7mm rem mag-.300 wby mag.

[Arkel23]

Why must some people that live all the way across the country that have never hunted in the region they are commenting about be so sure in their accusations? For example (I'm not talking about anyone on here, because I haven't seen it on here yet.) people on Yahoo Answers do this all the time, if someone in the South-East says they are going to use a 7mm rem mag or .300 win or wby mag on their deer someone from Alaska or Wyoming has to say "That's too much for SouthEastern whitetail deer." Does this get on your nerves when someone does this? If you're lost let me know lol.
Edit: I use a .300 wby mag on deer and hunt with a guy that uses a .300 win mag and 7mm rem mag.

 

[JShirley]

The 7mm Rem Mag may be the best example of a "one rifle" possible for North America. I've seen plenty of shooters with them in the Southeast. With heavier or sturdy bullets, they work just fine for even small whitetail.

Seen shooters with .300s, too, but I believe the 7mm, with its lower recoil, is a better overall choice.

John

 

[usmc1371]

Yahoo answers is FULL of crap. Every question I have ever looked up on there has had a bunch of BS attached to it.

If I think a 375 for deer is totaly reasonable and you love to hunt brown bear with a 243 well this is the USA and we have the right to make that choice.

 

[ArmedBear]

.300 Weatherby Magnum is a great cartridge.

It's also expensive and kicks like a runaway locomotive.

(Of course, it's cheap and a light kicker compared to .338-378...)

But if you don't mind, there's no reason it won't work on whitetails. In the next county. Without having to worry about bullet drop.

But Arkel23, you do have to realize what the pictures of "deer" in your neck of the woods look like to people on the other end of the country. I didn't know Bambi could grow 5 points. Or what you call 10.

That's another thing... Doubling what you call the antlers on those jackalopes because it sounds better.

Try to put yourself in someone else's boots, there, Arkel23.

There's not really such thing as "too much" for deer, though, is there? I mean, a .300 Wby Mag is really just a much faster .30-06, which is kinda like a faster, more pointy .30-30.

Now if someone asks if he NEEDS a .300 Wby Mag that will drop a moose, to shoot one of those 50 lb. animals you call "deer", it's okay to say, "No. You can get by with some low-power cartridge like a 7mm Rem Mag and save a few cents." But "too much" isn't the right way to say it. Or, you could use grandpappy's rusty old .30-30, and not really notice the difference. Just refinish the buttstock where he put that unusual round red-and-white symbol on it... Game wardens aren't all part of that club any more.

It depends on the nature of the question.

 

[Arkel23]

There's not really such thing as "too much" for deer, though, is there? I mean, a .300 Wby Mag is really just a much faster .30-06, which is kinda like a faster, more pointy .30-30.

I've been saying that over and over, it's nice to see someone who agrees with me 300's are nothing but faster 30-06's. But I don't think you're quite answering the question I tried to ask without being confusing.

 

[Arkel23]

if i think a 375 for deer is totaly reasonable and you love to hunt brown bear with a 243 well this is the usa and we have the right to make that choice.

exactly!

 

[Arkel23]

The 7mm Rem Mag may be the best example of a "one rifle" possible for North America. I've seen plenty of shooters with them in the Southeast. With heavier or sturdy bullets, they work just fine for even small whitetail.

Seen shooters with .300s, too, but I believe the 7mm, with its lower recoil, is a better overall choice.

John

You live down here, so you know what I mean. Then there are guys around here that say a 7mm rem mag is too much. You COULD do worse damage with a .270.

 

[ArmedBear]

What?

Do you need someone to validate your feelings or something?

I save that **** for marriage counseling.

 

[Acera]

Arkel23, I hate it that folks want to get their opinion out there so fast they don't read all the post, or understand it.

But it seems like you have a lot of answers to a question you did not ask.

Does this get on your nerves when someone does this?

YES,

 

[Arkel23]

But it seems like you have a lot of answers to a question you did not ask.

I do.

 

[Arkel23]

what?

Do you need someone to validate your feelings or something?

I save that **** for marriage counseling.

lol no!

 

[Pokyman]

If I had not done some hunting of Texas White Tails, I would be among those that would say the 7 Mag. is a lot more rifle than you need.
After killing several of these deer, I will honestly say that I think they take more killing than any Mule deer I have killed.
I could be wrong but I believe it was Elmer Keith who said: bring enough gun.
If in your opinion the 7 Mag is enough gun then that is what you should use. If you don't mind your brains being pounded to mush then the 300 WBY is ok too.

 

[Acera]

Arkel23 I find this thread both funny (you even got an administrator to not understand the question) and disturbing, they still don't get it.

Becoming quite a comment on today's posting generation.

 

[Arkel23]

Arkel23 I find this thread both funny (you even got an administrator to not understand the question) and disturbing, they still don't get it.

Becoming quite a comment on today's posting generation.

LOL, I'm going to repost it with a better understanding.

 

[blackops]

Honestly I don't care where you live. You don't need that big of a caliber to kill a deer. If that is what you are comfortable with then use it, but you can't honestly say a 270 or 30-06 is not enough to kill any deer on the planet.

 

[ArmedBear]

they still don't get it.

No. I get it.

Someoen asked if it gets on our nerves, too.

My answer is, "Who cares?"

There are also two different contexts for the question about a rifle.

1. I have a .300 Wby Mag. Is it too much for deer?

The answer would be, "No."

2. I want to hunt deer in the South, but I don't have a good rifle. I'm on a budget. Should I pony up for a .300 Wby Mag?

The answer is also, "No."

2a. I really like the Mark V and money doesn't matter to me. What then?

The answer is, "Go ahead and get it if you like it."

Acera, is the rest of the posting generation really as humorless as you?

 

[Reid73]

Honestly I don't care where you live. You don't need that big of a caliber to kill a deer. If that is what you are comfortable with then use it, but you can't honestly say a 270 or 30-06 is not enough to kill any deer on the planet.

Exactly.

if someone in the South-East says they are going to use a 7mm rem mag or .300 win or wby mag on their deer someone from Alaska or Wyoming has to say "That's too much for SouthEastern whitetail deer." Does this get on your nerves when someone does this?

If people aren't prepared for feedback (both positive AND negative), then I dunno why they would post their chosen calibre - .300 Weatherby, .458 Lott, .270, whatever - and invite comments.

Use what you like, stop asking for other people's opinions, and your nervous trouble will disappear.

 

[Acera]

ArmedBear Did you miss reading comprehension in school? I am not humorless, I find it funny that while you claim to get it, you really don't. That is funny to me.

And still it goes on..............



Did you all not understand that the original question had nothing to do with calibers? (He did add an edit, but it was a statement not a question.)

It was an example of how people react.


You guys scare me, even when you have hints, a lot of you don't understand.


Keep it up, this is entertaining to me.

 

[ArmedBear]

Acera, you have far too high an opinion of yourself. I also don't understand why you'd want to defend the original post.

To paraphrase, "I'm a whiny person who wants to bitch about people from Wyoming and Alaska for one reason or another. I want others to join in my whining."

You're right. It wasn't about caliber.

I responded by making light of the whole thing.

Had I wanted to, I could have responded with something far more direct. Is that what you want? Personally, I find humor to be more fun, and kinder, to boot. It's simply a fact that people in the West mock those who call a five-point buck a ten-pointer, among other things.

If you have any humor, or reading comprehension, you sure haven't demonstrated that.

 

[ArmedBear]

BTW, all of that said, the .300 Wby really is a .30-06 on massive steroids. Same bullet weights, same caliber, more velocity. If you'd use a .30-06, a .300 Wby can be used as well, if you don't mind the cost, recoil, etc.

But what advice do people EXPECT from someone who has used lighter rounds on FAR heavier game at much greater distances? Someone from Wyoming doesn't consider a .300 Weatherby Magnum to be a short-range whitetail round. That shouldn't surprise anyone, nor should it "annoy" them.

 

[DRYHUMOR]

Evidently, all those experts (Yahoo answers) have never hunted over a 100 acre beanfield anytime in their lives.

I have, and I would rather have the flat trajectory and energy at the other side.

 

[Arkel23]

ArmedBear Did you miss reading comprehension in school? I am not humorless, I find it funny that while you claim to get it, you really don't. That is funny to me.

And still it goes on..............



Did you all not understand that the original question had nothing to do with calibers? (He did add an edit, but it was a statement not a question.)

It was an example of how people react.


You guys scare me, even when you have hints, a lot of you don't understand.


Keep it up, this is entertaining to me.

You and two other people up there get my question. They think they get it but they don't.

 

[Arkel23]

To paraphrase, "I'm a whiny person who wants to bitch about people from Wyoming and Alaska for one reason or another. I want others to join in my whining."

You're whining about the post. And you really haven't answered my question. I asked one simple question, that Acera has actually answered.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I think a better *question* might be, why would you spend even 1 minute of your time at a place like Yahoo Answers talking about gun issues with random yahoos, when you'd get more like 90% good advice here?

Edit: I use a .300 wby mag on deer and hunt with a guy that uses a .300 win mag and 7mm rem mag

Nothing wrong with that. It's way overkill in my view, but it'll do the job, and lots of other people use "too much" gun as well, even in the (thickly wooded) South and East.

 

[Arkel23]

Evidently, all those experts (Yahoo answers) have never hunted over a 100 acre beanfield anytime in their lives.

I have, and I would rather have the flat trajectory and energy at the other side

Yes, apparently they haven't.