I have done lots of hunting all over the USA (even once in Alaska) It seems every where I go people talk about talking long shots. Here in Idaho most of the state is Mountainous and there is not a lot of tall brush.
Any way there is places in Idaho where a 80 yard shot is a long shot and being able to take aim very quickly and shoot accurate enough is more important than the ability to shoot long 400 yards shots.
Long story short I have the opportunity to hunt deer in such a place. The thing is all of my hunting rifles are scoped with medium to high power scopes. I do not want to swap out scopes so I am looking at a new gun.
What would you recommend for deer at 25-75 yards that is light and easy to carry and can be put on target quickly. While the laws allow any bullet that is centerfire and .25+ caliber id rather not use a 25ACP Not 100% sure on the caliber there may not be a limit. I hear that tracking a wounded animal in such terrain is very very hard.
The guy that is taking me uses a 45-70 Govt Ruger #3. He says a 45-70, 450 marlin, 12ga slug gun or something along those lines work well. He does warn against heavy guns because we will be doing a lot of walking through brush.
Any way I have many months till the hunt so I will have lots of time to play with the idea before hand. I am excited.
Any way there is places in Idaho where a 80 yard shot is a long shot and being able to take aim very quickly and shoot accurate enough is more important than the ability to shoot long 400 yards shots.
Long story short I have the opportunity to hunt deer in such a place. The thing is all of my hunting rifles are scoped with medium to high power scopes. I do not want to swap out scopes so I am looking at a new gun.
What would you recommend for deer at 25-75 yards that is light and easy to carry and can be put on target quickly. While the laws allow any bullet that is centerfire and .25+ caliber id rather not use a 25ACP Not 100% sure on the caliber there may not be a limit. I hear that tracking a wounded animal in such terrain is very very hard.
The guy that is taking me uses a 45-70 Govt Ruger #3. He says a 45-70, 450 marlin, 12ga slug gun or something along those lines work well. He does warn against heavy guns because we will be doing a lot of walking through brush.
Any way I have many months till the hunt so I will have lots of time to play with the idea before hand. I am excited.