What have you taken deer with?

wvbuckbuster

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Nov 5, 2015
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Just curious what different bows and guns we have used to take deer with. As for me I have used compound bow, crossbow (yesterday, doe, first time crossbow, was Christmas present) cap lock, flintlock, inline muzzle loaders, center fire rifles and shotgun with sabot-slug. Maybe a pistol sometime would be on the bucket list. Dan.
 
Oh gosh, I've hopped around from cartridge to cartridge... Let me see:

.223 Rem, 55 grain soft point, AR-15
25-06 Rem, 100 & 115 gr various bullets
7mm Rem Mag
308 Win
30-06
44 mag revolver (iron sights)
45-70 Marlin lever action, 405 gr handloaded Remington bullet
50 cal traditional percussion muzzle loader

I think that's all of them?

That's quite a range of bullet weights, from 55 to 405 grains... All of 'em worked just fine. Shoot 'em where it counts! :)

Regards, Guy
 
20-gauge slug took my first one. Went through a spell where I killed quite a few with a bow. The list in rifles would be 308, 6mm, 30-06, 35 Remington, 348 Winchester. Hope to add a few more to that list in both rifles and cartridges. Also got a flintlock

Also, I am of a distinguished heritage of ancestral line of hunters. I have an uncle who killed one with a #8 cast iron skillet. (y):D
 
My first was with a 20 gauge slug then a few with a old hand-me-down 38-55. I saved up and bought. Ruger 77 270 that I used for a few years then traded for a transmission for an old CJ-7 from there it was a REM 742 30-06, a couple different savages in 308 and 300 win, then i got into bows and used a bear whitetail II, and a Hoyt super slam, finally into crossbows, percussion cap and inline muzzleloaders. I mostly used the savage 308 up until I got a model 70 in 280. Used that for a while and the last few years it’s been a 7-08, 6.5 PRC and Grendel. I know I’ve forgot a few.
 
Compound bow
Cross bow
12 ga with slug
12 ga with 00 Buck
257 Roberts
6.5 Rem Mag
280 Rem
280AI
300 Blackout
308 Win
30-06
338RUM
35 Whelen
375 Win (handgun)
375 H&H Mag
44 Rem Mag (rifle and handgun)
45 ACP (Kimber 1911)
45-70
50 cal muzzleloader

JD338
 
Whitetails: 13 (4 different cartridges; 46% with non-magnum)
30-30 (2)
308 (2)
6.5x55
7MM STW (7)
Compound bow

Mule deer: 14 (5 different cartridges; 57% with non-magnum)
280 (2)
7mm Rem Mag
270 (2)
7MM STW (4)
270 Wby
Compound bow (3)
Crossbow
 
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