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[Root beer]

Just curious, what is you all favorite caliber for deer hunting?

[clayton86]

20Ga rifled slug gun. I hunt a shotgun only county and downgraded from a 12ga to a 20 I see it more as a upgrade honestly shoots flatter and farther which equals less hold over more accuracy. If they ever make rifles legal in my county which there's talk it may happen for the 2013/14 season it will go from my 20ga to my .243 same reasons flatter trajectory and better ballistics which equals better accuracy that and I can thread a needle with my .243 so a 87-100gr will more then do the trick.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

.308 or .338 Lapua. Both are very effective on deer. They are also pretty effective on most everything else too. I really like .308 and have had a ton of success with it. However the .338 Lapua is quickly becoming my favorite. Of course this is on the rare occasion I use a rifle to hunt anymore. I prefer a bow over a rifle. I find it more sporting for the deer.

[clayton86]

.308 or .338 Lapua. Both are very effective on deer. They are also pretty effective on most everything else too. I really like .308 and have had a ton of success with it. However the .338 Lapua is quickly becoming my favorite. Of course this is on the rare occasion I use a rifle to hunt anymore. I prefer a bow over a rifle. I find it more sporting for the deer.

d**n Raider you like over kill everything 160 rnds in your pistols and a .338 Lapua for deer what ya doing shooting them at like a mile out out from under your buddy's stands as a cruel joke lol.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

That rifle is only used once maybe twice a year for dear. The .308 is used about the same. Only beef with the .308 is sometimes they run. With the .338 they don't get the chance to run. Plus where is the fun in having a rifle Luke these if you don't use them?

Also, you have now given me a new game to try. We'll call it peekaboo deer. "now you seem him, now you don't."

[7mm-08]

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[Siebert Outdoors]

I use a .308 win. I've done all the magnum stuff, I do not need it. Ammo is cheap and it knocks them down quick.

[5dollarsplash]

.30-06 Remington bolt action. .243 when I was a young buck.

[VolFan]

.308, 30-06, .270, .280, 7mm-08 are all great calibers. With a 30-06 or .308, you're always going to be able to find ammo, no matter where you are. All of these will take any game in North America, with the exception of grizzlies.

[rockchalk06]

6.5x 47 Lapua. Tact driver to end all tag drivers. Still super sonic at a grand!

[fishingkidPA]

.270 or 7mm rem mag

[Busy]

.270WSM

[roadwarrior]

Weatherby 270

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Ruger M77 .270Rem w/3x-9x Redfield

[Raider Nation Fisher]

.308, 30-06, .270, .280, 7mm-08 are all great calibers. With a 30-06 or .308, you're always going to be able to find ammo, no matter where you are. All of these will take any game in North America, with the exception of grizzlies.

I beg the differ. That bears head isn't bullet proof. I'm willing to bet my .308 will drop Mr. Bear in one shot. Granted I haven't had the opportunity to test this yet. I will before it is all said and done though.