I cant decide which rifle to take this year.

Last year i took a my 270, occassionally my marlin 3030.

I bought a 6.8 spc this year with a nikon scope.

I hunt east Texas, shots under 115 yards. Fairly thick, some open areas.

What do yall do? Which would you use as primary?

6.5 CM will be my primary for the Hill Country again this year.


300 Blackout for East Texas where a long shot is far less likely.

Different one for every animal. It will be all leverguns this year and open sights.

308 suppressed for the deer, and I take my 45/70 everywhere just in case but especially in truck or any hunting vehicle, open sights, always drops the hogs!

I will be taking my 6.5 CM AR and a 6.5X55 and perhaps my custom 6.5 CM.

6mm every year for the last 15 years. Before that a 358 model 99 Savage since 1972. The 6mm never fails me and I love the sound it makes when the bullet hits a hog in the face.

I have a single shot 357 MAX open sight rifle that I absolutely love! I hunt East Texas and most of the property is very thick so most shots are 60 yards or less. It's extremely light so it's a breeze to carry and super short so it doesn't snag on any brush. Never fails to drop deer or hog!

6.5 CM
270 Weatherby Mag
280 Ackley Improved
300 Win Mag
308 Win Custom

Depends on the animal, terrain, average distance, or whatever I feel like shooting that day....

I've grown fond of my .270. In the past I carried my 30.06 or .243.

Usually only need one, but often take 2 when out of state. Just to far to get caught with a problem

Different rifle everytime i go. .243, .308, 30-06

I take two on every trip. a 270 and I have a backup in the truck. a 30/06.

270 and 300WSM, I hunt 9 hours from home and I like to have a backup, just in case...

I usually take 2 out for a hunt, just in case. Have hunted seasons with only one rifle and taken deer with as many as 8 rifles another season, just depends on the mood of the moment and sometimes getting some out of the safe.

This year I will be using a 6.5 Grendel bolt action most of the time it is light weight, handy well balanced and fun to shoot.

Depends on the blind, usually a 6.8 or 7mm-08. If I finish my .308 before the season it will be the go-to.

I usually carry my 7-08, but I've been known to occasionally take my 300Win. This year I'm determined to take something with my Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R)

This year will be the same as the last 3-4 years- Rem 700 in 300 blk out suppressed shooting my 125 SST or Ballistic tip ammo with Vortex 2.5-10 PST mil/mil for glass. I'm sighted in right now with the 115 Bergers, and these have worked well for me the times I have used the target bullets.

But, when we plan to hunt Sniper Hill, the feeders are at 782 and 880 yards away. I'll have my TRG 42 in 300 WM pushing the Hornady 225 BTHP's for that. If the 7/300 WM gets finished before then, I'll run that this year.

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Guilty of having a lot of guns. I will usually hunt with my 243, 270, 45-70 lever gun, bow, and maybe 300 wby off and on throughout the year. Majority of time will be spent with 243 and 270 though as I try to hunt with my wife as much as I can and those are the crossovers she also shoots.

When I'm set up in my tower blind it's my .308 Remington 700 in 5R Milspec with a Leupold VX-6. I have sand bags, shooting rests and a steady seat.

When I'm on the ground it'll be my Tikka CTR, .308, 20" barrel with a Vortex Viper. I carry a camera tripod modified with a shooting rest. I have a few set ups that cover a couple of miles.

Browning 25-06 and Howa 30-06

I keep a gun safe in each blind.

Main Texas hunting rifle is my (Remington 700 .308 SPS Tactical AAC-SD/With suppressor) and a .243 Tikka backup!

I loved my .270. Long story short, I sold it. But that's another story. For deer, I usually take one scoped rifle (currently a 30-30 is my only scoped deer rifle (although I will get another .270). I also take one of my iron sight levers as a backup/brush gun, either the 45/70 or the .357 mag. I have thought about taking my AR (scoped) this year, but I don't think I'm comfortable with the .223 for deer. I took a big pig with it with a conventional vitals shot, and it did a fine job, but for some reason, I'm not comfortable using on deer.