Mobuck said:
I'm not bragging about my hunting experiences but I've shot a few of each of the species you mentioned. \
I've commented that my deer hunting is "grocery shopping" and most of it is exactly that--putting food in the freezer. I tend to use what is effective and efficient rather than something that sort of works if you're lucky. I can and have killed deer with almost any cartridge(only admit to what's legal BTW) but I've found that some work better than others. Sure, I COULD kill deer for the next 20 years with a .243 BUT I'd prefer a 25/06 because I know it will do the job more effectively (with cheaper bullets) AND I'm more confident in that capability.
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Well when you continue to post things like what you stated above and things like this:
Mobuck said:
Over the past decade, my deer rifles have "freezerized" more deer than many hunters do in a lifetime of "one deer a year" hunting experience. I see what happens day after day, deer after deer.
That sure sounds like you think you've accomplished something that you feel is superior to everyone else posting on this forum topic. When in fact all it shows is how little you actually understand about hunting other places, and how little credit you give anyone else who hunts in limited draw states. You especially seem condescending when you start to accuse posters of using illegal methods to take deer, and I can guarantee no laws were broken.
I'm involved in taking quite a few head of game animals every year, and a lot of them are deer. So I to see what works as well, and I haven't found a cartridge that doesn't work well with good shot placement. Using both the .243 and .25-06 there isn't a lot of difference between the two on hair, and neither need a premium bullet to kill any mule or white tail deer. However, premium bullets do have advantages in both cartridges not to mention bullets don't cost much in the grand scheme of things so that's a small talking point.
There are ways to hunt multiple deer, elk, and pronghorn in my state, but we only get one animal per license. If we want to hunt another animal of the same species we have to buy another license at full price. In some cases we can have an unlimited amount of tags for one species at $35-45 per tag. I've often went afield with more than one license for the same species in my pocket, but you may only have one antlered license per species. Lack of time is what usually limits me to one animal per year per species for my freezer, that and my freezer fills up quickly if you are successful in all three main species of big game in Colorado. Now that my daughter is hunting I don't have freezer space for two of each elk, deer, and pronghorn. Not to mention any extra white tail we hunt out of state.
So like I stated earlier thinking your experience is better than the majority of other hunters is BS. Your experience is your experience it isn't better or worse just different from other hunters. So don't think you have the market cornered on deer hunting experience.