What calibers /gauges have you hunted with ?

[horsemen61]

Ok guys I am curious to see what calibers/gauges you have used to actively hunt an animal not I saw a coyote and shot it with my 444 marlin at 500 yards please tell caliber and what was hunted I will list mine in a bit

 

[Rush_Fan]

.308 and 7mm Rem Mag for Whitetail Deer. 7 mm Mag is overkill, but I got a good deal on a Tikka years ago and hope to hunt the wide open spaces out West someday.

 

[rcmodel]

Daisy BB gun
.177 Air Rifle
.22 Air Rifle

.22 CB Cap
.22 rat shot
.22 Short
.22 Long
.22 Long Rifle
.22 RF Mag
.22 Hornet
.218 Bee
.222 Rem
.223 Rem
5.56 NATO
.222 Rem Mag
.22-250 Rem
220 Swift
25-20 WCF
6.5 Carcano
25-06 Rem
.30 carbine
30-30 Win
7.62x39
7.65 Mauser
.308 Win
7.62 NATO
30-06 Springfield
32-20 WCF
.38 Spl
9mm
.357 Mag
.40 S&W
.44 Spl
.44 Mag
.45 ACP
.45 Auto Rim
.45 Colt
45-70

.22RF, .22 WRM, 9mm, .38, .40, .44, 45 ACP, & .45 Colt rat shot
.410 shotgun
20 ga
16 ga
12 ga

But I might have left a few out??
Hunted everything from meese, rats, sparrows, rattlesnakes, coons & possums in the barns & grain bins, to game birds, to waterfowl, to small varmints, to coyotes, to cougar, to deer.

rc

 

[morcey2]

12 gauge
16 gauge
20 gauge
410
22 LR
30-06
243 Win
8x57
7x57
7.62x54R
30-30
270
9x18 Mak
1/2 lb rock

ETA: And in a couple of weeks, 257 Roberts when I take it out for coyotes/jackrabbits.

 

[R.W.Dale]

It'd be easier for me to name some of the weirder ones

357 MAX
7.5x54mas
450 bushmaster
7.65x53mm
30HRT

Dozens of more mundane rounds

 

[yzguy87]

22 lr, 20 ga, 12 ga, .50 caliber black powder, 44 mag, 308

Must say that while I have hunted with 44 and 308 I have never shot and killed anything with them.

 

[jmr40]

Small game, waterfowl, turkey

12 ga
16 ga
20 ga
22lr
22mag

Handgun. large game

41mag
357 mag
44 mag
10mm


Centerfire, large game


I've spent more time with 30-06 than all other centerfires combined, but within the last few years I've primarily hunted with 308.

30-06
308
223
243
30-30
35 rem
44 mag
45-70
280
338-06
35 Whelen
7mm RM
300 WM
300 WSM

 

[tactikel]

12ga, 20ga, .22lr., .223, .30-06, .357 mag. And a .177 cal air rifle

 

[Bull Nutria]

12,16, 20, 410 shotguns
bb, 177pellet, 22cb, short , long, long rifle, 22 mag, 38sp, 357,30.06, 7mm 08, 243,44mag, rifles
45 and 50 cal muzzle loaders,

Bull

 

[MCgunner]

I'll probably forget a few.

.22 LR pistol ... rabbits and squirrel
.22LR rifle .... rabbits and squirrel
.22 magnum rifle .... squirrel
.30-30 rifle .... deer
.30-30 pistol ... deer and hogs
.308 ... deer and hogs
.257 Roberts ... deer
7mm Remington Magnum ... deer and hogs
.50 caliber black powder .... deer
7.62x39 .... deer and hogs
7x57 Mauser .... deer
.357 magnum rifle .... deer..squirrel when loaded with a light .38 handload
.357 magnum revolver ... deer and hogs

.410 pistol ... squirrel and starlings and such
.410 long gun .... doves, ducks (many years before steel shot), rabbits, squirrel
20 gauge ... doves, ducks, squirrel, rabbits, and one deer with 3 buck
16 gauge ... ducks and geese
12 gauge ... ducks, geese, turkey, doves, rabbits, squirrel
10 gauge ... geese

Oh, yeah, when I was a wee lad, I killed a few rabbit and squirrel with a .22 caliber Benjamin pump up pellet rifle.


I've shot trapped hogs with about every concealed carry gun I have from a .22 LR NAA mini revolver to a .45ACP and used my .45 Colt on a few.

 

[courtgreene]

.30 .323 .224 .311 .45 / 12

 

[cat_IT_guy]

Rodents and blackbirds in the backyard with a .177 air rifle...

12ga: ducks, squirrels, doves
16ga: deer
20ga: pheasant

.22lr: squirrels
7mm mag: deer

compound bow: deer

Hopefully will expand that list as time goes on, but I grew up in a non-hunting (not to be confused with anti-hunting) family, so opportunities growing up were limited. Now that Im grown up I have the time and interest, but land access is my biggest hurdle to more frequent hunting.

 

[slicksleeve]

.177 air rifle
.22 LR
12 gauge
16 gauge
.410
.243 win
.270 win
7mm-08
.308
30-06
.444 Marlin
.44 magnum pistol
.41 magnum pistol
These are the ones I've actually killed something with, there have been others that I took to the woods but didn't get a shot.
As far as killing deer goes, I have been impressed the most by the 30-06.

 

[WestKentucky]

This is what I intended to kill game with
.177 air gun
17 hmr
5.45x39
22short
22lr
223
256 win mag
243
270
30-30
308
9mm
38spl
357 mag
44 spl
44 mag
410 bore
45acp
45 muzzleloader
50 muzzleloader
20 ga 2.75 and 3"
16ga
12 ga 2.75 3 3.5 inch
10 ga turkey dammit loads.
10 ga I don't need that goose that bad loads.

I have also carried 7.62x39 40sw .25acp 32swl and 38sw while hiking and hoping for a wabbit

 

[40-82]

Just for the perversity of it, I wanted to see if I have potted things with as many cartridges as RCModel. I haven't, but then I have a few guns lying around in cartridges I have never shot anything with but a target like 38 Long .455 Eley, 45 auto rim, 351 Winchester and 401 Winchester. To the best of my memory I have carried but never shot any game with 25 ACP, 32 S&W Long, 32 ACP, 380ACP, 32 S&W, or 38 S&W.

Here's my list:

Daisy BB
22 CB cap
22 short
22 long
22 long rifle
22 rat shot
22 Magnum
22 Hornet
220 Swift
243 Winchester
257 Roberts
257 Weatherby
270 Winchester
30 carbine
32 WCF
30 WCF
30-40 Krag
308 Winchester
30-06
300 H&H
300 Winchester
32 Winchester Special
33 WCF
38 Special
357 Magnum
38 Special rat shot
35 Whelen
35 WCF
38 WCF
38-55
38-56
38-70
40-65
40-82
44 WCF
44 Special
44 Magnum
44 Magnum rat shot
45 ACP
45 Colt
45-70
12 gauge
16 gauge
20 gauge

I'm young yet, and one day I'll get some experience.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

12 gauge- Doves and rabbits
.22LR- Squirrels
.22 Magnum- Squirrels
.270 Win- Deer and Coyote

I have in my safe and will be hunting deer with a 6.5x55 Swede, .308, and .30-06

 

[huntsman]

Waterfowl-12,20 gauge
rabbits-.410,20 16 12 gauge, .22lr
upland birds- 20,16 12 gauge
squirrel- .22lr, 20 12 gauge
turkey- 12 gauge
whitetail- .44mag, .45C, .50cal BP, 12, 20 gauge
raccoon- .22lr

 

[Geno]

Awesome thread, OP!! Definitely can't recall all of them, but here is as best I can recall.

Target flies: .BB gun, .177 air rifle, .22LR.

Rabbit: .22LR, .410, 20ga, 16 ga, 12 gauge.

Squirrel: 22LR, .410, 20ga, 16ga, 12 gauge.

Pheasant: .410, 20ga, 16ga, 12ga.

Chukkar: .410, 20ga, 16ga, 12ga.

Tennessee Reds: 12ga

Duck: .410, 20ga, 16ga, 12ga.

Varmints: .177 airgun, 22 cal airgun, .22LR, .223 Rem, .22-250 Rem, .244 (6mm) Rem, .25-06 Rem, .257 Wea Mag, .270 Win.

Whitetail deer: .244 (6mm) Rem, .25-06 Rem, .257 Wea Mag, .270 Win, .308 Win, .300 Win Mag, .300 Wea Mag.

Russian boar: .270 Win, .375 H&H Mag, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45-70 Gov't.

Ram: .300 Wea Mag

That's as close as I can recall. The case of the .270 Win used on Russian boar, was actually shot by my friend, as he hunted with me. He borrowed my rifle. Never in my life saw a boar drop so fast, as those 140 grain projectiles!

 

[jmorris]

I have shot a lot of stuff with a lot of different things, spend more time hunting for what I am going to hunt with next though.

 

[witchhunter]

Like everyone else my age, I started off with dad's Savage 22, then I got a .410 single shot H&R, then:
20 gauge
30/06
25/06
22/250
220 Swift
218 Bee
17 Hornet
222
22 Magnum
12 gauge
Then I went through a lot of deer/antelope rifles in everything from 243, 6mm, 257 Roberts, 7 mm, 270, 280, 7 mag and 300 WM
But I always came back to my old 25/06, which is now a .257 Weatherby
pistols: 22, 22 Mag, 25 ACP 32 ACP, 380, 9mm, 38/357, 44 mag, 45acp Winchesters: 25/20, 25/35, 30/30, 32 Special, 32/20, 44/40, 45/70
Now mostly pdogs:
.17 Rem, 22 Hornet, .218 Bee, 223, 22/250, 220 Swift Improved, 243,
Building a 222 and a 6br as we speak.
Contenders: 22, 22 Hornet, 221 Fireball, 223, 357 Max, 44 mag. 30/30

 

[Ankeny]

I'll play.

Small game - .22 lr

Upland and waterfowl - 12 ga., 20 ga., and 10 ga.

Varmints and predators;
22 lr
.218 Bee
.204 Ruger
22-250
.223 Rem
6mm Rem
.243 Win
6mm BR
25-06
.250 Ackley Imp.
.257 Roberts
6.5x284
7mm Rem Magnum (long range p-dogs in the wind)

Pronghorn and/or deer:
25-06
.257 Roberts
.250 Ackley Imp.
6.5x55
6.5-284
.270 Win
7mm-08
.30-06
44 Rem Mag.
45-70
54 cal front stuffer

Elk:
6.5x55
6.5-284
7mm-08
7mm Rem
30-06
30-338

 

[Legionnaire]

My list is comparatively short. A few years ago I intentionally began standardizing on fewer cartridges. I have a few more that I have NOT hunted with.

.177 air rifle - starling (varmints of the air)
.22 LR - squirrel, rabbit
.22 WMR - squirrel, rabbit, crow, groundhog
.223 - groundhog, coyote
.243 - groundhog, white tail
.308 - white tail
.30-06 - white tail
.44 Mag - white tail
20 gauge - dove, squirrel, rabbit
12 gauge - duck, turkey, rabbit, white tail (with slugs)
.50 muzzleloader (inline and flintlock) - white tail

 

[cowpoke]

small stuff 22short,22lr,22mag,410,20g,12g . Med size 22mag,410,20g,12g.223,243,308. Big game.20g,12g,223,357mag,44mag,444,243,308,30-06,35rem,30-30.I think thats it.

 

[hardluk1]

.22lr - small game
12ga- deer, bird
7mm rem mag- deer, elk
308- deer
357 hogs
44mag deer
50cal bp- deer.

 

[oneounceload]

.177, .22lr, 223, 243, 6.5X55, 7mmBR, 7-08, 7mm mag, 28 gauge, 20 gauge, 12 gauge