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Regions and Rifles - where do you hunt, what do you hunt and what's your choice of rifle?

We know the generalizations, but where do you hunt, with what and for what? Thanks!

I'm in the northwest, Washington. I typically hunt mule deer, black bear, and sometimes elk. Usually with my 30-06 bolt action Remington and usually with a 165 grain Nosler bullet. Ya, I change that up time to time, but that's my normal "do it all" setup.

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Whitetail deer and bear here in western Pa. I mostly use a 270 700 remington or a 308 remington 7600 carbine. !50 grain speer hot cor in the 270, and 180 grain sierra round nose in the 308

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Whitetails and bears in upper Midwest

I shoot 7-08 in Montana

Family generally shoots 30-06 in Rem 700 and Bergara
One has a 270 in M70

Others used - M94 in 30-30 and M1899 in 30-30


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Ten years ago it seemed like everyone here had a bolt action 243 since it was pretty much coyotes and whitetail deer. Now everyone has an AR since the pigs moved in.

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Western SD here. Mostly deer and antelope, occasional elk.

This past season I hunted with a 700 ltwt 222 and 55gr GMX, 6.5x55 husqvarna with 129 Hornady, 270 classic fwt with 130gr TSX, 270 700 SS with 130gr GMX, 270 classic with 145gr eld-x, 270 kimber 8400 with 130gr bt, and tc triumph 50 cal muzzleloader with 200gr ftx.


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Been in Illinois for 16 years now, so assorted 20 gauge shotguns and a CVA Wolf front stuffer for deer.

When I was living in MN, my two main deer rifles wer a Ruger 96/44 and a Remington 7600 in 270 Win. Also used an assortment of Marlin 30/336 and Winchester 94 30-30s.

For coyotes I run a Savage 1899A in 303 Savage with 110 Sierra Varminters or Nosler 110 ETips and an Savage/Springfield 840 in 222 with Barnes Varmint Grenades.

Winchester 9422 for rabbit and a Henry BBS carbine shooting 32 S&W Longs with 115gr cast rnfp for squirrel.

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My most used are an H&R/Sako .222, and a Model 70 classic featherweight in 25-06

Coyotes in NW Illinois, and deer in SW Wisconsin

Actually bought the H&R/Sako to rebarrel, and woke up from a nap this afternoon with temptation in my head.


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In interior Alaska, I see a surprising amount of open sighted big bore levers for moose. Mostly .45/70. Personally though, it is bolt guns for about everything for me here, either 6.5x284 or .300 H&H.

Back where I am from in Idaho and Montana and still hunt mule deer and elk every year, bolt guns in normal .300 Win/WSM, -06 and .270 Win level rounds still rule. I use them but also use lever guns a fair bit, especially if I am on horseback.

The last few years I am unsurprisingly seeing more bolt actions and especially Creedmores everywhere I hunt.



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Here in NJ, it's shotguns only. No rifles except muzzleloaders.
Where I hunt, near the Delaware Bay, it's heavy cover, few shot opportunities past 75 yards or so.
I carry a Winchester 1300, 12 ga. rifled barrel w/fiber optic sights. Most accurate shotgun I have ever fired.

For those rare out-of-state trips, it's a Ruger M77 tanger in . 257 Roberts.


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Originally Posted by Cascade
Regions and Rifles - where do you hunt, what do you hunt and what's your choice of rifle?

We know the generalizations, but where do you hunt, with what and for what? Thanks!

I'm in the northwest, Washington. I typically hunt mule deer, black bear, and sometimes elk. Usually with my 30-06 bolt action Remington and usually with a 165 grain Nosler bullet. Ya, I change that up time to time, but that's my normal "do it all" setup.

What's yours?

I'm also in western Washington but I use the same rifles for everything: a stainless synthetic 308 with 150s for deer and 180s in a stainless synthetic 30-06 for everything else. I recently worked up a fast, accurate 225-grain load for a new Remington 700 in 35 Whelen but I'm not sure how much use it will get.

I've become boring in my old age.


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If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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Montana to New Mexico with Nebraska and Utah on the sides.
Elk and Mulies 8x68S, 7mm Mag, 300 H&H, 30-06, 308 Win, 358 Win - Partitions, Hornady ELDx
Black bear, 308 Win, 358 Win - Partitions - SMK’s
Coyotes, 243 Win, 223 - Hornady V-Max
P Dogs, 218 Bee, 223, 243 - Sierra and Hornady

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White tail, pigs, coyotes, AR 6.8 SPC, 243 Win, 308 Win - SGK’s

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Bears, moose and caribou, 8x68S, 375 H&H, 358 Win, 300 H&H, 30-06 - Partitions

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PA deer and bear. Either a 6mm with 100gr core lokts, model 70 featherweight or a 243 and 87gr VLDs model 70 extreme weather(borrowed from my dad)

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Everywhere in the states and elsewhere for critters up to and including deer, its almost always some form of Centerfire .22

Bigger than deer stuff I have a .243 and a .275 Rigby for the really big stuff. laugh


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South Carolina. Deer and hogs. The 25-284, 257 Roberts, 257 Wby or the 25 BR A get the vast majority of the work. When I head out of state generally the 7 Remington Mag rides.

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Pacific Northwest - Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Occasionally Montana, Wyoming.

Elk, Mulies, Pronghorn, Black Bear. I like to pretend that someday I'll hunt Moose as well.

M70 .30-06 and 180 gr. Partition since forever, but currently a reprobate in the Creedmoor cat house.

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Northcentral Montana- Harvested big game so far this year with 6mm-06 (95 LRX) .25-06 (100 Speer), 7-30 Waters (140 Nosler Solid Base), .300 WM (180 TTSX) and .35 Whelen (225 SGK).

My wife and kids also used .243 (85 TSX), 7mm-08 (120 NBT and 140 NAB), .30-06 (165 NAB).

Next year the .30 Gibbs will probably do most of the heavy lifting on everything bigger then antelope.

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Western Washington. Elk, Deer and Bear. 338 Win mag and 257 WBY mag.

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Now days deer in MN and WI. Back up gun for bad weather that is a regular companion is a Savage 16 in 7/08 with 140 gr Core-Lokts. A Remington 700 in 300 Savage with 150 gr Sierra Gamekings often makes the trip too but isn't a primary either. Primary gun for the last several years is something roughly 50 years old and more often 80+ years old. This past season it was a Marlin 36 in 35 Rem made in 1952 and a Remington M-8 in 25 Remington though marked 25/35 Rem. The Marlin was loaded with 200 gr Hornady RN and the Remington 100 gr Interlocks. The latter took a buck not far from where The Jordan Buck is believed to have been shot. The three previous years were various guns made in 1909,, 1912-1914, 1927, 1928, 1940, and 1950. They didn't all account for game but they went out.

In the slug zone or black powder season it has been mostly an H&R Ultra Slug in 20 ga with Accu-Tips or a 54 caliber T/C Renegade with a Maxi-ball.

Black bear, hunted until a couple years ago, were taken over bait and a Browning BLR has been the mainstay for many years. Main bullet was 250 gr Hornady RN. The T/C was used the first couple of years.

When I hunted out west for antelope, deer, and occasional elk, a Browning A-Bolt in 300 Win mag with 180 gr Core-Lokts and/or a Mauser 98 in 6mm Remington were regular companions. The 6mm is the old 1:12" twist and only shoots 100 gr core-Lokts well. I'm down to my last 11 bullets and am hoping I can get 85 gr Partitions to shoot well in it.

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I'm hunting white tails and black bear in Michigan. In recent years I've just used scoped bolt actions. 7x57, .30-'06, and 8x57 for deer. For black bear I'm using a 700 in 350 Rem. Mag., but only because I found one in great condition for a good price. I ended up liking the rifle more than I expected, and had to find a use for it.


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South central Idaho. There's lots of open country and sagebrush but we're not too far from heavy timber. The mountains are STEEP. It's mostly mule deer and elk. The 30-06 is the favorite of most hunters I know. I used a 300 WSM for years but I eventually realized that I'd never shot an elk with it that I couldn't have got just as well with an '06 that weighs pound less. So, I switched.


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