Deer hunters: what do you shoot?

[Skyline]

Generally a .25-06, but if I am deer hunting in areas where I may get a crack at a moose or an elk, I use a .300 Weatherby with the 168 gr. TSX.

[Ridge Runner]

one of these

or one of these

or maybe one of the big boomers
RR

[fabsroman]

RR,

Nice rifle collection. Kind of looks like my shotgun collection. Now I know why you know so much about AR's. I take it that you are a lefty, so how do you deal with the brass from the AR's flying across your face? What cartridges are the AR's chambered in, not to mention all the other rifles?

[Ridge Runner]

I've never been hit by a hot brass from an AR yet, they go foreward and just to the right, and they pile them up nicely. These are just most of the ones I hunt with, got a really large gun safe full of stuff I don't use much anymore. the rifles in the pics are
Top pic from left
Remmy 7615 chambered in 5.56, the lone upper is a J&T expedition 20" FT 1-9 twist
RRA 24" varminter, 223 wylde 1-8 twist
Tromix 20" 458 socom 1-16 twist
dedicated technologies 22" SUM 25wssm
all the lowers you see are RRA NM lowers with the exception of the 458, its a tromix TR-15 custom lower
Middle pic from left
Ruger 96 22 wmr, custom mini-30 by ARS chambered in 6mm PPC, custom mini-14 in 223, custom valmet 412 with a bansner turkey/predator choke, a savage mark 2 in 17 mach II, a custom LH rem 788 in 6mm
bottom pic from left
Ruger #1B in 270 weatherby mag, a custom by aps in 7mm Allen Mag, a Bansner UR-1 in 7mm STW and a rem. 700 bdl in 7mm rem mag.
RR

[deermeister]

When I hunt "Up North" in Michigan, I use a Remington 700bdl in .30/06.

Down here in shotgun land, I have the world's ugliest Mossberg 500 12 ga with rifled slug barrel and synthetic stock (it's actually green and parkerized). I put a Nikon 4x on it, and it hits pretty good out to 125 yards, which is coincidentally the distance from my back door to my tree line.

During muzzleloader season, I have a CVA Kodiak 209 in .50 cal.

I have also used a S & W Model 586 in .357 Magnum.

[Win75]

My favorite used to be my Winchester Model 70 Sporter Varmint in 243 Win.

That rifle got sold to fund a divorce lawyer or two...mine and hers. I got the short end of the stick.

I have been using a 6.5x55 Swedish mauser that has been sporterized. It does the job very well.

Just recently I finally found another Sporter Varmint after 14 years of looking. That one will become my #1 choice again using 100 gr. Nosler Partitions.

[Duffy]

Originally posted by deermeister
During muzzleloader season, I have a CVA Kodiak 209 in .50 cal.

Oh yeah, I have one of those too. I forgot about muzzleloader season!

BTW, Ridege Runner, awesome collection!

[fouserchris]

I use .50 CVA bobcat or .50 Traditions pursuit pro .havent gotten off the wallet to get a 12g pump yet.

[trex]

I used to use my Sako 3006 w/ 150gr SST's. I now use my Rem. Model 7 in .243 for most of my hunting. I like the 100gr Hornady Light Mag PSP's for it. I also use a Rem. 870 w/ a 23" barrel and a Buck Kicker choke. It'll hold all 18 00 Federal Premium pellets inside 20" at 40 yds. Pretty nasty!

[Adirondacks]

Ruger M77 stainless 30-06.

[BrassHog]

My daughter and I both use a Rem 600. Hers is in 243 and mine is in 308. In Florida where shots are usually short (under 100yds) they do just fine on our game but both are quite capable of sub MOA groups for as far as I care to take game due to handloads, recent pillar and glass bedding , trigger job, free floating barrel, and descent optics.

[JackRabbit]

rem.pump in 270,CVA KODIAK 209 50 cal.and 870 12 ga.

[Dghantt]

30 /30 30/o6 or the 8mm mauser i inherited from dad a long time ago .

[Dan in the Delta]

I took the following to the woods last year:

.243
7mm Rem mag
.30-06
.300 Weatherby
7.65mm Mauser

This year I'll use the same except for the .300 Wby. That rifle, a Sako 75, is at Hill Country Rifles having a Lilja barrel installed. It will be a .300 Win Mag when they get done with it. I'm looking forward to reloading for it.

[ltcboy]

I use my US Rifle, Caliber .30 M1. I use 150 grn sft points with a five round enbloc clip. Bambi goes night night real quick!.

MIke