What is you deer rifle chambered in?

Varminterror said:

If a buddy showed up at my house during rifle deer season to say, “hop in, we’re going hunting,” I wouldn’t be home to hear it, because I’d already be out hunting. We get 10 days here each season, I don’t waste them sitting on the couch like I don’t have something better to do.

If that scenario WERE possible, then I’d either grab whichever rifle I have been shooting recently, or grab whichever rifle or pistol tickled my fancy at the time. Today, my .243LBC AR comes to mind, but I could as easily grab my 357/44B&D Redhawk, especially going on whatever ill-conceived two-man hunt my poor-planning buddy concocted on a whim (because the rest of my buddies would already also be out in the deer stand/blind as I would be). So today, it would be one of those two. Ask me again next week, it probably won’t be.

But then again, it’s probably likely this poor-planning buddy has a walk-in or new spot he found, such the shots could be long (considering the reality of our state), so I might grab my 300wm, if I thought we might actually see anything at all. I’ve rarely found success tromping around new territory midday (I’m assuming in this scenario, he’s NOT pulling into my drive at 3:30am to wake me up to go walk blindly out into new territory and hope we have a good view when the sun does rise), so I might just grab my binos and not even take the weight of a rifle along.

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Varminterror said:

Of course you couldn’t accept an answer which didn’t suit your poll options without telling me how stupid I am for offering an honest response to the question asked.

I offered my answer based on the context of the question, and shared why it is difficult to decide. You didn’t ask, “what is your go-to deer rifle?” (An equally difficult question for me to decide). You asked, “what would you grab if a buddy pulled into your yard and said, ‘let’s go hunting!’?” The question isn’t heavy with context, much heavier than “what is your go-to deer rifle?” such I did not read it as the same question at all - and such my answer was different, based on the context of your specific question. I did, however, offer effectively my answer to the “what is your go-to deer rifle?” - I don’t have one, because I choose every season largely based on what I’ve been using a lot at that time, or something which comes to mind on a whim and happens to be prepped (practiced, ammo loaded, recent dope confirmed, etc). But I reconsidered my options based on the specific context, so forgive me for thinking a bit out loud in my response, because I conceded my first two “whim” options might not be my first choice for taking a long shot over a new hunting spot, with which neither of us are familiar, such we’re not aware of escape routes and land forms which could hide a dead deer. So I offered a modification to my first response to concede that I might want a bit more range and a bit more anchoring power - even though it’s NOT typically the rifle I would think of as my “go to,” or even on the list, for a typical hunt on my typical 10 day season. Essentially, my answer to your question became my same answer to the question: “You’re planning a 10 day out of state mountain mulie hunt with thousands of dollars invested, what rifle do you take?” rather than my answer to, “what is your go-to deer rifle for hunting in your back yard?”

So I’m sorry it bothered you that I answered the question you asked, and that I expressed my difficulty in deciding within that context, simply because it’s an unfamiliar context for me. Do you take personal offense to the fact I simply don’t live the same way as you, such my buddies and I would already be hunting and either wouldn’t be around to pull in and invite the other to hunt, or wouldn’t be around to be invited?

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