deer

I've taken deer with 12 GA (slugs and buckshot), .308, .30-06, .45-70, crossbow, and I finished off with .40 S&W a very tough deer who believed that a .35 Remington through the boiler wasn't enough to put HIM down. I have been looking for the "perfect" deer caliber for over 20 years. I define...

Hey guys I need some help. I'm looking for a good scope for my .243, mainly for deer hunting. I hunt mostly in thicker forest but there are areas where a 100 yard shot is doable. I don't want to spend too much, so I'm looking for a decent scope that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I've been...

I bought a used 30-30 a few years ago that already had a scope mounted. I've been thinking about taking off the scope and using the iron sights for deer as I already have a scoped 308. I mostly hunt thicker timber and the deer I took last year was at like 10-15 yards with a shotgun slug. Help me...

Hello hunters! I had a great deer season this year, tagged out this weekend and then I got something special from KDWP in my inbox. Never been drawn for a special hunt, I'd thought to tag another deer in antlerless but the drive to my spot is 6 hours round trip. This makes for half the...

A young button buck was hit in front of my house. I picked it up out of the ditch and put it out in the woods on my property & set a trail cam to watch it for predi tors. Below are a few of the 1900 pictures showing what was captured including some curious bucks.

The gun is a mark2 semi auto sten. I have worked up a load that's kind of impressive. 11gr of AA9 compressed, with a small rifle primer for 124gr. It's a half grain over the max, uses small rifle primers. Velocity is about 1,580 +/-10 feet per second out of a 9.5inch barrel. Accuracy is between...

Typically we get one elk and one deer tag up here in Montana, and after shooting a young white-tail buck last night I'm done for the season with 18 hunting days still to go! I usually go down to Belt near Great Falls to hunt mule deer and elk, but unless some other tags are available I won't be...

So, a few years ago I tried .300 Blackout subsonic Noveske deer hunting ammo with a 9.5" barrel and Sig Titanium Suppressor. I made 2 lung shots on 2 different smaller does. I found very little blood and after 2 days of looking did not recover either deer. Both had only about 2-4 drops of blood...

Obviously, the two most popular cartridges for the AR-15 (we'll leave the AR-10 out of this particular discussion) are 5.57/.223 and less so 300 Blackout. But, as we all know, there are many, many other calibers one can build/buy an AR chambered in. Out of: 5.56/.223, 300 Blackout, 7.62x39...

I GUESS this would go here. If not, or if it breaks a rule, then I’ll understand its removal. Anyway, I am bored and all my activities require travel or being away from home/school (which is what home has become now) too long. I had to either go crazy or get creative so I started a YouTube...

Hello guys & gals I don't have a hunting rifle yet; & I want my first one to be of a caliber that is 1: abundant & easy to find; & 2: could kill an elk without being overkill for a deer. I live in southern Oregon, if that matters, if you're wondering about species of elk/deer. I guess I'd...

I've been using scent controlling shampoo/body wash for like 5 years with pretty good results. I shower right before changing into my hunting clothes and then go straight to the stand. I keep my clothes in the garage and keep them out of the house where my wife always has some type of season...

I would like to eventually get to a point where I'm comfortable hunting whitetail/hogs with a handgun. I have a ways to go in order to get my accuracy where I would need it to be for ethical shots. However I have started debating which caliber would be the best option for me to do this with and...

Looking at getting a 300 win mag rifle to hunt with. I think I’ve decided on a Winchester model 70 (current production). However, I’m torn between the model 70 Super Grade and the Alaskan. does anybody have any experience with either of these or can provide any input. I’ve also toyed with the...

Well I finally have all the pieces and am getting ready to put together my first 6.5 Grendel in 16" lightweight AR form. I've been reading about loads and bullets for the Grendel and thought it'd be interested to see what loads my fellow THR-ers are using and what bullets everyone prefers. I'm...

Nephews got a pair in the blizzard on the next to the last day in IL in my little patch known as Walnut Hill. Here is #5 for the year..

I’m an experienced shooter but I’ve never hunted anything bigger than a rabbit. I’m looking to go deer hunting next season and I need some advice on what rifle to buy. Here are my preferred requirements for that rifle: -bolt action (semis aren’t legal for hunting here in PA) -a caliber good...

I have a feeling I know some of the answers but I'll ask of those who know more. I have a lever action rifle in 44/40. Is this ok for deer hunting? I have a rifle I have yet to shoot after about 3 years and am thinking of selling it. But if I don't I'd like to know if 44/40 is just marginal...

What is the best gun for deer in your opinion? 243? 30-06? 7.62 series? other?

Ohio cuts bag limit for deer, adds days to hunting season (Deer-gun) I saw this on the WLWT app, maybe this might be of interest to "deer-gun" Ohio hunters. Ohio adds two days to the deer-gun season but the take went down from 9 to 6 with only one deer can be "anterless"...