ssssshhhhh...don't let others hear your say that. This is Texas, where a .223 bounces off the hide of the deer, and you can only kill something with grandaddy's 30-30 or a 7mm of some kind. God help you if you run a can...

True dat

Texas is the 223 deer killing capital of the world.

22-250 50 gr. vmax. I know, I know, that isn't ideal, but I've killed dozens over the last few years and have had great results (75% neck/head shots).

.300 mag 180 gr. soft points for trophy animals if archery isn't possible.

Don't you be talkin' bad about Daddy's 30-30., boy!

x39 123 SST I assume.

I'll probably use 168 gr Accubonds in 7mm rem mag but I'm going to test some 180 grain VLDs too.

I've been hunting with my 357 rifles for a few years. 158 gr flat points, hand loaded a little warm. I wouldn't be scared to shoot a buck of a lifetime with one within 100 yards. 357 out of a rifle is much more capable than many will give credit.

MarkE My SIL uses the 22-250 with 50gr and head or neck shoots his kills very effective. For me it will be what ever is itching at the time.

.243
.308
.270
.223
or 7mm mag.

Nosler used to make a 180g partition for the .357. You could probably scour the earth looking for them now and come up empty. When I retired mine in favor of the 45 Colt someone on this thread got a nice fat stack of them. That was an impressive bullet.

Whitetail will mostly be with a bow, Mathew Halon 32 @ 70# shooting wasp jackhammers

If I do get a hair to go hunt with a rifle it will probably be with a Ruger M77 in .270 stoked with 130 grain hornady custom interlocks.

Out west hope to break in my new Mark V in .300 win shooting 180 grain accubonds

260 with 130grain Accubonds
6.8SPC with 110grain Accubonds
308 with 168grain BarnesTSX BT

6.5 creedmoor with hornady precision hunter bullets

30-378 wby 215gr VLD’s 30” barrel. I got a hill country blk buck hunt. I want to be able to drop and anchor him where he stands.....

Jeez Bobo!!!

FIFY

460S&W 300gr JFN by Buffalo Bore. Should be all I need out to 100 yards

https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=125

My wife inherited a 460 Mag and I've never shot it. Her dad killed all kinds of stuff with it.

475 linebaugh with my cast bullets and probably a 270 with Winchester's version of ballistic tips

460S&W pistol or 460 Weatherby mag? There’s a huge difference. Mine is a pistol.

S&W revolver. It's a hog leg.

Don’t be scared. Throw the heaviest and most powerful round in it you can find, everything else after that is like a 22.

You really should shoot it and hung with it, it will put a snails on your face. My wife shot this doe with it last year

I read it’s the fastest way to put miracle grow on my man card.....plus I’m a terrible shot so I read it will put him down right there no matter where I hit him, if he fell of a 12” ledge and chipped a horn I wouldn’t be able to bear it...

What you read has to be true, too many man card holders say the same.

Remington 722 in good old .257 Roberts!