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good women's rifle for booth deer and elk
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hey you all, my wife and 11 year old son are going thru hunter ed as soon as christmas is over. i already have a couple good calibers for my 11 year old (6.5 cm, 243) and for me (30-06). im looking for a recommendation for a good all around friendly shooting deer and elk caliber in one, for my wife. she wants to try to hunt elk as well as deer and doesnt like my 30-06 she says it kicks a little to much. it would be west side elk mostly and deer all around the state. we have been looking at 270 7mm-08 and 6.8 western, but im not a fan of the price or availability of the 6.8. what have the ladies in your life had luck with. appreciate everyone thanks. And no my son isn't hunting elk with a 6.5 or 243 he needs to shot a couple deer first before the elk and be able to shoot something a little bigger as well.
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Re: good women's rifle for booth deer and elk
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My wife has a tikka 7mm08 - very low recoil and is definitely a little tack driver
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Agreed 7mm-08.
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If you can, have them shoot some guns with muzzle breaks. If they are tolerant of the noise, blow back, etc. it would open up the available calibers. Something in 7mm would work.
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My wife and I have killed bulls with her 270. Works gear.
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Lots of good choices, including using reduced recoil ammunition in calibers like 30-06.
In my opinion a 7mm-08 would be hard to beat.
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7mm-08 will do the trick. Mild recoil and will tackle deer and elk.
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Re: good women's rifle for booth deer and elk
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Love the ole 25-06. Fun to shoot, doesnt beat the hell out of you, perfect predator/varmit gun and can kill all the way up to moose.
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My wife has killed many elk and deer with my 7mm-08 Mountain rifle, but due to her not being able to get her head down and sight picture dialed in fast we went ahead and got her a Savage Lady Hunter. This has been a game changer for her as the gun is made to fit a woman.
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A wood stock reduces the felt recoil and is something to consider. I sighted in a 7mm mag for someone several years ago and it had a synthetic stock. There was a huge difference in the wood stocked rifle I owned and the synthetic stock rifle.
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I went with a 7mm-08 for my wife. She had her crosshairs on a blacktail and decided she wasn’t a hunter so it sits in the safe. It is a Browning X-bolt.
Using the Hornady low recoil rounds the kick is laughable.
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thanks everybody i will do some research on the 7mm-08. appreciate everyone's input.
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My son shoots a 7mm-08 with 101gn hammer hunters and it’s a little laser with very little recoil.
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Another vote for the 7mm-08. My wife and all three daughters have one. They have killed a lot of deer with that caliber.
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My daughter is 21yo and shoots a 30-06. She's been shooting the 30-06 since age 16. We started with reduced recoil ammo. She now shoots it with a standard load.
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