Suprised, but excited

[PlateauNDN]

Sounds like a keeper to me better marry her before somebody else comes along and takes her!   I do everything with my wife and children and we have fun doing it so take her and enjoy.

[krism83]

So here is a situation. I think I am going to get her a rifle for christmas, heck even if she doesn't like hunting we can still go to the range. Should I start her out with a .243 or a .270? I was thinking a .270 using the logic that if she likes to go hunting, maybe eventually she will move on to something bigger than deer and would still be able to carry the same rifle. Correct me if I'm wrong here guys...

[akirkland]

Good for you Kris. My girl has no desire to hunt big game with me. She did come to elk camp for the second week one year. It ruined my hunt Actually its my fault, i allowed her to ruin it. Never again! She does like to shoot birds and fish with me from time to time. Im cool with that. She is definately an outdoor kinda gal but she can also clean up well. Her hobbies are the horses and quad riding. My hobbies are hunting fishing and quad riding. Its a very healthy thing to have a few interests but you need space to do your own thing as well. Good luck

[Sportfury]

So here is a situation. I think I am going to get her a rifle for christmas, heck even if she doesn't like hunting we can still go to the range. Should I start her out with a .243 or a .270? I was thinking a .270 using the logic that if she likes to go hunting, maybe eventually she will move on to something bigger than deer and would still be able to carry the same rifle. Correct me if I'm wrong here guys...

I would go with the .243 if you are not sure she is going to hunt deer or not. The .243 will work for deer too. If she wants to hunt other big game then you have another reason to buy another gun. 

[Helix]

Good for you man she sounds like a keeper. While my wife doesn't hunt yet she shoots like a pro and when we met she owned as many guns as I did. Someday she might hunt with me but in the mean time I'm kind of glad to have a chance to get out on my own. 

[3nails]

 After seeing the damage my daughters .243 is doing to her deer I would not hesitate to use it myself. As Plat said, if she wants to hunt bigger animals later, just get another gun!

[Sitka_Blacktail]

I would rather stuff anchovies down my shorts and toss myself to the Sealions at Ballard Locks before I would drag a GF along hunting. Sorry, no manicure salon or Starbucks out here hotstuff.

I think I see the problem. You need to find a better class of girlfriend. Why date girls you obviously have no respect for? Find one who can keep up with you, then you might have a keeper.  They are out there. But they're harder to find than a 7 pt bull. You're hunting in the wrong spot.

[JJB11B]

My girlfriend told me she would go hunting with me. I asked her if she would shoot something and she said yes...GREAT!....Then she added "But I wouldn't eat it" "NO HUNTING FOR YOU!"

[webbspinner]

Congrats on the little lady wanting to hunt, sounds like a winner for sure.  I personally think as hunters we have to promote the sport as much as possible, there are already way to many people wanting to make all the rules for us that don't understand wildlife and balance and the hunting and outdoor lifestyle. 
     God bless all you ladies who hunt and fish, my wife is my best friend and her redneckification still has a little ways to go. 

[webbspinner]

I put a kick-eze pad on my 270 and wife and all my buddys wives shoot it and have no problems, actually they quite enjoy it.  Great deer rifle and with the right bullet would work fine for elk.  IMHO. 

started my son with 30-06, just downloaded to about 30-30 some loads and put a pachmeyer gel pad on his rifle and he started at 12, now 17 and shooting full boat loads.  wanted 270 for him, but had a 06.

[Deep Forks]

Check out a 7mm/08, close to the same ballistics as the 270 with the kick of a 243.  My wife started out with a 243 and moved up to a 270 and still uses it.  Last year we bought her a 7mm/08 in a 6lb mt. rifle and she loves it.  She has hunted with me for 36 years and I've never regretted it.

[BLKBEARKLR]

My wife is 135 pounds and shoots a 300 win mag with muzzle break. If you have some friends that have different rifles go with them to the range let the girlfriend shoot some and see what she likes.

I have a lot of friends and family that take deer with the 243, 260 and 270. All good calibers. I know you want to get her a gun for Christmas, better off to take her to the stores and let her throw some rifles up to her shoulders and see which one fits her the best. Nothing worst than getting a gun that she is not comfortable with.

Joe

[danderson]

Go with a .243 youth model, its a great one to have later on when you have kids, I got my sons a .242, and a 257 roberts, winchesters, there light weight and great for deer hunting.

[muzbuster]

Krism,

Good luck with all that, let her hunt her own pace and hunt how she wants to. Not the way you hunt. I almost messed it up when my wife first started hunting with me. I was pushing her way to hard. After teh first couple of times. It was great to look over to my left sleeping under a zodiac to keep out of the rain in Alaska with my wife there with me.

Joe

My wife hunts with rifle & I use the muzzelloader, so during her season we go & she can hunt how & where she wants then I have my season to do my thing. It's all good, everybody is happy and plus it means more time in the field.

[krism83]

I like the way you guys think...buy the smaller caliber so I can buy more guns. Why didn't I think of that!?!

As far as her picking some up I had planned on having her feel some out next time we are at the gun shop to pick up her SR9c. Then picking up the one she felt the most comfortable with a few days later.