My favorite would be a good autoloader in something a bit stouter than a 223, be it a 6.8 or .308. Honestly, any decent deer rifle will work fine in most situations during the daylight hours and I've killed more with bolt guns than anything else.. I've occasionally run across groups where I was able to connect with multiples in one "volley", and the semi-auto was handy then. I've also lined up a few to try to make the most of shot #1, and you can do that with whatever type of rifle you have in your hands. If I'm reaching for a sure 'nuff PIG GUN, it'll be an AR10 in .308win.


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Sometimes they are just stupid and keep popping out of the woods to get shot. You can use whatever you like when you are one-at-a-time'n them. I've shot 4 before in one spot with a single-shot rifle in the same evening.

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