DealHunter
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Forgive a newbie question, I've been "collecting" firearms for some time but have never actually hunted anything but paper so far.
I've been invited out to hunt deer and potentially coyotes (not for the same reason of course) in Eastern NC. Since the terrain will be a mix of farmland fields and woods I was wondering what sort of gear might be best.
Note that I can do pretty well with all of these on paper so I'm not sure it's a case of "pick the one you can shoot best" (also have decent optics for all of the bolt guns and on the 300 Savage and the 30-30).
I figured for deer my options would be:
Savage 111 30-06
Savage 99 .300 Savage
Ruger GS Scout .308
CZ 527 Carbine .223
Marlin 336cs .30-30
Marlin 1894s .44
Rossi 92 .357 (perhaps a bit light?)
And for the coyotes:
CZ 527 .22 Hornet
CZ 527 Carbine .223
I have the option of an AR or a CX4 in .40 and a few 12ga (pump or semi) but have not really considered using those (unless I'm missing something hence this post).
I also have a few .22 wmr and .17hmr bolts but wasn't sure if that would cut it for a coyote depending on the range (and this is my 1st time out so I don't want to risk letting something get away wounded).
Any advice would be appreciated as always
I've been invited out to hunt deer and potentially coyotes (not for the same reason of course) in Eastern NC. Since the terrain will be a mix of farmland fields and woods I was wondering what sort of gear might be best.
Note that I can do pretty well with all of these on paper so I'm not sure it's a case of "pick the one you can shoot best" (also have decent optics for all of the bolt guns and on the 300 Savage and the 30-30).
I figured for deer my options would be:
Savage 111 30-06
Savage 99 .300 Savage
Ruger GS Scout .308
CZ 527 Carbine .223
Marlin 336cs .30-30
Marlin 1894s .44
Rossi 92 .357 (perhaps a bit light?)
And for the coyotes:
CZ 527 .22 Hornet
CZ 527 Carbine .223
I have the option of an AR or a CX4 in .40 and a few 12ga (pump or semi) but have not really considered using those (unless I'm missing something hence this post).
I also have a few .22 wmr and .17hmr bolts but wasn't sure if that would cut it for a coyote depending on the range (and this is my 1st time out so I don't want to risk letting something get away wounded).
Any advice would be appreciated as always
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