re: What Calibers, Bows, etc Did You Kill Big Game With This Past Season?

Posted by OleBallCoach

Member since Nov 2007

1089 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 12:34 pm to Loup

how many doe you kill?

Posted by OleBallCoach

Member since Nov 2007

1089 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 12:58 pm to 257WBY

Ravin 29X - 138 3/8" Whitetail
6.5 Grendel/Thermal- 26 Hogs
.300bkout/Thermal- 8 Hogs 1 Axis doe
Browning A-bolt .270 1- Nilgai Bull 1- 161 6/8" Whitetail
12ga Stoeger 00Buck- 7 small hogs and pigs in 3 shots.

Posted by Theduckhunter

South Louisiana

Member since May 2022

1523 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 1:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

quote:
338 win mag - very tiny doe

“I’m going to try out the .223 this year”

…proceeds to shoot one with 338 win mag

I’m just picking on you! I know how it goes sometimes.

Posted by Loup

Ferriday

Member since Apr 2019

17471 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 1:21 pm to OleBallCoach

quote:
how many doe you kill?

6 total. 3 different states.

Posted by StGeorgeTiger

Member since Sep 2024

936 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 1:26 pm to 257WBY

Mathews Lift X 29.5 with The Trypans.

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

Here

Member since Jan 2011

72578 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 1:40 pm to Theduckhunter

I was on a revenge mission, and I felt better afterwards.

Posted by j4lsu

Pineville

Member since Aug 2006

3167 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 2:40 pm to 257WBY

Still:
8 point; 5 point; 4 pigs
Ruger 30.06 bolt

doe
Savage 7mm08

Dogs:
8 point, doe; 2pigs
Browning 30.06

Posted by s14suspense

Baton Rouge

Member since Mar 2007

16105 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 3:32 pm to 257WBY

Ended up killing a hog and a small doe with my circa 2013 PSE X-force compound bow.
It had been so long since I killed anything that I did pack a rifle with me half the time too but only ended up pulling the trigger with the bow.

Posted by Louie

Locust Grove, GA

Member since Jun 2006

897 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 4:23 pm to 257WBY

8 pt .308 Browning lever action
Doves 20 gauge Beneli Cordoba
Ducks/ Geese 12 gauge Browning Maxus 2 sporting

This post was edited on 2/16/26 at 7:39 pm

Posted by Tear It Up

The Deadening

Member since May 2005

13922 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 5:21 pm to 257WBY

.308 with 150 gr Norma (elk on box) took all of these:
Two WT bucks
Two WT does
4 hogs
16 javalinas

2 ...

Posted by calcotron

Member since Nov 2007

10830 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 5:22 pm to Louie

Just one with the muzzleloader, .50 cal Traditions Pursuit G4

Posted by Kashmir

Member since Dec 2014

10358 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 5:29 pm to 257WBY

8pt and doe—Mission xbow
7pt—Ruger .308 with 165 gr Federal Fusion

Posted by LSUDUCKMAN67

DTB

Member since Sep 2020

1683 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 9:46 pm to 257WBY

150” 9pt -.308
1 doe- .308

Shooting 165 serria gameking hand loads.
They are equivalent to the new sig ammo. They put serious holes in shite!

Posted by Art_Vandelay

Member since Nov 2019

234 posts

Posted on 2/16/26 at 11:37 pm to 257WBY

Ruger m77 270. 9 point

Posted by WillFerrellisking

Member since Jun 2019

3007 posts

Posted on 2/17/26 at 2:05 am to 257WBY

All with a .35 Whelen.

A spike (no scale) on Kistachie (1st ever la public deer)

An 8pt (120#) in swamps of south la (club)

An 8pt (150#) public MS

A 6pt (no brows 163#) private MS

A 4pt (160#) private MS

Posted by Koolazzkat

Behind the Tupelo gum tree

Member since May 2021

3815 posts

Posted on 2/17/26 at 5:39 am to 257WBY

Doe taken with 5.56 AR 77gr IMI razor core.
Doe taken with 300 win mag Ruger M77 180 gr Nosler ballistic tip handload.
Pig taken with 35 Whelen Remmy 7600 250 gr Speer gland slam handload.

The little 22 caliber did the nastiest damage of the 3 kills.

Posted by 257WBY

Member since Feb 2014

8216 posts

Posted on 2/17/26 at 8:14 am to Koolazzkat

Kansas buck - Mathews V3, megameat
.270 BAR - 2 hogs
35 Whelen - hog and 2 does
257 WBY mag - 2 does
Louisiana buck - Ruger 7mm-08
300 WBY - coyote
38-55 H&R Target Classic - Nutria