Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What is Your Favorite Whitetail Round????

.375 H&H with 235 grain Speer handloaded to 2850 fps. Perfect expansion, VERY LITTLE meat damage.

Terry

So hard to pick, I really like the 45/70 and 30-30 in my Marlins

I also love the .308 out of a BLR

In the traditional bolt action the 270 is my favorite for specifically deer.

The last two seasons it's been my .300 WSM with 175 grain Berger VLD's. (also toss a couple of mulies in there as well)

460 S&W

308
358
45-70

Dixie 12 gauge Tri-Ball 3" buckshot. Three .60 caliber pellets drop a deer now in the thick cover I hunt. You don't want to drag a buck
through a deep south pine plantation.

my ol .06 180 grain slam in the neck or up side the head down for the count

358 winchester

Ditto !!
130 gr, core-lokt in the .270
150 gr. core-lokt in the .308

270

Do I have to pick just ONE? I seriously hope the day doesn't come when I'm forced to choose my only favorite.

Not too many yrs. back I would have said 270 Win and it's still a top contender. However, there's PLENTY to say on behalf of the 7 RM. Obviously the 06 deserves its consideration (why would you pick the 308 WHEN there's a 308+ in every 06?) JMO

The last 3 yrs. I've deer hunted a LIGHT 300 WM and I'm impressed with its performance. At least 8 maybe 9/10 have succumbed and NONE went far. Those that went anywhere left a good blood trail.

Certainly there are other GOOD cartridges but these 4 are my favorites.

JWALL
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VEGETARIAN..........Indian Word For Poor Hunter

270 WSM 130 gr XP3 bullet

or

25-06 110 gr accubond

Something in .35 cal with 200's, an /06 with 180's or a .260 Remington; odds are you will find me with one of those during rifle season.

Last year I packed my 1895G a lot though.


This season I may be sipping the 53gr TSX Kool-Aid via .223 Remington.

280....also tote a pre-64 '06 that usually hammers a few every year.

Tony

I have two favorites, both are hand loads for lever guns.
First is the .44 Mag using a 270 grain Speer GDSP over H110, the other a .30-30 using a Speer 170 grain FP over IMR 4320 powder.

I hunt swamps, along creeks in heavy cover, and planted pines. The distance it not long, most shots around 50 to 75 yards.

keep it pretty simple these days. 7mm-08 Rem and 6.5x55 Swed

When I'm mad at them the 7 Rem Mag goes to the stand, when I am in a light hearted mood the 257 Roberts goes.

GreggH

I still love my 30-30 and have used everything from 243 through a 338-06. Add in other leverguns like the 35 rem and 444 marlin but out of all of them, my favorite is the 7mm-08

You, sir, are an enlightened gentleman, full of knowledge, grace, and good taste.

Jeff O & andrews 1958: The 358 W is a very good, dependable killer. I'm trying to remember if I've had 3 or 4. I've killed several deer and 1 or more Turkeys (legal in Miss.) On that subject, I have shot several T. with centerfire rifles and IF you shoot them IN THE BREAST, you have only a SMALL entrance hole and usually LOOSE the back.

If I hunted woods ONLY the 358 W is a WORTHY candidate. However where I hunt there is too much open territory and long range possibilities to choose ANY short to medium range caliber. That's strictly related to the AREA where I hunt.

JWALL
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VEGETARIAN...........Indian Word For Poor Hunter