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What cartridges have you taken deer with?

ZeeZee Senior MemberPosts: 20,143 Senior Member
in Hunting #1
Whitetail, muley, blacktail, fallow, axis, etc................deer.

What cartridges have you used to take the deer in your hunting exploits?

My list:

.223 Rem
.22-250
.243 Win
.25-06 Rem
.260 Rem
.270 Win
7mm-08 Rem
.280 Rem
7mm Rem Mag
7mm RUM
.30-30 Win
.308 Win
.30-06 Spr
.300 Win Mag
.300 RUM
.35 Rem
.375 Ruger
.44 Mag
.45-70
.458 Win Mag

Edit: Since folks are adding shotshells.
20gr (Buck)
12ga (Buck/Slug)


Which ones make up you list?

(I think we did this a couple forum iterations ago. But, my list has updated since then..........and since they are working on restoring the archives............)
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • USUFBUSUFB Senior Member Posts: 830 Senior Member
    #2
    Thus far, only 30-06 out of my Browning A Bolt.

    At some point, though, I would like to add:

    30-06 out of my new Garand
    10mm Auto
    44 mag
    .223
    maybe one with my 30-30
    8mm Mauser
    12 gauge

    Oh yeah, and 50 Beowulf

    It's going to be a few years before I can get this list done, though.
    Sometimes, I lie awake in bed at night wondering "Why the heck can't I fall asleep?"
    NRA Life Member
  • Diver43Diver43 Senior Member Posts: 8,266 Senior Member
    #3
    Only two calibers for deer on my list.

    .303 British
    .300 Savage
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
  • timctimc Senior Member Posts: 6,511 Senior Member
    #4
    For me...
    .30 carbine
    .308
    30-30
    7.62x54
    30.06
    .243
    .223
    .270
    12 gauge
    .45 acp
    Oops forgot the .50 Beowulf and 45/70
    timc - formerly known as timc on the last G&A forum and timc on the G&A forum before that and the G&A forum before that.....
    AKA: Former Founding Member
  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 14,419 Senior Member
    #5
    .223 Rem.
    6.8 SPC
    .264 Win. Mag.
    .308 Win.
    .300 Win.Mag.
    .45-70 Govt.
    12 gauge
    .45 acp
    .75 cal round ball (Brown Bess)
    .62 cal round ball (Plains Rifle)
    .54 cal round ball (Plains Rifle)
    Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 9,509 Senior Member
    #6
    .243
    .30-06
    7.62x39
    .308


    Pretty boring list.
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • Ernie BishopErnie Bishop Senior Member Posts: 6,881 Senior Member
    #7
    6-284
    6.5 TCU
    6.5x47 Lapua
    260 Rem
    6.5-284
    6.5 Leopard
    7mm TCU
    7-08
    284 Win
    7mm Rem Mag AI
    7mm Dakota
    7.82 Patriot
    308 Win - Antelope (Just for Zee:yikes:)
    Added: 454 Casull
    Ernie

    "The Un-Tactical"
  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 9,509 Senior Member
    #8
    bullsi1911 wrote: »
    .243
    .30-06
    7.62x39
    .308


    Pretty boring list.

    Forgot 2:
    30-30
    .44 mag
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • HAWKENHAWKEN Senior Member Posts: 1,681 Senior Member
    #9
    .50 cal patched RB
    .243 Winchester
    .270 Winchester
    .38 Special
    .357 Mag

    Sorry list, short on imagination........Robin
    I don't often talk to people that voted for Obama, but when I do I order large fries!
    Life member of the American Legion, the VFW, the NRA and the Masonic Lodge, retired LEO
  • tennmiketennmike Senior Member Posts: 24,257 Senior Member
    #10
    In no particular order
    .30-30
    .30-06
    .243
    7x57 Mauser
    6.5x55 Mauser
    8x57 Mauser
    .35 Rem.
    .260 Rem.
    7mm-08
    .38-55
    .45-70
    .357 Mag. rifle and pistol
    .44 Mag. rifle and pistol
    .308 Win.
    .45 cal. muzzleloader and conicals
    .50 cal muzzleloader with conicals and round balls
    12 ga. with slugs
    I may be a Deplorable, but at least I'm not a Liberal!!!



  • orchidmanorchidman Senior Member Posts: 7,604 Senior Member
    #11
    204
    222
    6.5x55
    7mm08
    30.06
    12g
    Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
  • remmagremmag Member Posts: 92 Member
    #12
    30-30, 22-250, 375 winchester, 8mm mag, 7mm mag, 243, and a cedar shaft with broadhead from 40# bear recurve, oh, and I forgot...one with my plymouth satellite and one with my toyota pickup.
    Mostly blacktail, a few mulies.
  • sherwoodsherwood Senior Member Posts: 1,214 Senior Member
    #13
    30-30, 30-06, 270, and 243. Most with the 270 since it's better on deer then the others.
    I may be old but I ain't dead!
    DPRMD
  • KSU FirefighterKSU Firefighter Senior Member Posts: 3,240 Senior Member
    #14
    .30-06, .44 magnum, I know I know way too few, I need to branch out.
    The fire service needs a "culture of extinguishment not safety" Ray McCormack FDNY
  • VargetVarget Member Posts: 99 Member
    #15
    Why in the holy hell would you shoot a deer with a .458 Win mag? See if you can knock it into the next county?
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #16
    Varget wrote: »
    Why in the holy hell would you shoot a deer with a .458 Win mag? See if you can knock it into the next county?

    Why not?
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • JermanatorJermanator Senior Member Posts: 14,497 Senior Member
    #17
    9x23 Winchester
    .264 Win mag
    12ga
    20ga
  • VargetVarget Member Posts: 99 Member
    #18
    Can you say to much gun? I am sure you are going to tell me there was no meat waste, which I am not buying. Or just to see what the results would be. Or to say you did it.... or........
  • JermanatorJermanator Senior Member Posts: 14,497 Senior Member
    #19
    In reality, a 458 Win mag is a fairly sensible deer round if you reload.
  • VargetVarget Member Posts: 99 Member
    #20
    Yeah if your afraid of the big bad deer.
  • jaywaptijaywapti Senior Member Posts: 4,372 Senior Member
    #21
    RIFLES
    .22-250
    .243
    .244
    .240 Gibbs
    .25-06
    7x57 & AI
    .280 & AI
    .30-30
    .30-06
    300 ICL
    300 H&H
    .30-338 mag
    .32 Win. Spc.
    .33 OKH
    .303 Brit
    8x57
    .35 Rem.
    .358 Win
    .340 Wea. mag
    PISTOLS
    7x57 AI
    .41 mag
    .44 mag
    SHOTGUN
    12 ga slug

    I think that's all.
    So Zee, what's next ? Elk, Black Bear, Grizz, Moose, etc.etc. ??

    JAY
    THE DEFINITION OF GUN CONTROL IS HITTING THE TARGET WITH YOUR FIRST SHOT
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #22
    Varget wrote: »
    Can you say to much gun?

    No such thing as too dead.
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • JermanatorJermanator Senior Member Posts: 14,497 Senior Member
    #23
    My truck goes over 100 miles and hour and can easily pull 12,000 pounds. That doesn't mean that I need to go 100 miles an hour every time I go to the grocery store. I may only need a moped to run up there to get a gallon of milk but I still use my truck. There is no rule stating that I have to use it to its full potential every time. Besides, I don't have a moped, I have a truck.

    Loads in .458 Win mag for stuff other than cape buffalo...
    http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/soft-loads-for-safari-rifles
    I can load up stuff even gentler than they have listed.
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #24
    Varget wrote: »
    Yeah if your afraid of the big bad deer.

    Would you please enlighten us and explain the threshold that defines too much velocity to shoot a deer with? Perhaps what defines too much energy? I'd like an explanation of too much bullet diameter as well. Possibly case capacity of powder? Case length? Bullet weight?

    At what point do I have "too much gun"?

    What defines this and who defined it? Please........do tell.
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #25
    Jermanator wrote: »
    My truck goes over 100 miles and hour and can easily pull 12,000 pounds. That doesn't mean that I need to go 100 miles an hour every time I go to the grocery store. I may only need a moped to run up there to get a gallon of milk but I still use my truck. There is no rule stating that I have to use it to its full potential every time. Besides, I don't have a moped, I have a truck.

    Loads in .458 Win mag for stuff other than cape buffalo...
    http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/soft-loads-for-safari-rifles
    I can load up stuff even gentler than they have listed.

    Mine is loaded full bore stupid!! It's a .458 Win Mag after all. Might as well. Why not?
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • JayhawkerJayhawker Moderator Posts: 14,419 Senior Member
    #26
    Zee wrote: »
    Why not?

    Yeppers....the deer just does not care....The ones I shot with a .45-70 (also a .458) folded up and died just like the ones I shot with any of the others...
    Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
  • JermanatorJermanator Senior Member Posts: 14,497 Senior Member
    #27
    Zee wrote: »
    Mine is loaded full bore stupid!! It's a .458 Win Mag after all. Might as well. Why not?
    Which is fine as well. Like you said-- dead is dead. You can't get more deader. I am also trying to explain the point that there is a whole lot more versatility in those big cartridges than meets the eye.
  • wildgenewildgene Senior Member Posts: 1,036 Senior Member
    #28
    .243 WSSM
    .25 WSSM
    .25-06
    6.5 Creedmoor
    .284 Win.
    7mm WSM
    7mm RM
    .300 Savage
    .30-30
    .308
    .30-06
    .300 WSM
    .32-20
    .325 WSM
    .357 Mag
    .41 RM
    .44 Mag
  • VargetVarget Member Posts: 99 Member
    #29
    Obviously overcompensating for a lack thereof……
    Probably hunt quail with a 10 gauge, after all a quail can't ever be to dead.
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #30
    Zee wrote: »
    Why not?

    Whitetail doe at approximately 50 yards with a 500gr RNSP out of a iron sighted .458 Win Mag.

    th_Caitlynnshuntwiththe458WM.jpg

    Caitlynnshuntwiththe458WM8.jpg

    Caitlynnshuntwiththe458WM7.jpg

    Caitlynnshuntwiththe458WM13.jpg

    458WMAutopsy.jpg

    458WMAutopsy3.jpg

    458WMAutopsy13.jpg

    You are correct about the meat loss. I lost some ribs............that I don't eat anyway. Ate both shoulders and backstraps. And tenderloins. What else would you like me to eat?
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 20,143 Senior Member
    #31
    Varget wrote: »
    Obviously overcompensating for a lack thereof……
    Probably hunt quail with a 10 gauge, after all a quail can't ever be to dead.

    So, what am I undercompensating for when I shoot deer with a .223 Remington?

    Oh, and would you please answer my question as to defining too much gun? I'd like to learn.
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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