What's your Deer hunting Rifle and Ammo?

[brokenvet]

Got a variety to chose from, what ever I feel carrying that morning.  Ruger 77 in .280Rem; Rem 700 in 30.06; Golden Eagle in , 7mm mag; Mauser actions in 7X57, .308, 338-06, 243, 6X55; M1 Garands in .308 & 30.06.

For ammo I roll my own; mainly use Barnes TTSX & Nosler 

[Huntboy]

X-Bolt .308, with 165 grn. Nosler accubonds.

[Kioti]

I am shooting a 1909 Argentine Mauser 98, in 7x57.  Custom made for me, with a Fajen stock of Mytlewood.  Its topped with a Leupold VX1 2-7x33mm. 
Also when the mood hits me, I shoot my Belgium Mauser 98 custom , with a mannlicker style walnut stock, in 7x57 with a Leupold VX1.  For my old stand by, I have a 1917 Enfield, Remington, in 30/06, custom. with a Bushnell World Class scope.
I love my old military customs. 

[X-Force]

Havent rifle hunted in a couple years but my family is a mixed bag
Predator Hunter 6.5 creedmoor w/ 129gr Interbond
T3 300 wsm w/ 165 gr FP
A-bolt 280 w/ 140 gr VS
T3 338 wm w/ 200 gr SX
And all tagged out this year on deer
Hopefully Saylean can find some time to post the story. I have been bugging him about it...

[BigD]

Camo daisy red ryder in .177 cal.    Its a tack driver.   

[gunnarnewt]

.257 WBY vanguard, with 110 grain accubonds = death! 

[dscubame]

Two animals down this year with my new Tikka T3 in .243 with Barnes Vortex 80 grain ttsx.  A large bear a few weeks ago and last weekend a nice 4 point deer.   The bear I knew had to be perfect shot placement and the deer did not take even one step.  Taking the Tikka out for elk this weekend.

[wapiti22]

I have 2 guns in camp this year. First is a Ruger #1 in 7 x 57.  Second is a pre-64 Winchester 70 in 300 H&H magnum.  Either one will do the job.

[ironbuck]

if you dont shoot them in the shoulder you wont waste any meat thats why god gave them a neck
[/quote  Yep thats what the old man used to say neck shots drop em or miss em clean

[Jingles]

A Bolt 30-06 180 Sierra SBT handloads 58gr IMR 4350 topped with Leo VXIII 3-9 X40 Figure it is good for any North American game as shot placement counts

[Simcoe hunter]

Past years(and all of my deer and 1 elk) have all been win mod 70 in 7 mm Rem mag.  Most deer were with 120 or 140 gr hand loads.  The elk was with a 150 gr Win factory load.

Have now gone to an Savage Model 116 in '06.  It is still unproven as I failed to harvest an animal this year.  But eventually it will use an accurate, read tested, 165 gr premium bullet for all big game hunting.  Love how the gun shoots.

[Quicksilver]

Tikka T3 stainless .300wm, Winchester brass, Federal 215 primer, 75.5gr RL22 powder, 180gr Nosler Accubond. gets the bullet moving pretty good and is my "kill everything" gun. plan on getting a .308 down the road and will use it for local deer hunting. i pack my 300 in the hills though since i like to be ready for everything and just in case i have to stretch a shot out there. if i hit something...i want to hit it good haha. haven't had many shots through this rifle but on paper it proves pretty promising. with my custom turret on my Leupold VX-3L it is close enough at 500yds to hit a deer. i'll be spending much more time stretching it out this coming spring.

[TeacherMan]

No such thing as one good rifle. That be like saying you could golf with just one club. My choices are usually my 7mm Browning ABolt with bipod and Leupold 6.5-20vx III with 160 gr Federals.

Or my .338 RUM in a Rem 700 with Leupold 4-12 and 250gr Barnes XXX with 100gr. R19.

Or my .243 with 100gr Remington core locs and 4-12 Pentex.

All have there place...

Forgot the single shot .308 with 150gr BT and 3-9 Leupold. That's my favorite logging rd. gun. Like said they all have a purpose.

[wilsongideon]

remmington model 700 .308 it was bought brand new 1979 by my dad and given to me about 5 years ago but I started using it when I was 15
always bought factory 150 grain with it and it shot excellent killed 7-8 deer with it. at the range best I could shoot was about 3/4 inch groups. Had a gunsmith my cousin take and look at it, he reset the trigger to 3 lbs and loaded me 165 grain bullets that are a little hotter then factory to get velocity up there. I have went with him shooting several times and hit targets out to 1008 yards which is alot of fun...that being said I wouldnt shoot at a deer that far. that was 2 years ago and since then I have killed 2 deer with 2 shots. but nothing over 250 yards

[Evil_EdwardO]

Two animals down this year with my new Tikka T3 in .243 with Barnes Vortex 80 grain ttsx.  A large bear a few weeks ago and last weekend a nice 4 point deer.   The bear I knew had to be perfect shot placement and the deer did not take even one step.  Taking the Tikka out for elk this weekend.

Awesome, I just picked up a Tikka T3 lite .243 yesterday. Hopefully I'll get to shoot it this weekend.