Originally Posted by rickt300
Having used the 06 on many deer I sort of feel it is a bit more powerful than needed for under 200 pound deer, anyone else?


Will the deer end up too dead? I shot a little button buck with my elk rifle once. He was way under 200 lb. and my elk rifle is a wildcat 300 mag. Shoots a 180 Nosler partition at 3200 FPS. Hit the deer from 70 yards and completely knocked it off of it's feet, like it rotated in the air. He was just as dead as if he'd been shot with a 30-30. Since I hit him in the lungs there wasn't any wasted meat.

So no, the 30-06 isn't too much gun. Then again if I had a smaller rifle to use I would. That day my wife had my 30-06 and the daughter was shooting the .308

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