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25-06 for Antelope, and occasionally Mule deer 257 Wearherby for Deer and Cow Elk 6.5x284 for Whitetails 7MM Remington Magnum for Moose 338-06 or 338WM for bull elk
The 30-06 shooting 150gr Sierra GKs has also accounted for a lot of game.
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It's a mix of rolling hills with farm fields and gas lines in my neck of the woods. I bought a 270 back in 1977 and still use it. I've also used a 6mm Rem and 30-06 for the same country.
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22-250 243 30-06
All have worked well here in the wide-open. Overall, the cartridge and to some extent the bullet are rather irrelevant.
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I have 4 that I consider my "bean field" rifles - higher mag scopes with target turrets and 3 of the 4 are over 10lbs.
240Wby 25-06AI 257Wby 7Mag
I've been using various 22cal rifles more and more when I know I'm going to be hunting 300yds and under.
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I've used several different cartridges for this kind of country over the years,from the 257 Roberts to the 300 magnums. Even carried a 338 a few times. But today I use a 270 Winchester or a 7mm magnum,either Rem Mag or 7mm Mashburn. I can think of lots of cartridges for this sort of thing but these have always worked for me.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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For Antelope, WhiteTails, or Mulies in big open country with the possibility of having to make a really long shot, I prefer my Remington Model 700 Classic in .264 Win Mag loaded with 125 grain Nosler Partitions.
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Farm fields in eastern AR. .270 Win., .25-06 Rem., .280 Rem., and .270 Wtby. Mag.
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Most recently was a 270 Win (Kimber Montana) with the 140 gr TSX on a bull elk this past season. I do not take far shots. This one was 250 yards.
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After seeing some of the pictures posted on here of the mountains and the open very large open farm fields, and bogs. What calibers are you using for them long shots? For shooting whitetails across my alfalfa fields and wheat fields, it's either the .257 Wby or the .270 WSM that get the nod. For Pronghorn, the .257 Wby. gets used. For most mountain hunting, mule deer, cow elk, etc., a custom .280 goes along most of the time. If bull elk is the target, the .300 Wby Mag. gets use. Actually, any or all of these will work for nearly anything I intend to hunt!
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My preference for coyote, deer is 6,5x284 Norma, Ive reloaded cases 25 times before bin.
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Most whitetail hunting still happens with shots under 200 yards, even in open countryside. That's because whitetails usually stick to cover.
But.. not always.
When hunting wider areas, I'm still happy with any 243/250 Savage/284/270/308/30-06.
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270 Win. with 130-150g bullets 30-06 with 165g bullets and 300 H&H with 180g bullets
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I have used a 257 Roberts with 100g and 117g bullets with no complaints. Heck I used a 30-30 when I was a kid and game home with meat every year.
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270Wby mag MK V and the below 257Wby mag Browning B78 that dropped this big doe at 380yds:
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I hunted "farm land " and shot crop damage years ago in the late 80s early 90s. I used 165 gr BTSP in an '06 and dropped deer across forty acre fields and further. The one thing I remember the most is you can only shoot so many deer off the fields before they quit coming out during legal light. After that you're back in the swamp shooting at arms reach.
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.270Win and .280Ack...W good handloads they both shoot as far as I care take game n the .30-06 aint no slouch w/ distance shooting.Lately I've had a hankerin for a 6.5cal someting...ScottyO.
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