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10/28/18 03:10 AM
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jbseamus83
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7mm08 would be my choice. Though, the .308 would be an excellent cartridge, especially if you are going to be going out west to hunt mulies or sheep.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 03:20 AM
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 03:47 AM
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Old Shakie
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.270 but .25-06 and .30-06 would work too.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 04:29 AM
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mbavo
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I would have to pick my Tikka 270 wsm.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 05:00 AM
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Cajun Raider
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30-06 for all the above reasons.
Don't talk the talk if you didn't walk the walk.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 05:35 AM
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Lone Ranger
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Winchester Model 70 Featherweight 270
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 06:00 AM
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DocHorton
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7mm-08 for me.
Several others will work...6.5,.308, .270 all good choices, but my preference is for a short action.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:18 AM
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Drop Tine
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270 wsm, extra insurance for aoudad and nilgai...all in a lightweight short action
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:19 AM
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snake oil
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"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:50 AM
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waderaider1
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30-06 best all round rifle for what ever you are hunting in Texas. it has a strong pedigree. Good ballistics and ammo available at about every country hardware and feed store. will kill em close and can reach out and touch something.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 12:17 PM
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Wilson Combat 6.8 spc as of right now it does everything I need it to do for Texas hunting, but my new 224 Valkyrie may take it's place if it can prove it's self this year.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 12:28 PM
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"I haven't shot a 1,000 deer, but I've sat around a 1,000 Texas camp fires. I'm a happy man." - pertnear
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 01:12 PM
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JJH
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257 Ackley. If I didn’t reload: 25/06.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 03:12 PM
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fouzman
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7mm-08. Any of several D.Dury customs we own. Stiller action. Jewel Trigger. Heavy contour match stainless bbl. We have 20" to 26" barrels and all shoot lights out. 3x12 Schmidt and Bender Scope with illuminated red dot in center of reticle.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 03:45 PM
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i know this is probably a repeat topic but lets try it. with lots of firearm purchases there are lots that are based off of 'bucket list' hunts, or best 'all around' guns/calibers, future hunts out west or in alaska... if yall could hunt inside the border of Texas only with one rifle/caliber what would your one rifle/caliber of choice be? mine would be ruger m77 .243, it just works. Tikka T-3, 7mm-08, and my 162 gr hand loads. I don't even need to think about it.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 04:37 PM
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Mr. T.
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my wife say's 30/06 and I say 270
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 04:37 PM
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I'm never normal when it comes to rifles, so i would say my 257 WBY.....i have two!  But if i had to buy another rifle to do it all, it would be a custom 7mm-08!
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 07:39 PM
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270 has done it for me for 35 years. If I could only pick one it would be the trusty 700 I got when I was 14. Quite a bit of work done to it since then but still one I would go to if that was the limit.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 08:22 PM
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Railhead
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I have a 7-mm-08 and it shoots really well, but if I could only have one, it’s my 30-06 Remington 700 BDL.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 10:04 PM
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:16 PM
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:17 PM
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txtrophy85
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My Weatherby In .300 win mag
Texas has some big critters inside it’s borders. Elk, aoudad and nilgai are among the toughest.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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10/28/18 11:46 PM
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Simple Searcher
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My Weatherby In .300 win mag
Texas has some big critters inside it’s borders. Elk, aoudad and nilgai are among the toughest. Also great for squirrels
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/28/18 11:52 PM
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txtrophy85
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My Weatherby In .300 win mag
Texas has some big critters inside it’s borders. Elk, aoudad and nilgai are among the toughest. Also great for squirrels “There is no such thing as overkill, and if there is it doesent hurt”
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: one rifle to hunt in Texas only...
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10/29/18 12:22 AM
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scottfromdallas
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I want to hunt Nilgai so I would have to go 338 Federal.
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