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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks] #5936041 09/19/15 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted By: QuitShootinYoungBucks
305.5 will tell you it's not versatile enough.
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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5936249 09/19/15 06:57 PM
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shot a big one with a 25.06 Planning to shoot a fallow with the same gun this year.


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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5936920 09/20/15 03:53 AM
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Id have to say yes,considering how many Deer are taken with .243 100 grain ea year. (My Wife's one and only buck was poleaxed with a .243 100 grain Nosler Partion) he fell where he stood! I know the 25-06 has more KE and better BC? Myself I use a 6.5 with 120s-140s but have some 100s I've tried working load on!!!


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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5937020 09/20/15 12:05 PM
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I think as with all calibers it is the bullet itself and where it is placed on the animal that counts. I had a hunter use a 243 with a 75 gr. bullet that turned into a mess. I had a hunter with a 300 Weatherby using a sabot low weight bullet that also turned into a mess. Use a good bullet and place it right and most any caliber will work with any animal.

Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5937058 09/20/15 01:05 PM
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Yes.


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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5938189 09/21/15 02:02 AM
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Yes ,my personal favorite for 25:06 is the 120 grain,my 2 cents,killed several even with 90 grainers

Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: don k] #5938544 09/21/15 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted By: don k
I think as with all calibers it is the bullet itself and where it is placed on the animal that counts. I had a hunter use a 243 with a 75 gr. bullet that turned into a mess. I had a hunter with a 300 Weatherby using a sabot low weight bullet that also turned into a mess. Use a good bullet and place it right and most any caliber will work with any animal.


Yes exactly I didn't want to mention the lost deer I "knew of" behind inferior bullet design but its the most important....nothing worse than losing deer cause your $10 imported box of SP ammo slipped its core and fragmented all to hell just under the hide. for twice that amount less than $20 usually you can get good bonded core weight retaining ammo! I myself have found that Federal Premium is as good ammo as I can load sometimes!


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Re: Is a 25-06 with 100 grain bullet enough gun/bullet for axis deer? [Re: elvisp_bucks] #5940020 09/22/15 02:15 AM
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We had a husband and wife come to my boss's ranch a few years ago to hunt. The husband shot a big whitetail with a 7mm Mag in the neck and it ran off. We needed tracking dogs to find a quarter of a mile away. The wife shot a big Axis deer with a perfect heart/lung shot and it dropped where it stood.
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