The wife and I killed over 40 white tails this past season, She took about half with my AR-15 in 300 Ham'r and her Wilson Combat/Ruger American in 300 Ham"r. I took my mine with 300 Ham'r early in the season then switched to my 7-08 for about 5-6 kills.

Martin Cougar Magnum. My wife bought it for me back around 2002 or so.
CVA Accura 50 cal
Ruger American Ranch in 300BO
Ruger American Predator in 223
Ruger American Predator in 243
Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Grendel
Encore Prohunter in 7 mag
AR15 in 223
AR15 in 300BO
AR15 in 6.5 Grendel
AR10 in 308
Winchester model 92 in 44-40 Made in 1904, my dad's before he passed
Winchester model 94 in 30-30 My Grand dad's.
These last two mean more to me than all the others i own.

I usually use either my .308 PA-10 or my Mossberg 4x4 in 30-06.

I may pull out my 30-30 and 270 next season.

Depending on my mood, situation, etc., I'll use either my bolt .243, .308, or suppressed SBR in 6.8 SPC-II.

There's an old saying among the old timers; "Fear the man with one rifle"...Chances are he knows how to use it.
Adios,
Gary

The 6.8spc pretty much lives in my truck in the off-season, got a 3 pigs last weekend, and a 2'fer on coons yesterday evening. It gets switched out for a 708 during deer season and I'll hunt with the .280ai now and then too.

I have gone by the one gun theory for 50 years. No plans to change.

My deer caibers - the 22-250. All handloads.


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I'll have a temporary crush on one of my rifles and decide that's what I'm going to hunt with. Usually it's going to be a controlled round feed Mauser variant or a rem 700. Have been smitten by the Howa 1500s lately.

I do carry two rifles in my work truck that are not intended for hunting. Springfield M1A and an M40 copy in 308.. The mags for the M1A are loaded with ammo that the bolt gun likes and I can grab the mag carrier and go if I have to.

Two - 6.8mm SPC in the Hill Country & .270 Win in South TX. 130 gr bullet in both.

Always one , 6.5 cm

Variety is the spice of life… 270 is probably my favorite. Also really like 7-08 and 7RM. Recently have been buck hunting mostly with 7RM. I like 30-06 and 300WM too. I shoot several does each year with .223. I also hunt some with assorted .357 magnums.

One gun for deer. .270 Rem 700 BDL, 150 grain.

Seems to work just fine

I have had the same gun for 31 years. Weatherby Vanguard in a 7MM Rem. Mag. It has done an outstanding job on everything from coyotes to moose!

As always, I'll answer St Peters trumpet call carrying a 270 of some sort. Right now I only have a pair, a SS Marlin that has had extractor problems that have now been resolved, and a 270 M70 that was suposedly built in Portugal that was produced by Winchester for a USA government contract, and came with a black uncheckered composite stock with a 22" barrel . I was fortunate enough to find a cherry of a takeoff stock from a kind THF'er from Midland Tx and it was a perfect drop in assembly. I also have a cherry 7x57 M70 Fwt that I am toying with the idea of using the black composite stock with to preserve the FWT stock, like my TC 6.5 CM is

Would really like to find another 7Rmg too, now that the bone spurs in my shooting shoulder are all gone thanks to a traveling VA medic who was preaching about this new treatment drug he was injectied into my right shoulder socket in several places... that WORKED !!!! ON ME ...after not being able to lift my right arm over my head or extend my right arm completely for over 5 years , when one
VA Doc in Bonham told me I was gonna be a cripple the rest of my life after an hour + of probing the shoulder with a electric jolting wand.

Could also like another well fitting 300Wmg too but could probably make do with a hopped up '06. My days of ever shooting a 9.3 x62 or getting prepped to hunt dangerous african game are over though.
Ron

My daughter takes the 7mm08 and my son takes my 6.5 CM.

When I do go sit in a deer blind, I'm usually unarmed, or take my .204 in case a coyote steps out.