Where will .30-06 and .243 hit at 100yds if sighted at 50yds??

[Ridgerunner665]

You can track deer without blood....overturned leaves, tall grass pointing in the direction of travel, footprints, hair on a twig or fence,...the list goes on...tracking is an art, not a science. My Grandad taught me how to track...even a mouse across a concrete parking lot.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

You can track deer without blood....

You can make bricks without straw, too. But why would you put yourself in a position where you have to?

 

[Ridgerunner665]

I wouldn't...but no matter what caliber you choose...if you don't pick your shots carefully, you may have to.

I have never had to for myself...but other people have asked me to find their deer many times...the vast majority of them shot with 7mm Rem Mags. and the like.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Yep -- but my thinking is, if you can put it where you want, you expect it to do what it should do. I'd always ask, "Can I corner-to-corner an animal with this load?" If I can, then I can ethically take shots that I would otherwise have to pass up.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Point taken...but I'm just arguing for the sake of the "recoil sensitive" shooters that may eventually read this.

 

[Shawnee]

Hi Ridgerunner...

Personally, I always use the Hornady 87-gr. BTHP loaded over 42.5-gr. of IMR-4350. Have used that load for years - often out of a Ruger #1 International carbine and a Ruger 77 International carbine. Has ended matters on the spot for scads of deer.
I've seen the 100-grainers used a few times and did not like the results - even though "conventional wisdom" is to use them for deer.

I, too, have spent way too much time tracking other people's wounded deer - usually shot with a .308 or .30/06. I don't care for the bigger calibers because - after nearly 30 years of teaching Hunter Safety Education in three states - I'm convinced many, many people think the bigger calibers means they need not be concerned about shot placement - and that mindset (and their noise/recoil reaction) leads to a LOT of wounded, suffering lost deer.

And .308/.30-06 class calibers aren't needed for deer at any distance anyway. Sure a lot of people use them - and some people use them well. But a LOT MORE people use them poorly.

 

[stiab]

What bullet did you use

It was Remington Factory 100 grain Core-loks.

You can track deer without blood....overturned leaves, tall grass pointing in the direction of travel, footprints, hair on a twig or fence,...the list goes on

Yeah, and I think you and me and most other experienced hunters have had to do that. But what made this different as I said in an earlier post that there were 5 deer together.