Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting 300 Win Mag or 7mm Rem Mag for LR deer

In a Savage no less..... grin.

When you go past a K, is when the really big 30cal and .338 bullets start to shine. There's no argument from me there. I've a soft spot for the 300WM, and it's sorta become like the 308Win in that they are easy to build, load data is well known, and they're reletivly easy to shoot. However objectivly, for LR hunting, the 7mm's take and require less to accomplish the same task.

Sucks..... grin. With?

Yeah but the 30s are better for elk..........

Here's a pic of the deer I am going to kill later this fall at long range:

That's a keeper for sure...................

300 mag all the way 7mm is a dang gopher gun! LOL why settle for less?

7 mag hands down
I keep my 300 for elk

This one was killed at 300 yards using a 338 win mag.
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Every one of these deer were taken opening day by individual hunters.

The one I took was at over 400 yards with a 280 RCBS.

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This one was taken at 520 yards using a 260 Rem

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This elk was taken at 650 yards with a 300 win mag.
The bear was taken at 400 yards using a 280 IMP.

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I killed this elk at over 500 paces with a 264 win mag.

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And here's a pic of a couple of Tennessee hunters. The one on the right is named Charlie, REALLY!
My cousin buys and ships them from TN and then trains them for Outfitters in MT.

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Your a good guy Charlie! You love to hunt with passion.

I like that!

TFF! This whole thread has been really entertaining. I couldn't understand half of it

TFF! This whole thread has been really entertaining. I couldn't understand half of it

All taken with a 300WM A 200yd muley Montana Whitetail a little over 400yds Nevada Muley, one more from Nevada Taken on the same ridge... Swift sciroccos and Accubonds were the projectiles! Tough to beat a 300!!

Yes, it is!No doubt a big 30 is a very good thing

Sorry, but...

Those of you you that have known me for the years that I have posted on this thread I think will know that I very very seldom criticize anyone's hunting methods, caliber choice or or anything else on here.
This is more than I can stomach though.
Charles A has posted pictures of many many deer that he has shot at long range. The pictures show deer shot in nearly every body part possible. That is pretty much conclusive proof that he is not always hitting the deer in the heart lung area. Those deer have been hit with shots that were left, right, up and down.
It would be very very probable that other shots that went left, right, low or high took off legs, jaws and other body parts that the deer dragged of to die a lingering death.
Many of the deer that are pictured here have a substantial amount of the meat destroyed. To continually hunt with methods and equipment that destroys much of the meat shows a huge disrepect for the animal and for the traditions of hunting. It is nothing more than treating deer like dump rats. It's thrill killing and wasting a fine game animal.
This is not in any way a condemnation of long range hunting. There are people that engage in that that I respect. This is a condemnation of slob hunting.

Fred

+1 for the 7mm

Royce, Someone had to say it, and you said it well,, We all have had a bullet go high, left, right etc and ended up with a wicked hit,, but to post so many of these and seem proud of it makes much fuel for anyone against hunting or shooting long range,, makes toting a 99 .300 Savage refreshing in a way,, I grew up respecting the animals but still love them next to the mashed potatoes,, I would have liked to see those kind of hits pictured on coyotes instead.

Royce: I agree. Good post.Some discretion would be nice here. The reality is when we hunt, we kill things.We have an obligation to kill cleaner,I like to think.Everyone makes a mistake now and then,but I think a deer deserves a better end if we can at all help it.

Is there something inherently hard about understanding that entrances can come from a variety of angles and that exits will follow suit? Out of the last 70 or so deer shot with LR bullets, which is what I was questioned about, all but three were DRT. As in straight down, no twitching, no rolling, no blinking. I have lost exactly one deer that shed a drop of blood... When I was 13, using a Corlokt. Those are the interesting pics. There are several times as many that look "normal".

Dakotakid,
You posted- "We all have had a bullet go high, left, right etc and ended up with a wicked hit"

How many deer have you killed? What's the percentage of shots that didn't pop lungs, or CNS?

There is two pictures above of shots that didn't involve lungs or CNS. Of the two, one was DRT, one went less then 40yds before dieing. Neither shot was over 100 yards.

There are some times I average more deer killed in a week then most kill in a lifetime. I'm batting a very high average of 1 shot kills..........

Charles A- perhaps I missed this somewhere in here, wouldn't be the first time.

But why are you shooting so many deer, I mean how many can you eat in a year?

Just curious?

Dober

Charles
What is the point of shooting a deer and ruining most of the meat, other than just thrill killing?
At least one of those deer was just a fawn, and others didn't look much bigger.
I shoot a lot of does, but there are a lot of people that appreciate the meat, and they get all I can muster.
I don't think you have earned much respect here with your in your face bragadocio and gut shooting fawns.

+1 to what Royce said.