I've been using a Winchester youth .243 since I was about 12. I'm 21 now. Time for a new gun. It still blew the shoulder out of a small West Texas doe this past winter.
my dad uses a Remington 7mm mag. We call it the mini-cannon. Needless to say that deer will die unless he completely misses.
I've been thinking of a 30.06 or possibly a .270/.280. I'd like to do the big game one day as well.
yea ive had this .243 since i was 15, ive killed MANY deer with this thing, but im about to turn 20 so its time for somethin else and the 30.06 is TECHNICALLY my daddys gun, i just use it all the time :P so id like to get somethin of my own.
If you want big to not too big think about a 300 win mag. I love mine and if I decide to go hunting for well, anything really, I've got a gun that will take em down.
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Marlin lever action 30-30 with iron sights.
ditto here exept it is a winchester 30-30 no better deer/brush gun made ever!!! and now with the new ammo well it can reach out and touch something at well over 200 yards...
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ditto here exept it is a winchester 30-30 no better deer/brush gun made ever!!! and now with the new ammo well it can reach out and touch something at well over 200 yards...
You are right Buck they are great brush/deer guns. I haven't tried any of the new ammo yet I just cant make my self try anything else other than the Winchester Jacketed Hollow Point that I know is going to do the job I need it to do. The funny thing is I have a just about brand new Browning 30-06 BAR light weight with a scope in the closet at home that never sees the light of day because I love shooting the Marlin so much.
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I got a 300 Weatherby Mag. I think it is a little much for the deer in Louisiana. I kinda mutalates (sp) them when i shoot them. Im looking for a 30.06. I have to agree that the 30.06 is the most versitile high power rifle out there. I bought the weatherby cause i want to go out west an to alaska and go big game hunting. I have been looking at the Browning x-bolt white lightning. It is a really nice gun.
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Remington 700 Sendero. 7mm Rem Mag. with a VXIII Leupold 3.5x - 10x scope
This may be just to much gun for a deer IMHO. Why shoot with so much power and risk sooting right through the deer into some hunter/house/car etc... While it is a very nice gun for the rocky mountains and a 500 yard shot..
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It still blew the shoulder out of a small West Texas doe this past winter. 
I have been looking at the Browning x-bolt white lightning. It is a really nice gun.
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