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I have shot 30 deer with a custom 28 inch 25-06 with a sierra 100 gr. spitzer flatbase at 3502 chronoed. Every animal was found, where hit, laying on its back with three or four legs wiggling in the air. No bullet was ever recovered even when I hit two deer with one bullet. Did this twice. Closest shot was 40 yards and 65 yards the first time I got two mule deer with one bullet. Blew the far shoulder out of both animals. Farthest was 660 yards on four point muley and his legs wiggled in the air like the rest. I loaded 243s for friends with 85/87 gr. heads and they had one shot kills out to 300 + yards. Some of these deer ran some. The deer over 300 yds some times needed two shots and ran some. My friends did not want 100 gr. heads as factory 100 gr. failed them. I shoot the same load at varmits. This keeps my deer hunting eye sharp. The 25-06 is fun to shoot. I like it alot. I hope this field data helps you. Have fun and bangaway.
 
Years ago I had A .244 Rem (pre 6mm Rem) and I never got a deer with it that I didn't have to shoot 2 or 3 times to keep it on the ground. Have friends who have experienced the same thing with the .243 Win. That said, I have never had to shoot a deer more than once with my .257 Roberts to anchor it.
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As much as I like my quarter bore rifles (a .257 Roberts and a .257 Weatherby), I find it hard to believe that, everything else being equal in terms of bullet design, range and location of the hit, a .243/.244 cartridge won't do everything a .25 caliber cartridge will with any deer-size game.
 
As much as I like my quarter bore rifles (a .257 Roberts and a .257 Weatherby), I find it hard to believe that, everything else being equal in terms of bullet design, range and location of the hit, a .243/.244 cartridge won't do everything a .25 caliber cartridge will with any deer-size game.
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Of course it will. Displacement is no substitute for placement.

I giggle every time I see a deer hunter toting a 7Mag or larger..... I don't care what range he thinks he's going to shoot. All that tells me is the guy is likely a poor shot as most hunters are.
 
kaferhaus said:
Of course it will. Displacement is no substitute for placement.

I giggle every time I see a deer hunter toting a 7Mag or larger..... I don't care what range he thinks he's going to shoot. All that tells me is the guy is likely a poor shot as most hunters are.
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You guys are right there, I have a .243 Win. a .257 Rob. a .25-06 a 6.5x55 Swede & several others, which one do I take deer hunting mostly, my .308 Win.
 
Or the guy with a 7mm Magnum likes his rifle, and likes to shoot larger calibers. I love to shoot my .44 Magnum more than my .22 LR revolvers. I am a good shooter with both. Does it mean that I am a bad shot because I like the .44 Magnum revolver better? There may be some truth to the comment that people think a larger caliber will do better for them. Like I said in my post. I traded the 30-30 as my primary deer rifle that I had used for years for a .25-06, and it has proven to be a much better deer rifle. Am I a poor shot for buying a more powerful flatter shooting rifle to hunt deer?
I just find those blanket statements without proof to be pure speculation.

I know a guy who shoots a 7mm Magnum for everything from pigs to bear when a 35 Remington or 30-30 would do the job also. He actually shoots that 7mm Magnum very accurately, and by shooting a 7mm Magnum he is able to download it if he wants, and does at times. Just like the .44 Magnum. I am just saying what is on my mind, and not looking for argumentation.

You can't judge someone for what caliber rifle or handgun they carry to hunt with. You have to judge them for what they do when it comes time for the kill.

With all that said I am a big, big fanboy of the .25-06 or any .25 caliber rifle.
 
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