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These threads about..."if you could only have one" are about the silliest exercises I know of.
And then writes a book about it.....  As I was reading that, I was thinking the SAME thing. Jerry
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These threads about..."if you could only have one" are about the silliest exercises I know of.
And then writes a book about it..... As I was reading that, I was thinking the SAME thing. Jerry It may be silly, but it makes for a fun(ish) topic. And what else are we gonna talk about? Stick?
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Most of us are mostly deer hunters, I suspect. And about anything works, with about anything in .24, .25, or .26 being the sweet spot.
From what I own, I'd choose my Model 99F .300 Savage. If shopping for a rifle, I'd be looking for the same in a clean .250 Savage
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Deer hunting is harder than Chinese arithmetic.....
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If I was only going to hunt deer here in Indiana, I'd use my 358 Hoosier for gun season. Then my TC Omega for muzzleloader.
If I was only going to hunt deer in KY, it would be my .260 or 6.5 SAUM.
If I was only going to hunt deer out west, it would be my 6.5 SAUM.
But then, if I was only going to hunt deer in Illinois or Iowa, I'd use my 1187 12 gauge scoped slug gun.
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These threads about..."if you could only have one" are about the silliest exercises I know of.
And then writes a book about it..... Exactly. The Texas version of everything...................
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Either my 270 CLR/NULA or my 30-30 Marlin depending on terrain of the hunt.
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.257 Weatherby MK5 using their factory ammo with a 120gr Nosler Partition bullet.
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These threads about..."if you could only have one" are about the silliest exercises I know of.
And then writes a book about it..... The OP is a good start...  Just needs some photos and another chapter or two... Just one gun (man, writing that gives me heartburn), it would be hard to beat the vanilla '06. You can load it to do just about anything, although maybe not spectacular, very middle of the road and serviceable. DF
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As I was reading that, I was thinking the SAME thing.
Jerry It may be silly, but it makes for a fun(ish) topic. And what else are we gonna talk about? Stick? Who ? I mean hardly! Deer hunting and rifles are interesting ! Jerry
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30-06 130gr Barnes TTSX in front of 55 grs of Varget. I've used this load with success out to 300 yards on Mule deer.
As far as rifle brand? I shoot primarily Savage, but the list of rifles I wouldn't hunt with is much shorter than the list of rifles I would hunt with. YMMV
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Either my 270 CLR/NULA or my 30-30 Marlin depending on terrain of the hunt. Yep. A .30-30 in the woods or Blue Ridge Mountains is just about perfect.
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7mm-08 and a toss up between a Rem 700 and model 7.
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I think I'd have to go 280 rem in a 700 mountain rifle due to the potential long-ish range shots for mule deer and pronghorn.
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After thinking long and hard about it, or, well, at least gave it a passing thought- if I had to limit myself to but one rifle for deer hunting anywhere in this great land, it would be a classic bolt gun of 7-7½ pounds with a receiver sight and QR scope mount, chambered for the .30-06 cartridge. No matter how often I drive off into the bushes in my quest for the perfect deer cartridge/rifle (to include .22's, .25's, 6.5's .27's, etc.) I keep coming back to this. With the astonishing variety of bullet/powder combos available, the hoary old '06 is just as universally adaptable today as it ever was.
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It'd be a 7mm-08 or 280 shooting 120 grain Nosler BT's.
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260 or 280AI depending on the distance your average target is engaged at.
260 for 300 and under.
280AI for 300 plus yards
Both have very tolerable recoild, both have great BC's so they fly relatively flat and the mass of each for thier distance the right combination.
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30-06 130gr Barnes TTSX in front of 55 grs of Varget. I've used this load with success out to 300 yards on Mule deer. That exact load works to 435 yards on whitetails! It runs very nicely in a Win70 Featherweight. I don't see what I couldn't do with that, when I want.
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Remington 700 in 260 Remington, 7MM-08 Remington or 308 Winchester.
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.243 with 95 grain NBT's hands down
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