 
Sounds like you want to strictly hunt whitetail with this rifle. If you are strictly hunting rifle then theres many calibers, and if you don't mind spending money then you can be set up nicely. A caliber that is super fast, super flat, and you will be amazed by would be the 257 Weatherby magnum. Its an incredible caliber. The bullets would be a little difficult to find and more expensive. A 270. wsm is a lot like the 257. Weatherby Magnum but bigger, a little less expensive and is more widely available. If you want something that is a normal price range, widely available then i would look at a 243. win or a 270. win. Both are fast flat and hard hitting. The 257. Weatherby beats out the 243. win in ballistics but not price and it goes for the 270. wsm and the 270. win. A 7mm rem mag, is something that would give you a performance like the wsm and weatherby without the extreme prices. The 7mm will go up in price compared to the 270. win, and 243. win though and will have some recoil but its not too bad.

Look at the Remington 700, Sako 85 or A7, Tikka T3 and Browning. All Amazing
 
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