Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year?

Print Thread

Hop To

Page 3 of 3

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? Sherwood #8611639 02/23/14
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,919 B Bearcat74 Campfire Tracker
Bearcat74 Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,919	.243 Winchester When I die I hope I don't start voting democrat.

GB1

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? Bearcat74 #8613474 02/23/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,812 outside the burgh B battue Campfire Ranger
battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,812 outside the burgh	Nula ML with a 250gr Parker Ballistic Extreme. Went around 30 yards. laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? battue #8614341 02/23/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,299 Likes: 3 North Carolina W wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter
wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,299 Likes: 3 North Carolina	Marlin .30-30.

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? wilkeshunter #8614365 02/23/14
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,253 Likes: 16 T_Inman Campfire Ranger
T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,253 Likes: 16	.204 Ruger Ancient 4x4 mulie. Worked just fine.

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? T_Inman #8614572 02/23/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,293 Georgia T TLB2 Campfire Tracker
TLB2 Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,293 Georgia	I shot 2 does with my AR in 6.8 spc

IC B2

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? TLB2 #8616949 02/24/14
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,699 Likes: 3 Kentucky C CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger
CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger C Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,699 Likes: 3 Kentucky	I did more killing with the 6mm remington this past season. Wife broke in a new cartridge though. She killed three or four with a Tikka T3 Hunter in 6.5x55 Swedish. (Then promptly claimed said rifle.) "The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? CrimsonTide #8617880 02/24/14
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,327 Western North Carolina Mtns snubbie Campfire Regular
snubbie Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,327 Western North Carolina Mtns	Tikka T3 Lite in 7mm-08. Mrs. Snubbie gave it to me for 25th anniversary January.Topped it off with a 3-9 VXII. Got an Idaho Muley in Oct and a NC whitetail in November. Shooting 150 gr Nosler Partitions. Gloria In Excelsis Deo! Originally Posted by Calvin As far as gear goes.. The poorer (or cheaper) you are, the tougher you need to be. gpopecustomknives.com

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? snubbie #8618176 02/24/14
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,402 Minnesota T TJAY Campfire Regular
TJAY Campfire Regular T Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,402 Minnesota	257 Weatherby

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? CrowRifle #8618477 02/24/14
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 315 Biloxi, MS navyman20 Campfire Member
navyman20 Campfire Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 315 Biloxi, MS	Tc encore 6.5 creedmoor mgm custom 26" barrel hornady 120 amax dropped 2 deer in the same morning, first double CM2(scw) USN Seabees

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? MikeL2 #8626954 02/27/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	My new .280Rem custom. I've done it with the caliber before but not the rifle. Camp is where you make it.

IC B3

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? tzone #8629220 02/27/14
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 756 B bpas105 Campfire Regular
bpas105 Campfire Regular B Joined: May 2009 Posts: 756	my LH LSS 30-06. carried it instead of my normal 6mm because of a joint season with dear and bear this year.

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? bpas105 #8631190 02/28/14
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,218 Parkersburg, WV High_Brass Campfire Tracker
High_Brass Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,218 Parkersburg, WV	30-30 Win Karma and Trouble have busses, and there's always an empty seat.

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? High_Brass #8636230 03/01/14
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 442 Upstate NY Mr_Saw Campfire Member
Mr_Saw Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 442 Upstate NY	Actually it wasn't a cartridge. I got my first one with my .50 NEF Huntsman muzzleloader this past December. NRA Endowment Member, Life since 1978

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? Mr_Saw #8636536 03/01/14
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,869 SW MT U Ulvejaeger Campfire Regular
Ulvejaeger Campfire Regular U Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,869 SW MT	358 Win. from a rebored 308 out of a Rem. 742 "The more I am around people the better I like my dog." Mark Twain

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? Ulvejaeger #8639558 03/02/14
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 8,643 Ouachita Mtns, AR gunnut308 Campfire Outfitter
gunnut308 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 8,643 Ouachita Mtns, AR	First deer with a Hoyt. Poked him at dusk. Longest night of my life waiting for the sun to rise so I could get on the trail.

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? gunnut308 #8639916 03/02/14
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,634 DIXIELAND, MS Nail Campfire Regular
Nail Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,634 DIXIELAND, MS	7WSM...well, not really. Have killed a few with that cartridge in a previous gun that I no longer own, but this time it was Kimber Montana. What about guns?When do we get guns?

Re: What cartridge did you kill a deer with for the first time this year? TATELAW #8643705 03/03/14
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 4 S SchekRN New Member
SchekRN New Member S Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 4	First muzzleloader deer, (actually an 8 pt and a doe) , with a 50 cal T/C Impact. 250 gr Barnes T-EZ did the job. I live in Northern Vermont, but these were taken in Southeast Michigan. Far and away the best tasting venison I've ever eaten. Last edited by SchekRN; 03/03/14. Reason: Wanted to include the bullet, too.

Page 3 of 3

Moderated by RickBin

Link Copied to Clipboard

AX24

77 members (7mm_Loco, 300_savage, 6MMWASP, 6mmbrfan, 11 invisible), 1,723 guests, and 963 robots.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

May
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Forum Statistics

Forums81

Topics1,192,626

Posts18,492,904

Members73,977

Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023

Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.194s Queries: 49 (0.013s) Memory: 0.8860 MB (Peak: 0.9867 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-05-06 07:19:39 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS