Will Beararms
New member
I have been hunting Whitetail in the river bottoms of SE Arkansas for 29 years. I have used the .243, .30-.30 and the .30-06. My longest shot has been roughly 80 yards.
Of the Bucks and Does I have taken, I have knocked deer down with the .243 and .30-.30 and they never got up again. With the .30-06, I have never lost one but they always ran from 40 to 75 yards. I shot a 19" spread 8-point that weighed 200+ #'s before dressing at 80 yards with a .30-06 in 1994 right through the right shoulder and heart with the bullet stopping just before it exited from the left side. He ran 75 yards like nothing had hit him and then dropped like a rock.
Granted, with the .243, I have always made neck shots but with the .30-.30, I have shot them in the shoulder and they have dropped on the spot. I did shoot a doe one time at 50 yards right between the eyes with the .30-06 and she dropped in her tracks.
Inside of a hundred yards, why does'nt the .30-06 with a Wal Mart Special 150 grain Remington Core Lokt drop em like the .243 and the .30-30? The reason I use this ammo is because it is so easy to obtain and where I hunt is in the boonies so exotic ammo is hard to find.
Thanks for your time. Heck, I gotta do something to get me by until November!
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"When guns are outlawed;I will be an outlaw."
Of the Bucks and Does I have taken, I have knocked deer down with the .243 and .30-.30 and they never got up again. With the .30-06, I have never lost one but they always ran from 40 to 75 yards. I shot a 19" spread 8-point that weighed 200+ #'s before dressing at 80 yards with a .30-06 in 1994 right through the right shoulder and heart with the bullet stopping just before it exited from the left side. He ran 75 yards like nothing had hit him and then dropped like a rock.
Granted, with the .243, I have always made neck shots but with the .30-.30, I have shot them in the shoulder and they have dropped on the spot. I did shoot a doe one time at 50 yards right between the eyes with the .30-06 and she dropped in her tracks.
Inside of a hundred yards, why does'nt the .30-06 with a Wal Mart Special 150 grain Remington Core Lokt drop em like the .243 and the .30-30? The reason I use this ammo is because it is so easy to obtain and where I hunt is in the boonies so exotic ammo is hard to find.
Thanks for your time. Heck, I gotta do something to get me by until November!
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"When guns are outlawed;I will be an outlaw."