favorite deer cal

[Strafer Gott]

I have success with .30-30 on drives, and .30-06 on watch. It just wouldn't feel right to not give them both a chance.

 

[RevGeo]

30-40 Krag. Good on elk, bear and moose as well.

 

[ChasingWhitetail91]

Remington 760 Game Master in .06

 

[59sharps]

32 spl never let me down in 43 yrs

 

[12GaugeShuggoth]

Currently, .50 from a muzzleloader is my favorite. Gotta love the smoke cloud.

 

[moisanfan11]

All I use is 30-30 for deer

 

[crankshaft45]

I've taken deer with a number of rifles from .357 mag to .300 mag. My favorite now is the Marlin 336 chambered with the 38-55. Loaded with a 255 gr bullet it is great on deer out to 200-250 yds. After it's development in 1894, it was slightly shortened, necked down and became the 30-30.

Because of the many black powder rifles still around, it is a hand load propisition. I have never had to shoot twice at a deer.

 

[RockyMtnDan]

I usually hunt deer and elk in the same season and the 270 win. is my round of choice. At the distance I capable of shooting well, 350 yards, it is plenty for either. If I fill the elk tag first I sometime switch to a 30 30. Dan

 

[CCCLVII]

I like the good old 30-06.

If I was in a place where it was short range shots I would go with the classic 45-70 Govt.

 

[StrongSideArmsInc]

22 Hornet:
Prefer 45gr Soft Point, right behind the ear. Killed everything from a squirrel to a horse. Never lost an animial.

 

[jimbob86]

.270WIN! (FTW)

Grass rats to big bucks, it works.

 

[03Shadowbob]

Mine is definitely the .35Remington.

 

[Kreyzhorse]

I have two favorites: the 7mm Rem Mag and the 45-70 Gov't. Out of those two, I'd guess I prefer the 45-70 but I most often hunt with the 7mm. Both are fine deer rounds and are perfect for the hills and valleys I hunt in.

 

[10Ringmagic]

Rifle = 30-06

Handgun = .44 Mag

 

[solocam72]

.257 weatherby magnum, with my handloads, 80 grain barnes ttsx bullets going over my chronograph right at 3700 fps, deer react as if struck by lightning!