Bruno2
Member
I live in NE Oklahoma. Our deer population is mainly the whitetail. Most of the hunters here for some reason shoot 270 and 30-06. When you look at the used gun sites on FB and other online gun sales sites here they are loaded down with 270's and 30-06's.
I don't understand why people are buying these large cartridge rifles to hunt here locally. I could see the light if they were big time hunters that go out of state to hunt and may want to go after Mulies or Elk. However, that type of hunter would more than likely have a few rifles to choose from.
I tell people all the time to get a 223 bolt gun. I cant count the times people have told me that 223 wont kill a deer. I am like really, they kill people with them everyday and people are bigger than Whitetails. Why don't you think a 120lb whitetail will go down from a 223? I usually tell them as a person you don't want to be shot with a 223 even from 400 yards.
I just don't get it.
I don't understand why people are buying these large cartridge rifles to hunt here locally. I could see the light if they were big time hunters that go out of state to hunt and may want to go after Mulies or Elk. However, that type of hunter would more than likely have a few rifles to choose from.
I tell people all the time to get a 223 bolt gun. I cant count the times people have told me that 223 wont kill a deer. I am like really, they kill people with them everyday and people are bigger than Whitetails. Why don't you think a 120lb whitetail will go down from a 223? I usually tell them as a person you don't want to be shot with a 223 even from 400 yards.
I just don't get it.