What calibers have you taken deer with..?

[Ford]

30 odd six.

Been trying with the Blackpowder (.50), just not yet.

Some really strange calibers some of you used... .22lr, 32 special. Is that a .32 handgun round?

I would like to hear the stories behind those.

[Doewhacker]

A good pile with the 12 and remington slugs, 3 with the 50 cal ML, and 3 with the 7mm and about maybe 14 with a few different bows. I must admitt I stopped keeping track after the first couple of dozen (total).

[Culvercreek hunt club]

30 odd six.

Been trying with the Blackpowder (.50), just not yet.

Some really strange calibers some of you used... .22lr, 32 special. Is that a .32 handgun round?

I would like to hear the stories behind those.

32 special is a lever action round ...similiar to the 30-30...wish I had one.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

20 guage

16 guage

12 guage

10 guage---1 doe on a dare and I think it hammered me more than it did her..lol

22-250 (on nuisance tags)

30-30

308 win

30-06

50 cal ML

(on my to do list----308 win pistol------.357 mag-----223 Remington)

[Pygmy]

32 special is a lever action round ...similiar to the 30-30...wish I had one.

An old aquaintence of mine, now deceased, had a Win. M94 in 32 Win special.

It was rifle,not a carbine, with a fairly long barrel ( probably 24") and a half magazine.

I've often wondered what happened to that rifle after he passed on..I'd sure like to HAVE it... One of the coolest M94s I have encountered.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

My Uncle had one in a 94. I think it had the big lever loop and the saddle ring. I always loved that gun as a young kid and maybe my young memory isn't right. My cousin got it when my Uncle died and he sold it for gas and beer money.....cousin never hunted.

[NFA-ADK]

44 Mag in model 94 AE 2 bucks 2000-2010

308 H & K 1 buck 2007 Missed one with this gun so upsetting... Last time I used this gun.

My only 3 deer...

Missed with the 30-06, my first gun. I really want to get that gun bloody so I can retire it to a nice glass case. Man does this gun show character, 23 years of it... But it shoots excellent savage model 110...

Still have yet to shoot at a deer with my bow 13 years, hopefully this is the year I get a chance at a good buck!

Edited July 31, 2012 by NFA-ADK

[Pygmy]

My Uncle had one in a 94. I think it had the big lever loop and the saddle ring. I always loved that gun as a young kid and maybe my young memory isn't right. My cousin got it when my Uncle died and he sold it for gas and beer money.....cousin never hunted.

Culver..Your uncle wasn't nicknamed " The Duke" was he ? <<s**t eating grin>>....

You say your cousin spent the money on BEER ? Well....At least he didn't WASTE it...<sigh>....

Edited July 31, 2012 by Pygmy

[Culvercreek hunt club]

On the Duke----I wish...lol.

On the Cousin.---- He hasn't amounted to anything since

Edited July 31, 2012 by Culvercreek hunt club

[ny hunter]

I have a Buddy that has a 32 in a lever gun been asking him to sell it for the past ten years.Real nice rifle.

[NYbuck50]

20 gauge single shot

16 gauge ithaca pump

12 gauge browning a5

remington 760 30.-06

[Sogaard]

30-06 Savage bolt action

300 WSM Remington 700

50 Cal TC muzzleloader

Edited August 8, 2012 by Sogaard

[Fantail]

Bow

20ga

12ga

.243

.270

I don't want to jinks myself but I can honestly say I never hit a deer with a car. Very close a few times. Wouldn't have minded so much if it happened when I owned a ford aerostar. About all that pos would have been good for.

[Pygmy]

Bow

20ga

12ga

.243

.270

I don't want to jinks myself but I can honestly say I never hit a deer with a car. Very close a few times. Wouldn't have minded so much if it happened when I owned a ford aerostar. About all that pos would have been good for.

I have lived all my life in a rural area with a large deer population, and I have done a LOT of driving around at dusk, dawn, and at night.. I had plenty of close calls but never hit my first deer until I was in my late 30s..Then I hit two more within a year...Go figure..I am ALWAYS watching for deer and I slow down when I see an eye or whatever..All three deer I hit just came out of nowhere.. I am paranoid now, driving around in low light periods, even though it has been years since I hit one..

[fishuntrapper]

bow

12ga

243

7x57

270

30-06

54 flint

54 cap

50 in

1977 chevy van

1984 ford van

[Phillygunns]

250 Savage

7mm-08

Compound Bow

[airedale]

A blast thread from the past, and what I can recollect from the past 60 years plus,  Still have some safe queens that have yet to earn their stripes. The vast majority of my Deer hunting and kills were with 12 ga slugs and for rifle my 280 Remington. Bottom line all what I used killed deer with no problem with a well placed shot.

Al

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22Lr

222 Remington

220 Swift

243 Winchester

6mm Remington

25-05 Remington

250-3000 Savage

280 Remington

338 Winchester mag

357 Mag handgun

357 Mag rifle

44 Mag handgun 

44 Mag rifle

47-70 Government

20 ga slug

12 ga slug

6.5 Creedmoor

45 cal muzzleloader

50 cal muzzleloader

 

[Northcountryman]

For me, only my trusty 30-30 and 300 Savage 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Wow, this is digging deep into the archives. A lot of names from the past, long history. The time really flew.

I still have the Remington 870. Added just after 2012 was a Winchester 50 cal. muzzleloader. Started miss firing this year. Going to try a new breech plug.

[airedale]

1 hour ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

Wow, this is digging deep into the archives. A lot of names from the past, long history. The time really flew.

Good content never goes bad

Al

[Doc]

4 hours ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

Wow, this is digging deep into the archives. A lot of names from the past, long history.

That was interesting looking at all those old names. A lot of those people used to be pretty prolific posters here with fantastic topics. Where did they all go?

[Nytracker]

12 guage

20 guage

243 rifle

270 rifle

308 rifle

308 encore pistol

30/06 rifle

41  revolver

44 mag revolver

45 lc revolver

45 muzzloader

45/70 rifle

480 ruger revolver

50 caliber muzzleloader 

54 caliber muzzleloader 

thats all I can recall.

[wildcat junkie]

12ga Foster slug (2)

.535 patched round ball (more than I can remember)

.243 (1)

7mm-08 (many)

.280 Remington (many)

8X57 Mauser with adult loads (many)

30/40 Krag (1)

8mm-06 Ackley Improved (1)

 

 

[Lawdwaz]

Cool.....12 years later.

Good find Al.

[LET EM GROW]

12ga 

20ga 

50cal ML

222

22-250

243

224Valk

223

22Nosler

6.5CM

6.5PRC

270win

30-06

7mm08