Serra btsp for 243 deer hunting

Load those hotter, I use 100 grn Sierras for my daughters 2, .243 win using Winchester Supreme 780, and they knock the heck out of them....
 
In my state, you cannot trespass without permission even to recover your game. Sucks actually and I am sure he has it all dressed out.. Some people have no conscience
 
Question: If I shoot a deer and it runs onto posted property, do I have the legal right to go on the property to retrieve it?
Answer: No. You should locate the landowner, explain the situation, and ask permission. If the landowner refuses, the hunter will not be able to enter the property. The DEC cannot compel a landowner to grant access.

The law in my state ugh
 
Well, I've probably shot more game with Sierra bullets than anything else. Mostly in .270 Win., .308 Win. and 30-06. Deer shot and deer died. The last animal I shot with a Sierra bullet was an antelope in New Mexico, the bullet then 150 gr. Game King. The shot was at roughly 75 yards and the bullet hit in the short ribs on the left side and exited close behind the right shoulder. The antelope did about a thirty foot half circle and expired. Meat damage was very little with most of the loss in rib meat. However, most game I've taken has been with the Sierra Pro-hunters and results were good.

I personally have never shot any big game animal with the .243 but have seen a couple taken by friend which were literally bangflop/DRTs. My .243 back then was a cheap Kodiak Mauser that was quite accurate with 100 gr. Hornady spire points so that what I shot in that rifle. During the years 1977 and 1979 I took several of the neighbor kids out for their first deer hunts. I had a deal with a rancher who allowed me to take the kids there for their hunts. I'd let them shoot the rifle over a period of several weeks prior to the hunt so they'd be comfortable with the rifle and then take them to the ranch. During the two year period six kids took their deer off the ranch with that .243.

Interesting as one deer was a bang flop/DRT, four ran various distances from a few feet to as far as fifty or so yards. One deer however ran about 250 yards hitting the fence at the end of the field. He backed up and hit it twice more before finally falling down and expiring. On autopsy, the lungs and heart were just a mess with severe damage to all three organs. To this day I have no idea how or what let that deer take off and run that way. BTW, these were all fairly large Nevada Mule Deer.
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I'm hearing the cry against the landowner.

In many states you calling the game commission serves you no purpose. It's his property and he can decide to eother let you get it, or tell you to take a hike. It's up to the property owner.

And the OP never mentioned that the property owner let the deer go to waste.
 
Nobody said anything about trespassing. Common sense tells you need permission in any state of the country, though it seems that nowadays only about half of the hunters out there have that common sense. BUT, most people (at least around here) that dont let you on hate hunting and love bambi's so they wont have a license. If they deny permission they are wasting and illegally in possession of a game carcass.

If he does have a tag and denies you so that he can claim the deer for himself, (around here) its illegal to claim an animal that you didnt shoot and has a hefty fine.


As far as the 243 for deer, I love it with Hornady SST's. All distances have performed excellent.
 
The only concern i had was the beautiful animal did not end up coyote feed. That's why I said no conscience. Me I would have been happy to let someone trespass to get it but it's his land and he can have it. Today there is little respect for hunting sadly
 
Most foolproof bullets I found for the 243 Win: Speer Grand Slam and Nosler Solid Base soft point--both 100 grain. These bullets expand AND penetrate.
 
I think sometime we hand loaders do ourselves a disservice by loading marginal bullets too hot. I load for my wife and her .243. 100 grain Hdy Interlock over 34.0 grains of IMR 4895, very mild load but will drive that bullet through shoulders, spine, whatevwr without disintegrating. Standard response it a jump/kick and run of 20 to 50 yards and pile up. Bullets sometimes do funny things, angles can deceive us, sometimes against all expectations the deer don't bleed like they should. As for the land owner, in MO you cannot compel a land owner to let you cross their property to retrieve a deer. The best a Cons. Agent can do is try to talk them.it letting the Agent retrieve it for the hunter. The adjoining landowner would have to have a valid tag in order to keep the deer himself, but that isn't difficult.
 
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