I've been hunting with an AR in 6.8 the last few years. It has good ballistics as far as I'm comfortable shooting. Before that I hunted with a 308 bolt gun. Good ballistics and manageable recoil make it a good all purpose caliber.
Best Deer Caliber?
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30-06!
30-06.
30.06
Why only one?
Exactly. My calibers of choice are .270, .280, .30/06, and 7mm Rem Mag. But I usually go with the .270. Plenty of great calibers. Shot placement is most important. Make the first one count.
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If you can't kill a deer in Georgia DRT with any well designed bullet over 90 grains and/or packing at least 1,800 ft.lbs of energy when it leaves the barrel... you're doing it wrong.
Granted, I'd bring something different to hunt the woods with 50 yard shots vs a beanfiled with 300 yard shots, but even then, one will do the job in both places and one won't.
Granted, I'd bring something different to hunt the woods with 50 yard shots vs a beanfiled with 300 yard shots, but even then, one will do the job in both places and one won't.
There isn't a best, there are just calibers that are not as appropriate as others.
I prefer a .25 caliber to .30 caliber bullet though. Anything from .257 Roberts to .300 winmag will tackle any deer in the country. Whether it's smaller southestern deer or cornfed monsters in the midwest, they'll all work.
I prefer a .25 caliber to .30 caliber bullet though. Anything from .257 Roberts to .300 winmag will tackle any deer in the country. Whether it's smaller southestern deer or cornfed monsters in the midwest, they'll all work.
