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 Which Caliber for you.
#94812
10/03/06 04:02 PM
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HWY_MAN
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What caliber rifle will you hunting deer with this year?
Mine will be a 300 Weatherby.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94813
10/03/06 04:08 PM
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Birddogger
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.270 is what I use when in a stand but when I am out stalking in south TX the old Marlin 30-30 will be with.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 04:10 PM
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txcornhusker
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If I rifle hunt, it will be a .270.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 04:13 PM
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psycho0819
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Tolerance is the virtue of a man without conviction.
The end of the world began the day it was created, and life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94816
10/03/06 04:13 PM
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txbrian
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.308 when I am in a box stand, 30-30 lever action or my 44 mag from the bow stands once gun season rolls around.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94817
10/03/06 04:17 PM
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Okiebug
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7 mag or 6.5x55. I also have a scoped 44mag if they are close enough.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94818
10/03/06 04:26 PM
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redchevy
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Go to gun is a 270, but usualy try to get one critter each with my 270, 223, and 54cal smoke pole, and possibly this year a bow(we eat alot of deer meat).
matt
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94819
10/03/06 04:30 PM
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LouieTiger
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.243 for doe hunting
.270wsm if I think I'll see a buck and/or pigs. This is my new gun.
bow/arrow - 100gr. muzzy
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94820
10/03/06 04:38 PM
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HunterTed
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Mathews Legacy
Mathews Ovation
Square Up Archery & Lightning Bowstrings Staff Shooter
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 04:44 PM
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Wes70
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94822
10/03/06 04:45 PM
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.270 OR 7mm WSM
Might even break out the sks to do a little stalking in the thick stuff.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 04:50 PM
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Rowney
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270 or 25-06, depends which i decide to take.
HunterTed, i am asking this in all seroiusness, why do you need that gun for texas whitetails? Is it just what you are comfortable with, and shoot it better than your other guns?
As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind...Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks--Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 05:01 PM
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PKnTX
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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10/03/06 05:31 PM
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HWY_MAN
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This was posted to get an idea of what most people shoot here in TX. Please don't question another persons choice.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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#94826
10/03/06 06:06 PM
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30.06. If I was to buy a new one, it would be a .270.
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#94827
10/03/06 06:39 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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22-250, 243 WCF, 30-06, 7mm Rem Mag, or 12 ga slugger in light brush.
I also have a scoped 44mag SB 10-1/2" under 75 yards.
James
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.�
~ John Muir
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94828
10/03/06 06:47 PM
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Reloader-7
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.240 Weatherby, It's fast, flat and kills like hot lightning, without all the meat damage of the larger mags.
1911 - for the times when 911 just isn't fast enough.
"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe when the legislature is in session." - Will Rogers
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94829
10/03/06 07:29 PM
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Rowney
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Quote:
This was posted to get an idea of what most people shoot here in TX. Please don't question another persons choice.
Im sorry, it was a question I thought worthy of asking. I dont care what anybody shoots, it can be a 50 bmg for all i care. But a 338 win mag has a good thump to it, and there are lots of guns out there easier to shoot, IMO. SO I was curious why the guy uses that particular round.
As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind...Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks--Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94830
10/03/06 07:58 PM
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txbobcat
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204,22-250 for doe
25-06,30-06 Buck Hunting
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94831
10/03/06 09:08 PM
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gut shot
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94832
10/03/06 09:18 PM
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BigGuy
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My 7mm-08 unless I'm hunting senderos w/possible longer shots - then it's a 300 Win Mag.
Good Luck and Good Hunting.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94833
10/03/06 10:14 PM
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Crazyhorse
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Don't worry about it, you ain't the one getting kicked, paying for the lease, or buying the shells.
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94834
10/03/06 10:20 PM
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Crazyhorse
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Lora(campcook) will be using her 257 Roberts. Depending on where I am at, it will be anything from a 22 Hornet, up to and including a 458 Win. Mag. I can list what it won't be, 22-250, 243, 260 Rem., 270, 308, 30-06, 338 oh wait, I forgot, I use a 340 Weatherby, a 338's big brother. Sorry, about turning the thread hostile Mike. 
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94835
10/03/06 10:25 PM
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Re: Which Caliber for you.
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#94836
10/03/06 10:30 PM
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WileyCoyote
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If I get a go ahead from the Doc's this year and can tolerate the thump, I have two guns that have never been blooded yet ...a M70 300Winnie and a CZ 9.3x62 ...otherwise old reliable is a Tikka WT Hunter 270. I'd really like to use the 9.3 and see just what the excitement is all about from hitting a WT sized critter with a slow moving 285 gr'er at about 24/2500 fps...supposed to be kinda like a 35 Whelen on steriods.  I KNOW what the 300Winnie in 180's will do but I came into this gun earlier this year trading when I thought I could go chase Elk this year until all the medical crap fell on my head this summer. But the 9.3x62 is the African version of a 30'06 and is used on everything that walks or swims for shots under 250/300 yards. If not this year then for sure next!  Got another NIB gun coming too if the dealer can find me a deal on a T3 in 270, 308, '06 or 7-08 in a SS/syn. Ron
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