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True. They are just a deer. However, if you find a truly mature Canadian WT or MD buck, they may be 300lbs+. I would go one size bigger in cup and core bullets, and would consider a Barnes because they will penetrate from any angle without destroying a lot of meat. I believe in two holes for a great blood trail also.

Scott got pics of that buck? Would love to see it!

You've seen it already. I'll prolly put it in the deer hunting forum in a couple days as a "tribute".

I'd be shooting a 165gr Hornady Interbond.

Oh yeah! That one! I forgot! Duh....sorry!

Please do......I never get tired of seeing that buck.

I hear you, especially after seeing what a .284 150 Nosler BT did to a 300+lb muley buck this year.

I did not read all but I can't, for the life of me, think that just about any good 150-180 gr. bullet wouldn't snuff any Canadian whitetail walking. We have been killing big deer in Maine for years with normal cup and core bullets.

I live up here in the land of the giants. Was lucky enough this yr to kill one this year. A 169 four pt. One of the largest bodies I've taken in all my yrs of pursuing these great animals. I'm 6'4" and 230 lbs and this deer as well as most I've taken, dwarfs me.Of the nine I have on the wall, all were taken with a 270 using 140 cup and core Hornady or Sierra. If I were using the 30-06 I would use 165's in the same type of bullet. No need for TSX or the like. Yes sometimes there is some bloodied meat, but when targeting these large, mature bucks I'd rather have him down and dead with a large wound than running away with a pinhole through him. Have never lost a deer because of the bullets I use. JMHO.

Any 180 will do. A whitetail is a whitetail.

Lagerboy,
We need PICTS man!!!

I just skimmed this thread, but I guess deer have gotten tougher. Most of what I see recommended are elk loads.

Skane I would love to show them off, but can't figure out how to do it. I'm slightly computer challenged. They range from 161-193. Will get my wife to assist me in trying to post them.

You need to load your pictures on a free sight like Photobucket that will host the pictures. Then it's easy to post them here.

Forums can't host pictures directly. It would take too much bandwidth.

Keep, thanks MH.

Shot my biggest buck in alberta 176+ 270
win 130 npt just under 200 yds. went 30 ft. weighed 260 gutted.

Typical.. Works every time.

My choice out of an '06 for heavy northern bucks would be 165 grains of the most accurate of these, Nosler BT, Nosler Partition, Hornady Interlock, Hornady Interbond, Speer Hot Core or Deep Curl.

Or factory Federal Fusion, or Federal blue box.

Good luck hunting

On a 300 pound whitetail, and using the .30-06 cartridge, I'd load the 165 grain Nosler Partition and not look back.

I would, however, keep my knife razor sharp.

To each his own. I hunt exclusively w/ a .300 WM using 180 TSX. I like 'em, the gun likes 'em, and whitetails hate 'em.