Favorite Cartridges for Your Hunts

[Grumpa]

Marlin 336 .30-30 with the factory buckhorn sights for brush and close shots on anything. I like 170 grns. over a moderate load of powder.
Savage 110 .30-'06 for anything at distance. Various bullet weights. I don't need a magnum rifle of any kind.
Small game like Coyote, AR15 scoped or with the Eotech on it. Mostly 55 grn. bullets.
Bear and other wild lands animal defense; Ruger Alaskan in .454 or XDM 5.25" 10mm or Ruger SBH in .44 mag.. All in a Kenai holster. All in varying bullet weights and velocities.
I love guns!

 

[clearconscience]

It all depends on where I'm hunting.
My all around go to is a .308.
I mainly use my Rem 700VTR
But I've also used my Aero AR10 in .308, and my Savage 10 in .308.
I built a new Savage with a Shilen barrel I would like to take, but I may cut the barrel down first.

If I go on some private property for deer which i have the last couple years, I take my Mossberg 590A1 with some 12ga slugs.
More of a man stopper than hunter, but it's my only shotgun and does the job.

I also have a custom 7mm on a savage action I built last year that is a sweet shooter, but it's a heavy B.
So that will only be for stationary shooting.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

22lr, 12ga, 308win, 300wm, gold tip 5575 xt hunter and g5 montec 100gr

 

[Savage hunter]

High hunt starts next weekend in wa for firearm. I'll be carrying savage lrh in 6.5x284. Usually the deer are 300 yes plus. If we don't get a miley back to the west side for blackmail. Savage lwh in 6.5 creed.

 

[No_Regerts]

High hunt starts next weekend in wa for firearm. I'll be carrying savage lrh in 6.5x284. Usually the deer are 300 yes plus. If we don't get a miley back to the west side for blackmail. Savage lwh in 6.5 creed.

That keyboard/touch screen is kicking your azz! I generally have to retype everything twice because of my fat fingers.

 

[HighlandLofts]

17hmr for small critters, some times 22 magnum.

For mid sized stuff 222 Remington, 223, 22-250.

For deer 243, 308, 7mm08, 30/06.

 

[Xaevian]

Favorite caliber for big game is 7mm, either 7mmx57 or 7mm-08. I personally don't like big magnums, though. I have a healthy selection that I have used sucessfully over the last decade or so: .243, .25-06, 7mmx57, 7mm-08, 7.62x39, .308, 7.5x55, 8mmx57.

I have a .17WSM for pests, but its not what I mean by Magnum.

 

[FishnhuntOR]

So many choices.
I have too many calibers and not enough time to use them all. From small to large
22Lr, 223, 762x39, 6.5CM, 270, 30-06, 9.3x62

 

[DeanMk]

When I was a kid, my dad taught me the real value of a lever action rifle in the thick brush which dominates this side of the state.
So my favourite is .30-30. I sold my Winchester a few years ago, so if I ever get out there again, I'll have to use my dad's, but what I'd really like is a 336 so I could mount a 1-4X on it. Perfect for brush or open country.
For birds, my passion is reliving my youth telling boring old stories on internet gun forums...er, I mean UPLAND. For me, its hard to beat the 20 ga. in a light, agile gun.
The ammo's lighter than 12 or 16 ga. and the guns tend to be a little lighter, too.
My dad's 1100 lightweight is about perfect.
I also like my H&R single, although a little more barrel would be nice.
Both guns are 20 ga. and both chokes are modified.

 

[N Ida]

Nosler 168gr ABLR out of my 7mm-08 has been my favorite round for elk/deer to date, but I've probably taken more animals with a 30-06 than anything else.

 

[Jerry]

Marlin 336 in .35 Remington or Savage 110 in .30-06. S&W Model 57 in .41 mag on my hip.

 

[Poofelscotch]

Favorite cartridges:
.30-06 - Winchester XP 150 gr - best grouping for my rifle (Deer, Cougar)
.223 - Cheapest cost round (Coyote)
12 ga - Rifled Slugs (Cougar, Bear)
12 ga - #6 Steel Shot (anything that flies)

 

[DLS]

Bunnies: .22LR
Lil' critters: .223 Rem or .220 Swift depending on range
Deer: .257 Roberts or .270 Win depending on range
Elk and bigger: .338 WM

Pretty classic list. I've got others I could use but in reality for the last decade and a half it's been a bow.

 

[DeanMk]

...no one loves the .22 hornet anymore.

 

[Kruel J]

...no one loves the .22 hornet anymore.

Neat little round. It just lost popularity. I'd rock one for sure!

 

[DLS]

Always wanted one … especially during the .22LR famine of a few years ago. You could load one cheaper than buying rimfire, assuming you could even find rimfire rounds.

 

[DeanMk]

Thanks. You guys are aces.

 

[No_Regerts]

...no one loves the .22 hornet anymore.

In a Winchester 1885 Low Wall....

 

[bsa1917hunter]

30-06.

 

[belshawelk]

.30 Nosler Elk and up
.270WSM deer/ antelope
.243 Antelope and coyotes

.300WM is my backup

Soon to be .27 Nosler as soon as they release.