Which's better for MI white tail .35 or 7mm-08?
- Thread starter notbubba
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Someone ought to move this over to the hunt. Anyway, either will take a whitetail here in PA, so I don't see why it wouldn't in MI. I would take the '08, but I like that cartridge. I would suggest that you take which ever you shoot better. That is more important than caliber, if they are adequite.
Peter M. Eick
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It has been many years since I took a deer in Michigan, so take this with a grain of salt.
I would go with the 7-08 and a 139 grn softpoint. Here in Texas I have taken several whitetails with this load out of my 700BDL and it always anchored them quickly if I did my part.
My michigan deer are only 2. One with my 357 python at a some total of about 15 feet (Opening day, he hopped out onto a logging road south of T.C. and he froze. I aimed one shot and hunting season was over for me) and the other was with a 308 over a hay field near Clare.
I think the 35 may be more gun then you need unless you are going to "swamp it" and then it becomes a better brush choice.
PS: the deer in Michigan taste better then Texas, but the Racks down here beat Michigan by a long shot. Also, you ought to see what these guys shoot in south Texas in the sendero's. I commonly work down there in the oil business and I find these massive cartraiges all the time. 338 win mags, 340 Weatherby's, I have even found some 30x375 Weatherby's (or was it 30x338????) etc. Huge things for these little deer with big horns.
I would go with the 7-08 and a 139 grn softpoint. Here in Texas I have taken several whitetails with this load out of my 700BDL and it always anchored them quickly if I did my part.
My michigan deer are only 2. One with my 357 python at a some total of about 15 feet (Opening day, he hopped out onto a logging road south of T.C. and he froze. I aimed one shot and hunting season was over for me) and the other was with a 308 over a hay field near Clare.
I think the 35 may be more gun then you need unless you are going to "swamp it" and then it becomes a better brush choice.
PS: the deer in Michigan taste better then Texas, but the Racks down here beat Michigan by a long shot. Also, you ought to see what these guys shoot in south Texas in the sendero's. I commonly work down there in the oil business and I find these massive cartraiges all the time. 338 win mags, 340 Weatherby's, I have even found some 30x375 Weatherby's (or was it 30x338????) etc. Huge things for these little deer with big horns.
bullfrog99
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i'm going to say the 35 remington. I live in st clair county, shotgun zone but when i venture up for rifle hunting i'm going to take my marlin 336 with me. the 7mm-08 is a great round but the 35 is just as good a stopper, kicks less, comes in a more compact package and if your choosing a lever gun, it'll shoot faster. i'm a big beleiver in large softpoint tips for game, having mostly taken them with a 12 ga i know what big slow blunt noses will do and it never fails to impress me.
xraymongral
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Is your hunting going to be under 150 yards? If so, then by all meens go with the 35 Rem. Though I do not hunt with one, I have/do hunt with a few fellas that use/d the 35. Together they must have well over 150 years of hunting with the 35. Never a complaint, and every deer I saw taken with the 35 did not travel far, granted everyone I hunt with is responsable enough to wait for good, clean shots. Matter of fact, one fella, who has since passed, hunted with the 35 for 60+ years, Remington Model 8 or 11. He said that he never had to shoot a deer twice, and never had to track a deer very far. The Marlin is also a all around sweet gun. By far a nicer gun the the Win94, which is a OK gun in its own right.
When ranges get longer, the 708 is a awesome cartridge. Can't go wrong with any cartridge based on the 308 case. Someday I hope to have a 243, 260, 708, 308, 33-08, and a 358 just for kicks.
When ranges get longer, the 708 is a awesome cartridge. Can't go wrong with any cartridge based on the 308 case. Someday I hope to have a 243, 260, 708, 308, 33-08, and a 358 just for kicks.