Originally Posted by urbaneruralite
30/06 is too much gun at the distance most deer are shot. Other cartridges in that recoil class buck wind better if you're shooting further.

25 WSSM, .260, 7mm08 for normal distances. Sub-thirty caliber magnums for longer distance.


I've shot them as close as 10 yards with a 30-06. I prefer my 30-30 up close but there was no problem