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Just curious whats everyones go to rifle for antelope ? I only hunted them once with a Remington 700 in 300 RUM using Federal 180 grain Trophy Tips. But would like to plan a trip in 2016
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Just about perfect, although I find .270 WSM and 7mm WSM work just fine also.
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I like my .25-06, but for big game, I like just a bit more bullet wt. and diameter..
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Whatever rifle you shoot accurately will do! 22cal minimum
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223... 257 Roberts... 270 Winchester... 25-06... 300 WBY...
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I've killed them with a couple of 257 Roberts using 100 and 115 grain bullets, a 270 with 130 grain and a 7X57 with 139 g. bullets. Have seen them taken with a 30-06 with 165 grain bullets, a 7MM-08 with 120 g. bullets and another 270 with 130 grain bullets. Nearly all were shot at 200 yards or less.
All of the above worked fine. Antelope are not large animals. Use something that you can shoot accurately with decent bullets and almost any cartridge will work. The power of a 300 RUM is not needed.
(Wind is almost a given when hunting antelope and it gives me fits. So I try to avoid long-range shots. I also pick bullets with high ballistic coefficients to better deal with the wind.)
If I ever draw another tag I'll use a 257 Roberts.
"It is wise, though, to remember above all else: rifle, caliber, scope, and even bullets notwithstanding, the most important feature of successful big game hunting is to put that bullet in the correct place, the first time!" John Jobson
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Off the top of my head I have killed antelope with
22-250 Rem 6mm Rem 250-3000 Sav .25-06 Rem 6.5X284 NORMA 270 Win 375 H&H
Can't say any of these were bad choices
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22-250... 243...
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My favorite is a 25-06. Killed them with .270s and 7mms too without feeling "overgunned"
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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243... That looks more like counting coup.
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It's obvious none of the calibers Shrapnel recommended will work!
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I've had good luck shooting my .243, seems to work just fine.
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I've always used a 30-06 or a 243. I think a 25-06 would be perfect and have had one 'under construction' for the last 10 years. Good luck on your 2016 hunt, antelope is one of my favorite hunts.
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I would think a 257 Weatherby would be hard to beat.
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I would think a 257 Weatherby would be hard to beat. nah. BCs of the bullets are horrible. They fall out of the sky at 401 yards.
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In the last 45 years of Antelope Hunting I have used Rifles in at least 15 calibers to kill Antelope. Let me list them for you: 22-250 Remington 220 Swift 243 Winchester 6mm Remington 6mm Remington Ackley Improved 240 Weatherby 257 Roberts 25/06 Remington 270 Winchester 7mm Express 280 Remington 7mm Remington Magnum 308 Winchester 30/06 300 Winchester Magnum My last Antelope was harvested with my Remington Model 700 Sendero in 270 Winchester. I use the pointy flat flying Nosler 130 grain Ballistic Tips to Hunt on public lands (i.e. long range!) with this Sendero. Lot of recoil in that 300 RUM with 180 grain bullets - that may slightly hamper your shot assessment? My recommendation would be a 25/06 to 270'ish Rifle with lots of scope power (minimum 4x16) and flat flying Ballistic Tip bullets. Good luck with getting a tag in 2,016! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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I have used a .260 a lot on antelope, used a .243 this year and think it still makes them plenty dead. They are not difficult to kill and I believe shot placement is way more important then caliber. .223s seem to kill them plenty dead.
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