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re: .308 or 6.5 creedmoor for deer hunting?
Posted on 9/30/20 at 2:47 pm to Buckshot44
Posted on 9/30/20 at 2:47 pm to Buckshot44
they don't call it a needmore for nothing. Fortunately, at my local academy, shells for both are usually in stock (can't say the same for 30.06 or .270);
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Posted on 9/30/20 at 2:56 pm to Buckshot44
My choice would be .308 just because that's what my granddaddy shot and I don't like new fangled rifle calibers.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 3:09 pm to kengel2
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Just pick a 6.5.
I love my 6.5 Grendel AR for shots just like what the OP is throwing out. If I think I am gonna go past 200, then I will probably take out my bolt gun 7 Mag.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 3:24 pm to oleyeller
I've never had a deer go more than 10 yards shooting the 140 Berger VLDH. Most have anchored where they were standing. That said, I did see what you describe with the 143 Hornady ELDX.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 3:28 pm to Buckshot44
150 yards? .308 all day and twice every day.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 3:54 pm to Buckshot44
.308. 6.5 Creedmoor is a target round and an obsolete one at that.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 4:02 pm to Loup
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6.5 Creedmoor is a target round and an obsolete one at that.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 4:10 pm to lungbuster06
I had issues several times with the Hornady eldx. I lost 2 deer that i tracker over 750 yards, and was think I rushed my shot and just made poor shots. The third one ran about 75 yards, near perfect shot. Switched to the cheap ol core lokts and haven’t lost one since.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 4:58 pm to Buckshot44
6.5 Creedmoor can cure Covid! Kills deer as soon as you take it out of the case! .308 for the win!
This post was edited on 9/30/20 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 9/30/20 at 5:03 pm to Buckshot44
338 win mag. You just never know.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 5:04 pm to Buckshot44
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Farthest shoots I have is at 150 yards.
.243 then.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 5:05 pm to Buckshot44
.308 over the Cripplemore
Posted on 9/30/20 at 6:18 pm to JamalSanders
The lowly .30-30 would be fine
Posted on 9/30/20 at 6:25 pm to White Bear
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338 win mag. You just never know.
Like when a Nilgai walks out?
Posted on 9/30/20 at 6:32 pm to MWP
.338 win mag is the perfect north American rifle caliber.
Yall need to sack up and take some recoil
Yall need to sack up and take some recoil
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:00 pm to ABucks11
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Get a .35 wheelin and never track a deer again.
.50 BMG and head shots cut down on the tracking significantly.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:10 pm to Ron Cheramie
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308 easy
Unless you have a man bun, then go for the 6.5
HaHa!!
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:11 pm to Buckshot44
.308
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:15 pm to Buckshot44
For what your describing. It will not matter. I have 6.5 and 308. Love them both. They both will do the job.
Posted on 9/30/20 at 7:27 pm to 257WBY
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308 over the Cripplemore
FIL has a friend with deer tracking dogs. He says he always asks what gun people used when they shot the deer they called him to track. He said more than 50% of the time its the cripplemore
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