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I own rifles for the enjoyment of the possibilities. I have two 300 magnums sighted in and ready for 'deer' along with larger calibers. Besides, the 358 Winchester has been my woods rifle since 1966. I have more than one of them. I heard at a gunshop that a hunter near here has ten 358's! 
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Have to be one of my 25-06's.
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One...that depends what the hunting conditions are. Hunting in Maine where it is so thick a 50 yard shot is a LONG way and most of the time I am still hunting, a long rifle would be a PITA. Where shots are rarely over 125 yards it would be a Remington Custom Shop 7KS in .350 Remington Magnum with a 2.5-8 Leupold VX-3. Load would be 220 Speer FP at 2600 fps.
If all my hunting was going to be in open areas were shots over 200 yards were common and weight/length was not a factor, then it would be a Remington 700 CDL stainless fluted in .257 Weatherby. Gun runs 120 Speer BTs at 3200 fps and .3 MOA...
But if I had to combine the two conditions and only have one rifle then it would be a lightweight .25-06 in something like a Remington 700Ti or Kimber Montana...
Bob If I was only going to still hunt tight cover, I think that it would be hard to beat a Ruger 44 International mounted with a Leupold VX2 2-7x33 that had been retrofitted with a heavy duplex reticle.
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Basically anything from a 243 to 30-06 works about equally well. I like my 257 robts but I'd be lying if I said it was far superior to a 243 . As I get older I am getting sort of tired of reloading and don't shoot much anymore other than while hunting. So if starting over for a rifle just for deer I'd probably go with a 243 or a 270 and buy a box of ammo every 2-3 years.
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I really like my 6.5x55 for deer. Accurate, light recoil and generally puts them right down. No need for fancy bullets, any old cup & core of your choice works just fine.
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The 264WM would be ideal. At any range. 85gr to 160gr bullets. Pick your speed and if you want to shoot ground hogs in the off season for practice the 85gr hp at 3831fps will do the job.
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I've been using a M77 UL Hawkeye in 30-06 shooting 165 Horn IL. In the future I'll be using a 257 Bob shooting 110/115 NPT or a 270 shooting some form of NPT.
I've used most of the 06 based-case offspring including the 35 wh and they all work. Have also used a 243 and 308, and 7x57. They all work if you put a good bullet in the right place. For an all-arounder it would be hard to beat a 22" barrel 280 rem shooting 140 NPT or 145 LRX.
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For me a .257 Roberts would be the ideal whitetail deer rifle, why Winchester never offered the Roberts in a pre'64 Featherweight I never understood. For longer shots on mule deer the .257 Weatherby would be my choice.
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This one... .223AI shooting 55 TTSX ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/IMG_1599_zpsc4a8ca92.jpg) If my real name were Evel Knievel, I'd be a stunt shooter too.
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This one... .223AI shooting 55 TTSX If my real name were Evel Knievel, I'd be a stunt shooter too. Agreed...and especially IF I could only have 1 rifle for deer. Jerry
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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For typical Southern whitetails, a .243 would be perfect and there's a multitude of factory options available. If you include big Northern deer and big muleys, something a little bigger might be in order; any of the common rounds based on the '06 or .308.
The fast .22s are illegal in a number of places in the East so are excluded, even though they apparently work fine for the folks who can shoot.
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260 Rem with shooting a 120-130 grain bullet.
Followed very closely by the 270 with a 130-140 grain bullet. Yep. 260 ![[Linked Image]](http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/BeNBadRacing/DSCN0589_zps1hdt5unl.jpg) 270 ![[Linked Image]](http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/BeNBadRacing/spentprimers007_zpse47cbed2.jpg)
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Very likely a 7mm-08 Montana with 120 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips. If ever used for something bigger than the OP described; same rifle with either 120 gr. TTSX or 140 gr. Partitions.
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While I would never be without a 30-06 for your criteria it would be hard to beat the 270 Win. With modern bullets you could push it to take larger animals too.
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TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
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I'm thinking 25-06 with 115 grain partitions or a 6.5x55 with any god 140 grain bullet.
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270 Win. in any of its iterations....
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Rem. 700 in .270 Win. and done.
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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