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Offline yakimanoob

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #90 on: June 14, 2024, 04:59:34 PM »
I would guess there's not too many people that hunt with a rifle that don't have either a 7 mag, 270, or a 06 in their selection :dunno:
:hello: I don't.

7mm-08 for me. My wife bought it for me when I started big game hunting and I just can't find a reason to get anything else.
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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #91 on: June 14, 2024, 05:01:18 PM »
That said, I killed my first elk and first deer with a borrowed 30-06. So I still fit into the very high % of big game hunters who have hunted with one of those calibers.
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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #92 on: August 04, 2024, 02:49:35 PM »
.30-06 if you're talking North American hunting. Versatile number of loads and can be purchased virtually anywhere.


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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #93 on: August 04, 2024, 09:44:28 PM »
What I could shoot accurately without developing a flinch up to a 30-06. Then make sure I have good performing bullets and know what range they are still effective and where I want to place them for the most reliable kill.
If that would mean a 243 then so be it. I can shoot my dads 300 magnums accurately without flinching but he can not. Still I hunted with a 30-06 till switching to bowhunting.

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #94 on: August 09, 2024, 09:24:53 PM »
I'll never part with my 1976 270 Winchester in Ruger M77.  Deer, Elk, Bear, and one vicious coyote round come calving season.  I have bigger guns, but they kick and don't group as well as this rifle does with Barnes 129gr LRX bullets.  Why get the snot kicked out of me when I already have enough gun for anything in Washington State?
You'll never get a Big'un if you keep shooting Little'un's.

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #95 on: August 10, 2024, 11:14:27 AM »
300 WSM for suuuuuuuuure  :brew:

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #96 on: August 10, 2024, 03:21:55 PM »
My most used is .270, only because that's what I had the longest. In recent years, I use a .243 for 100% of my deer hunting because I now have one with high sentimental value. Still have a .270 if I need it for things bigger than deer.
If I was buying a new rifle I'd look for a 7mm-08 for its combo of effectiveness and easy shooting.
The .270s I've owned were purchased because that was the caliber I found available in the rifle I wanted.

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #97 on: August 10, 2024, 06:04:48 PM »
.308 130-200 gr. Sonic to subsonic. Most readily available around.

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #98 on: September 14, 2024, 01:24:39 PM »
35 Whelen works great for an all around cartridge in these coastal rainforests 🍻

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Re: All-Around Big Game Caliber
« Reply #99 on: September 14, 2024, 07:20:38 PM »
Love my 243 unless I’m after elk. Then it’s the 300wm
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