So here you go, this is a thread based on YOUR experiences, not trying talk about efficiency, long range, convince other people blah, blah, blah. List in order from best to worst the rounds you have killed deer/hogs with. Only use you actual experience, not hearsay, paper energy, etc., just animals that YOU shot hitting the ground the quickest. Obviously you might change your mind as you kill more animals with a certain caliber so if in the future you want to update go ahead.

Here is mine:

1 3006
2 30-30
3 270 win
4 45/70
5 razor sharp broadhead
6 44 mag rifle and pistol
7 7mm rem mag
8 233
9 22LR

1. .308
2. .270

Sat night I dropped one with a single shot at 133 yds with my 308. Sun AM I shot one 3 times at 50 yds with the same 308, with the same round and that little bastard still ran off! There is no magic answer.

The bigger the hammer I think matters, particularly if you already own it. A better quality round also matters. I'm going to try some bonded/partitioned rounds vs my $18 box Winchester Power Points.

There's a significant amount of satisfaction in clicking off several rounds in succession at a hog/sounder on the run that only a semi can deliver.

So am i correct in assuming your list is:
1 308
done

300 Blk Out

Is that the only round you have ever used on deer and hogs?

7x57 for the highest percentage of DRT
30-06 next
300 blk
243
30-30
44mag carbine

7 Rem Mag
7mm-08
7mm-08 A.I.
6.5 Creedmoor
.260 Rem
.308 Win

All work just fine, of course some are better when distance is added. All but the .308 are loaded with heavy for cartridge bullets.

375 H&H (had to be the deadest DRT whitetail doe I've seen)
7 Rem Mag
30-06
220 Swift
223
44 Rem Mag (rifle)
17 HMR

I keep trying to remember if I've ever killed a hog, other than in a trap, with a 22LR and I can't think of a single time. Odd since I've killed jillions of hogs.

I can't list them all but the top 3 would be:
300RUM/180 Nosler Partition
7MAG/175 Core Lokt
356WIN/250 soft point

Bottom line is if you break thier shoulders down they drop.

Nope. The list is pretty long, but off the top of my head- 270 Win, 308 Win, 300 WM, 300 blk out (2-3 rifles), 223, 44 Mag, 450 Marlin, 22 Mag (a few pigs), 40 S&W and 10mm (both for deer and pigs) .

In all the calibers listed, the #1 factor is shot placement. A poor shot from a 300 RUM is still a poor shot and a great shot from a 40 S&W is, well, great.

For me the list is over 30 long and like Chad said #1 factor is shot placement

I will say none were any deader shot with a 300WBY, 7mmSTW or 45-70 than those shot with 22 Hornet, 25-20 or 17 Remington. Understand your limitations and your cartridges limitations sty within those and make a good shot or pass on a shot if it is outside limitation comfort.

That said i have killed more deer with a 7mm-08 than any other round, these days I hunt mostly wit a 6.5 Grendel or 357 Mag Marlin 1894. Do not feel under gunned with either one.

30-06
30-30
300 Savage
.243
.308
.25-06
.223
.45ACP

For deer and hogs up to 200-225 yards...just my experience.

1. 30-06, I’m prob 10 for 10 maybe a little more on 1 shot and drop kills

I’ve used maybe 5-6 others over the years on maybe 10-12 more deer and it’s just hit or miss wether they go 50 yards, 150 yards or drop. My daughter dropped a doe this year w a .223

So in order...

1. 30-06
2. 223 (first gun)
3. 30-30 (second gun)
4. .270
5. .243
6. .308

I guess that’s a most to least kills with list

I’ve got a .450 Bushmaster I’m real eager to kill something with but haven’t had the chance...

But the Ole 30-06 never let me down even once

22
22 Hornet
223
22-250
243
7-08
7X57
30/30
30-06
44 mag

The only problem I had was one hog with the 22-250. I hit him under the eye with a VMAX. It was windy and I was aiming for the ear. The bullet didn’t penetrate and the pig got back up when I got up to it. One between the eyes put him down. I switched over to the 45gr. TSX and haven’t had anything walk away from it.

List in order of how you remember please and you don't have to list every cartridge , just list the order of most DRTs to least for you, Every cartridge doesnt have to be listed, just ones that stuck out the most maybe. Thanks

List in order of how you remember please and you don't have to list every cartridge , just list the order of most DRTs to least for you, Every cartridge doesnt have to be listed, just ones that stuck out the most maybe. Thanks

So you had most DRTs with 22s and least with 3006/44 mag, or is your list upside down, doesn't matter to me, just want to make sure as the list was supposed to be in order of most DTRs to least. Thanks

Little clarification for those that are having trouble with the idea. List the cartridges in order from most DRTs to least that only you have shot.. It doesn't have to be every cartridge you have ever used, matter of a fact it would be best if had shot at least a couple of deer/hogs with the cartridge. Obviously shot placement matters, so if you only shot deer in the [censored] with one cartridge then maybe consider that was you and not the round. Please put your post in list form from most DRTs to least, this is the premise to this thread, not much else, Thanks

I didn’t read that we were talking about deer too. I’ve lost deer with a 30/30, 243, and 270. I think mostly because the bullets back in the day weren’t as good as they are now and I shot a lot of deer on the run walking canyons and draws.
Deer included I’ve killed them with the above calibers as well as:

270
284 win
7 mag
300 mag
308 Norma mag

My favorite all around Rifle is my 7-08.

So which cartridges had the most DRTs to least, not just what have you shot with. For YOU, which tended to be the best killers, in list form from best to worst, that is the question?

50 BMG 750 grain SP, 300 Wby 180 grain Barnes, .50 Beowulf 400 grain SP Have all worked for me!

Sorry. The most DRT deer I’ve had were with the 22-250, well over a 100 because they were all standing still and shot in the neck or head.

You specified deer/hogs, so these are all WT deer, no head or neck shots.
Top Ten I remember the most-
1) 7MM-308
2) 280 Rem
3) 300 Ultra
4) 300 Savage
5) 25/06
6) 454 Casull (Revolver)
7) 7MM Rem Mag
8) 243 Win
9) 45/70 (shot with 500 grain lead solid and the dang thing ran 75 yards leaving a 2" wide non stop blood trail)
10) 22-250

30-06
x39
x51