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2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« on: June 13, 2012, 12:19:45 AM »
Its been unusually cold and rainy around here lately.  Got me thinking about autumn.  So here is the question- What rifle, cartridge, and bullet will you be using for deer hunting this fall?

I have a VZ24 Mauser in 264 win mag that shoots 140 gr Speer grandslams, it hasn't killed anything in my hands yet.  Or my trusty ole Rem 700 in 338-06AI with 200 gr Hornadys.

What will YOU use?
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 12:32:22 AM »
Two Browning 30-06's, an enhanced Benelli M1 super 90, a Savage smokeless .50ML,and a Horton Vision crossbow. Also,all of my vacation.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 06:35:24 AM »
Ruger 1-RSI 30-06.
Probably also my new Benelli Super Nova.
and maybe a spear.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 11:57:15 PM »
Living in central New York means hunting in a region fragmented between shotgun only areas and areas where you can use a rifle. 

Given the cycle of seasons I'll start with a Bowtech Commander shooting Easton Axis Slim-tech carbon arrows and Montec G5 tips, switch to either a Savage 220 slug rifle with 3" Federal/Barnes tipped 5/8 oz Expanders or a .308 CZ 550 full stocked rifle with 165 grain Sierra GameKings during the regular season and finish with a Savage 10ML-11 shooting either 300 grain XTPs or 300 grain Barnes Originals in the late archery/muzzleloader season.

Deer are plentiful here and I usually fill about four tags.

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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 12:07:17 AM »
I gotta say, i'm a little bit jealous.  We get one deer tag here in Idaho.  There are a few areas where a person can put in for extra doe tags, kind of a depredation type hunt. 
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2012, 12:19:54 AM »
  Gave my Marlin 336 to my grandson last fall...so for deer/bear season, I'll likely use my H&R  ultra light  .243 Win with either of 2 bullets ..Nosler partitions or Hornady interlocks @ about 2850 fps.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2012, 03:26:54 AM »
I've got a bunch of Handi rifles I haven't killed a deer with yet.  Lessee here...  :-\   Off the top a my head there's the 45 Colt, 280, 444, 500 S&W, and 7x57.  I'm sure there are others I forgot...  :-[
 
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I gotta say, i'm a little bit jealous.  We get one deer tag here in Idaho.

We have a 12 deer limit and a 3 month season; not counting BP and Bow!   ;D   But our deer are small.   ;)
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 11:44:17 AM »
I'll start with an old Brown Bear compound bow and finish up with a Savage 10ML this year.

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We have a 12 deer limit and a 3 month season; not counting BP and Bow!

How many would it take to fill a big chest freezer down there?  I think about 4 would do it here...
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2012, 11:57:31 AM »
One of my four .45-70s most likely.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2012, 12:12:11 PM »
camera  didn't get any tags
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2012, 12:12:44 PM »
ill prob use my swedish mauser sporter and rem 700 06. id like to take one with my blackhawk 45 as well if the right shot comes and also my ruger 77/50 ml which did well for me last year.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2012, 12:14:50 PM »
20" 45 LC Encore. Put it together last year and fell in love with it. Shoots hot 240 and 250 gr XTP's extremely well.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2012, 02:21:01 PM »
  Most likely, i'll be using my "go to gun", chambered in 8x57jrs, at least for the first day or two,
 

 
  I've hammered some big bucks with it, includeing this one last fall,
 

 
  After i put a buck in the freezer, i will probably switch to my 700 Remington chambered in .240 Weatherby, as i can harvest 5 does a day here on my property and i always shoot a couple to get rest of the meat i need...
 
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2012, 03:57:24 PM »
Early Doe Season 12 ga with Buckshot:

 
Regular Season Woods the .45 Colts:

 
Long Range Stand Hunting in Late Season:

 
 
Black Powder Season:

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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2012, 04:24:40 PM »
i'll be using my model 700 in .308  this regular deer season in clare county mi
wont be hunting the early season, shotgun only or the ml season for deer this year.

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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2012, 07:36:03 PM »
I will be using my Sam Yang .50 cal.AIR RIFLE.I will be testing LBTs.501 fn BB,200 grain.Now thats a BB gun.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2012, 10:55:02 PM »
Thanks for the pictures from those who posted them.  Looking at some of the responses here got me to thinking i'll probably pack around my Super Blackhawk 4 5/8 and hope a shot presents itself.  Never killed anything with a handgun, I'll bet its a lot of fun.  i have a box of Hornady 265 grain slugs that oughtta do the trick.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2012, 05:01:16 PM »
  Hello To all,
 
  Just mounted an old redfield "wideview" 2x7 scope on my yugo48 actioned .257 roberts, hopefully I'll get a chance to sight it in tomorrow, Utah just sent results for their hunts last couple weeks, and posted available antlerless seasons and tags, so I've been thinking about deer season the last few days too.
 
 I've got a superb load for my remington 700 classic roberts, a speer hot core 120 grain boattail, pushed by AA4350, it should preform well in the yugo as well ( I hope).
 
 
 
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2012, 02:31:29 PM »
My bare hands... ;D  No Just kidding probably a Tikka T3 in 30-06 shooting 180 grain Nosler Accubond.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2012, 03:17:05 PM »
I will be using my Bushmaster AR15 chambered in 6.8 SPC launching 130 grain Ballistic Tips. For the muzzle loader season it will be my Savage
Model 10 smokeless launching 250 grain XTP's and topped with a 4x.  Burris.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #20 on: July 11, 2012, 12:28:40 PM »
Ill probably use my Papa's Remington 721 in 270 Winchester loaded with a 130 grain Nosler Accubond. I'm hoping to use that to take my first deer mainly because it was my grandfather's. If I get another opportunity at one after that I'll use my Ruger 77 Hawkeye in 270 Winchester. If I have the opportunity to work up some handloads for it I will probably load it with a 130 grain Nosler Partition.


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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2012, 02:42:36 AM »
Living in Ny I have three different firearms for the 3 areas I hunt for North area where deer/bear run together will be a 444 Marlin, where I live shotgun only area will be Ithaca model 66 20G.  1 County to my west is a rifle county a 357 Mag Handi will be my smokepole of choice.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2012, 05:36:14 AM »
 ;) For deer hunting here in Wy. I have three tags...for a whitetail doe, what ever I happen to have when I runon to whitetails...most likely my new .243 or a 7mm-08.. for mulies, it will be my 26 inch barreled .270 along with a heavy barreled .300...for my prairie whitetail tag, most likely the same pair as I mulie hunt with..but I may take my 243 also..We will hunt with relatives on the east coast, there I plan to use the 7mm-08, that is why I barreled it up...But I will also take my heavy barreled .300 because my favorite stand offers a mountain side that deer cross any where from 100 to 500 yards...the shot is always standing, but the distance varies, and the cover is heavy once they cross the mt...plus other hunters are in the area and a buck not hit hard will be taken by someone else...if I have doe tags on the coast, it will be the 7mm-08....last year got my buck the last evening of season with a .2506 and 115 grain Nosler BTBT at about 350 yards...
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2012, 08:03:43 AM »
 :)  Howdy: Parker bow for archery; 50 caliber ML, .243 rifle, and 336c 30-30. Sometimes archery season is just too hot for hunting here in East Central Texas. Maybe we will have some cool mornings and afternoons. Good Hunting to all!  Always, Gene
 
 
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2012, 03:44:52 PM »
Hunt the Hoosier State. We can take a bunch of deer in a season. One buck in most cases, but you can be drawn for state park reduction hunts or hunt urban zones for additional bucks. Does are pretty much limitless as long as you hop from county to county and take the max antlerless limit per county, and can find land to hunt. That said I'll start with my trusty PSE Brute bow in October and work through may handis in 357 max, 44 mag, 500 S&W, all with worked up deer buster handloads in November. We are very restricted with our rifle calibers that we can use in Indiana, and then I will sprinkle in some time with my 410 and 12 guages. I'll end with my muzzleloader using a Wally World special CVA wolf in December. All but the handi rifles have take multiple deer over the years. I put them together this year just for deer hunting.
 
Good luck to all this year and be safe out there!
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2012, 04:41:55 PM »
 Will start hunting with trail cameras, then switch to a High Country 4 runner bow till gun season starts. Then i've got 2 choices for hunting behind my house, my reliable mossburg 695 12ga, and my untried .50 Dragonslayer air rifle. Not sure about that one yet, kinda weak. Finally, for some late season South Carolina lowcountry hunts, a Savage Axis .308. Between all of em, something will work.  J
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2012, 06:34:20 AM »
Well let`s see now!
I could use the Marlin 30-30 Lever, Model 7400 Rem 30-06, Win Mod 70 ( Pre 64) 30-06, Rem mod 600 .308Win, Handi 45-70 , Encore Rifle .270, Rem Mod 700 -6MM, Marlin levers in .444 Marlin or 45-70, or my little .35 Rem in Contender carbine! As the OP stated rifles and cartridges I want go into muzzleloaders or shotguns. Whoops! Almost skipped one and that is my Encore 30-06 with Pro Hunter barrel! Probably as my old body can still get up in a stand, I might just hunt on the ground with either the .35 Rem or set up on a large rightaway with the Encore 30-06 or .270!!
 
 
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2012, 07:33:12 AM »
Same  ole  -  same  ole  I   been   using   for   30  years .  a  Sako  Forester  in  .308.
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2012, 11:57:34 AM »
Daddy'Model 14 remington in 30 remington. 150 grain Hornady RN in front of 30 grains of IMR 3031 in Remington brass with Remington Primers.
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Killed 2 bucks this opening week end. First deer killed with this rifle since 1954!
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Re: 2012 Deer Hunting-What will you use?
« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2012, 01:25:30 PM »
CVA Buckhorn .50 during muzzleloading
Marlin 336 in 30-30 most of the season (2x7 Nikon on top)
Mosin M91/30 will get to go a time or two
and if I'm going on a drive or walking in thick stuff, Rem 870
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