horsemen61
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I like my 6.5 PRC for anything I’m going to hunt and as far as deer I’ll grab a 6.5 Grendel 6.5 Creedmoor or a 260 Remington to get the job done
Try a 9.3x62 Mauser with 286 grain bullet. Good for everything short of a tyrannosaurs. Won’t kick you into next week either.That's a lot of hogs! I only saw a big group like that twice on the Quick family land we hunted for years. I wasn't suggesting that super-deep penetration was vital, just giving an example of something that should have plenty of killing power while not damaging a lot of meat like a higher-velocity fragmenting bullet would.
Yup. First day of late doe season last year, I had a booner stand up about 70 yards, looking the other way… I looked at him through the scope for a few seconds… why he wasn’t there a couple days earlier in muzzleloader (when I could shoot him…) I’m of the opinion options are a good thing…Deer hunting caliber selection
Hunting method for the day, dictated by the terrain, day’s weather and current deer habits.
Full on rut, with a heavy snow falling straight down in heavy timber, I’m going the be carrying a Win 94 with a peep sight in 30-30. Moving only enough to keep from freezing, and when I cut a fresh track, following. I’ve lost count of the bucks I’ve shot in their beds or just standing up. Once in these exact conditions, I shot a big buck that looked like it was having convulsions or something. Could only clearly see the rack, head and neck. At the rifle crack, a doe ran away. He went out on top, so to speak
Pre-rut, windy day, dry conditions, noisy crunchy ground, I’m sitting, not moving, with a scoped rifle good for a few hundred yards.
I always have more than one gun/caliber in the truck to cover changing conditions.
Recoil is subjective. I've shot heavy rifles up to 470NE including 404 Jeffrey, 458 Win, 458 Lott, 416 Rigby, and my 45-70 with HOT handloads. The worst recoiling and most painful rifle I've ever shot was a light weight 30-06 with a stock that did not fit me well. My 405gr hot 45-70 loads are flat unpleasant, and you can keep those heavy 458s...really? I can tell you some 12 GA full-power loads have rattled my bell pretty well. I shot around 60 rounds of full-power 12 GA in a single session around 25 years ago, almost all of it from tactical inertia guns with stocks too long. My right bicep was as swollen as the old Popeye cartoon. Took a couple weeks to go down. I shot a .458 that either Al Thompson or Byron had, and it wasn't horrible. Didn't feel the need to shoot it twice, though. I would imagine most of those big African game guns have super sturdy bullets, so they're probably most of the way through a whitetail before they begin to expand.
Recoil is subjective.
They probably dont feel the need to deal with recoil or weight they dont enjoy, especially for no practical reason.I got my first 12 gauge when I was 11. It has a checkered steel butt plate. I got my first 30-06 when I was 12. It had a smooth steel butt plate. I loved shooting them. I'm 66 now and none of my guns have recoil pads. I don't know what has gotten into people where they can't handle guns that don't kick as much as a 30-06. To me a 30-06 doesn't have much recoil. I never thought twice about carrying a 9 or 10 pound rifle in the woods all day long. I never thought it was too heavy. I just don't know what to think about people nowadays.