Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting whats your ideal whitetail rifle

Staying off topic, we used to always have an imported English Shepherd as stock dogs to work cattle and hogs when I was growing up.

My answer is, the one I happen to to be carrying when asked the question.

I hunt the hills of PA. A lot of thick stuff in the areas I've hunted for the past 33 years...

Over the years I've carried bolt actions, lever actions, single shots and pumps.

At the present time I'm more of a still-hunter than anything else...Rarely Sit and only occasionaly participate in drives.

I've pretty much came full circle back to the Remington 760 Carbine that I started with at age 12. Shot my first deer with it back in '83 and shot my most recent with it this past season.

For the type of hunting I do.....That 760 carbine in 30-06 and my Glenfield 30/30 are the only rifles I need.

THAT. Would suffice with 250-3000 or 260 if forced.

good looking dog i miss mine put barney down in october at 8 an half yrs old his hips were shot what's the dogs name

DD M4V7 with Zeus 1.5-6 x 42 shooting 62 grain TTSX bollits over 26 grains of TAC, kills faster than many 30-06's.

Something walnut stocked, blued steel, low end recoil shooting 25-28 bore cup and core old time bullets around 2600-2800fps that put em down and I could eat right up to the hole, with a good trigger, easy to pack around........fun to just look at and I'm good.

If able to pick it up for about 1/3 of what most go for makes it even "more perfect".

Anything in a Swede or 7x57 always makes my ears perk up a bit it seems.

That's Chip, he's a real good farm dog, he's staring at me right now. He came from Dan Holman, a breeder in Nashville. I hope to get a female to breed him with next summer.

I've kinda switched this year and think I'll stick with it. Last couple of years I swore by a ruger tangsafety 300win mag but I bought a Remington 700 sps in 7mm08 I used it 90% of the time this season. Fairly light, little recoil,very accurate and out to 300yards or so I trust it.

#1 pre 64 standard 264 win mag with 130 accubonds in trophy grade ammo Leupold 6.5-20-40

#2 pre 64 transition '06 with swarovski 4-12-50 tsx 165 hand load

#3 Cooper Custom Classic 270 w hand load tsx 130 Burris Eurodiamond 3-12 x 50

That's because it's a 280 AI incognito.

My hunting notes indicate I've taken whitetails with 32 different rifles over the years. Evidently I just can't make up my mind....

I've only hunted whitetails a few times but I've hunted deer a lot. Last spring, I finished putting together and dialing-in a new medium-caliber rifle. It's a T/C Venture "WeatherShield" 25-06. Since it's the newest, it's of course my favorite right now.

KC

White tail I'm not sure I ever hunted, probably though. It might depend on where I hunted them. I don't shoot any magnum's any more. So depending on the country right now, it would be either my Mod 70 Feather Weight in 6.5x55 or mod 700 ADL in 25-06. i used a nod 660 in 208 for a lot of years and not one complaint about it, super rifle. My son has it now, don't know haw that happened!

MD - ever shot anything with a pistol??

Revolver, shotgun and muzzleloader, though not nearly as many as with centerfire rifles.

I can add 155mm howitzer to the list.......

There is no such thing as "ideal."

There are only more rifles to buy to fill every need, real or imagined, with some spares thrown in just in case.

They have a whole bag of golf clubs, so why not a whole bag of deer rifles?

Mine - I like my ruger tang safety 3006 or my SS browning x bolt 3006 if its rainy & snowy. My choices are based on similar functioning rifles with tang safety's that fit weather conditions. My shotguns have tang safeties too.

Tikka T3 SS 270 laminate biggest problem is figuring out what kind of scope to put on it . Love the way it points and the slick action.