What calibers have you taken deer with?

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I frequently read threads about what are you hunting with and what to hunt with, but which calibers have you actually taken a deer with, not just merely carried afield? I do not have as much variety as I'd like at times being limited to shotgun only areas but here is the list:
7.62x54r wolf gold 180grn soft points
7.5x55 swiss wolf gold 174grn soft points
12 gauge 300grn sabots

What calibers have you taken deer with?
 
I live in Indiana so we are limited to shotgun, ml, or a centerfire of a max 1.8 case length and a min. of 35 cal.That being said I have taken many deer with a 12 guage using lightfield slugs and 285 grain barnes spitfire ml. bullets with a knight longrange hunter.
 
Rifle
22 LR
223/5.56
224 TTH
6mm Remington
6.5x55
7mm Mauser
7mm-08
8mm Mauser
300 Whisper/Blackout
30-30
308/7.62
30-'06
300 WM
338-08 (aka now 338 Federal)
351 WSL
358 Win
358 Norma
375 H&H Mag
45/70

Handgun
357 Mag
10mm
45 ACP
460 Rowland
50 AE
 
20ga
12ga
.3030
.303
.308
.30-06
7.62x54r
.45-70
44 mag
45 colt

and .22 lr if u count putting down a deer some hounds had run to near death (it was on the ground crying and barely breathing with the dogs starting to eat its hind quarters)
 
12 ga slug
12 ga #000 BS
12 ga #4 BS
30-06
25-06
.35 whelen
45-70
.300 Win mag
.308 Win
30-30 TC Super 14" handgun
.44 mag handgun
.45 Colt handgun
.54 cal muzzle loader
 
1. 204 Ruger
2. 222 Remington
3. 22-250 Remington
4. 25/06 Remington
5. 270 Winchester
6. 308 Winchester
7. 30/06 Springfield
8. 300 Winchester Magnum
9. 300 Weatherby Magnum
10. 44 Remington Magnum
11. 460 S&W Magnum
 
Slugs; 12, 20, & .410
Rifle Caliber.
.17
.22
.24
.25
.27
.30
.31
.35
.38
And .45 & .50
5.56
6
6.5
6.8
7
7.5
7.62
7.92
 
"F150" MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!

this is fun, I'll try to do in order, too:

.243 Win (first deer)
20 ga BS
12 ga BS
20 ga Slugs (my first double)
.22 LR
.22 WMR
.308 Win
.50 round ball
.44 rem mag
2005 Honda Accord
bow n arrow, too
 
Do I need to update my list to include a 1996 Ford Contour? After all, it was nearly yhe only thing that car was good for. Being a Ford and all...
 
410 slug
7.35 Carcano
8MM Mauser
12 gage slug
30/30 Win
222 Rem
6 mm Rem
223 Rem
7.62 x 39
243 win
44 Rem Mag handgun
357 Mag handgun

I always got a kick out of the ranger sitting on the tongue of our trailer---( 5:30 am--30 deg ) I said" come in you can hear better" I asked him why you guys give me a hard time for using a 222----he said because you once -a-year guys are not capable of properly shooting a deer with a 222.
I said" what do you guys use for winter kill---he said " we buy 30,000 rds of 222--he said " best kill for the money at close range"
Our tax dollars at work.
 
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223
22-250
243
308
6.8 spc
45-70
30-30
257 weathbery
8mm mauser
270 win
7mm rem mag
martin jaguar compound (does a bow count?)
ford f150
05 chevy silverado
1988 chevy silverado

And I'm only 25! I have a lot more hunting to do.
 
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12ga #0 buckshot
12ga slug
30-30
243
708
308
3006
44 mag
50cal muzzleloader

favorite feathered "bullet" is 30.5" 2413 easton with 125g muzzy
 
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