Whats the best deer cartridge?

[Big Slick]

Whichever caliber I have in my hands when I have a tag in my pocket. I really want to shoot a buck with my old mans Savage model 99 in .300 savage.

 

[SandhillJP]

Hard to beat the ole 30/30 in river bottoms woods but .257 Weatherby is fun overlooking fields

 

[utah400elk]

I love my 257 Weatherby as a deer rifle. My son’s 7mm-08 is also a great one and I grew up with a 280 Remington.

my next gun project will be a full custom 280AI. Once that is finished I will get rid of my 300 WSM and keep the 257 Weatherby for deer sized game and 280 AI

 

[Arch Stanton]

The 30-06 has killed more men than cancer.....said a friend of mine who was a marine a few decades back

Dog pile on this ^^^^^ one

The 30-06 has killed more men than cancer.....said a friend of mine who was a marine a few decades back

 

[Alaskan Logger]

ok my buddy and I didn't see eye to eye on the best cartridge for deer, rather its whitetail, blacktail or mule deer. What do you guys think? What's the Best Deer Cartridge? Myself likes the 8mm mauser.

It's more of a matter of geography, close range or long shots, brushy or open and my favorite meat damage my preference is a 308

 

[Muley Buck]

The one that pokes a hole through the vitals.

 

[Gunner46]

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Fake news. 7/08, 35 Rem, 280, 44Mag, + others aren't even listed. How many still hunt with a 300 Savage, for bear, that Bass Pro would recommend it? Was this done in the 60"s? It's obvious some numbnut Marketing flunky put this Ad together just to try to sell ammo.

 

[geetar]

The one you have in your hand when a deer is within range. There is way more to actually being able to shoot than there is what gun you are shooting.

If you wanna get technical though “deer hunting” has so many different forms across the US and Canada that it’s pretty hard to narrow it down to one. If you are hunting eastern woods with 50 -100 yard shots in a state where both rifles and shotguns are legal it might be a tossup between a slug gun and a straight wall cartridge. If you are sitting a box stand in Texas overlooking a sendero it could be a 7mm Rem. mag or a .300 Win mag. If it’s the mountains in the west it might be those .280 Remington 700 mountain rifles as previously mentioned or if it’s hunting blacktails on Kodiak Island you might want to consider a gun that doubles as protection against large bears.

 

[geetar]

Fake news. 7/08, 35 Rem, 280, 44Mag, + others aren't even listed. How many still hunt with a 300 Savage, for bear, that Bass Pro would recommend it? Was this done in the 60"s? It's obvious some numbnut Marketing flunky put this Ad together just to try to sell t

Fake news. 7/08, 35 Rem, 280, 44Mag, + others aren't even listed. How many still hunt with a 300 Savage, for bear, that Bass Pro would recommend it? Was this done in the 60"s? It's obvious some numbnut Marketing flunky put this Ad together just to try to sell ammo.

To sell ammo would require actually having some in stock. They aren’t very good at that these days.

 

[noharleyyet]

The one you have in your hand when a deer is within range. There is way more to actually being able to shoot than there is what gun you are shooting.

If you wanna get technical though “deer hunting” has so many different forms across the US and Canada that it’s pretty hard to narrow it down to one. If you are hunting eastern woods with 50 -100 yard shots in a state where both rifles and shotguns are legal it might be a tossup between a slug gun and a straight wall cartridge. If you are sitting a box stand in Texas overlooking a sendero it could be a 7mm Rem. mag or a .300 Win mag. If it’s the mountains in the west it might be those .280 Remington 700 mountain rifles as previously mentioned or if it’s hunting blacktails on Kodiak Island you might want to consider a gun that doubles as protection against large bears.

“Box stand sendero work”......hopefully these 181 mtmuley hammers.

https://flic.kr/p/2kboiZv

 

[geetar]

“Box stand sendero work”......hopefully these 181 mtmuley hammers.

https://flic.kr/p/2kboiZv

Those are a beaut Clark! Hope you do well with them.

 

[mtmuley]

Those are a beaut Clark! Hope you do well with them.

The RUM is pretty sexy. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

@mtmuley Pat Sinclair needs to make a Wyatt sized cartridge holder.

 

[Yogi and Boo Boo]

ok my buddy and I didn't see eye to eye on the best cartridge for deer, rather its whitetail, blacktail or mule deer. What do you guys think? What's the Best Deer Cartridge? Myself likes the 8mm mauser.

This has been a question for every hunter for the last 100 plus years. There is only one true answer. It is the gun in your hands at the right moment. My father was a WW2 vet and a diehard 30.06 shooter . I have been shooting a 243 for 50 years however I have been hunting with a T/C Contender for 30 of those. Everything 30 caliber is good. It is all up to you. I taught hunter education for nearly 30 years and I have seen more than most when it comes to caliber.

 

[Dunning Kruger]

.308. Lock it, discussion over

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

.308. Lock it, discussion over

Too late. It already ended at post 23

 

[Dunning Kruger]

Too late. It already ended at post 23

I didnt bother reading through the thread, just saw the title and answered the question. .308, shut 'er down!

 

[FLS]

I’ve killed them with everything from a . 222 to a 45-70.
Every single one of them did i the same thing if I put the bullet in the vitals. Killed the deer. I’ve killed more with a 25-06 than anything. It works extremely well on deer sized game with being obnoxious.

 

[tzone]

Easy... 280 Remington.

Winner

 

[Gunner46]

30-30

The train loads of venison taken with a 30/30 is indisputable, but I'll stay with what I shoot best.....