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Posted on 9/6/23 at 12:10 pm to crews12
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Federal fusion
Posted on 9/6/23 at 12:27 pm to Quatrepot
I like the Winchester Super X 140 gr.
Excellent results. Accuate, Nice exit wounds, nothing excessive.
Excellent results. Accuate, Nice exit wounds, nothing excessive.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:18 pm to CeauxPilot
Hornady 140 grain Interlock (BTSP). I never could get the Core-loks to shoot well out of my Rem 700.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:52 am to CeauxPilot
Remington Comparsion: 270 Winchester vs 308 Winchester
I thought of this thread when I got some spam from Remington this morning linking to this article.
It has good information about both calibers.
I thought of this thread when I got some spam from Remington this morning linking to this article.
It has good information about both calibers.
Posted on 9/21/23 at 8:46 pm to CeauxPilot
I really like the newer solid copper bullets lately. Devastating impact.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 7:23 am to I B Freeman
Reality is that shooting a deer with a .270 at 300 yards and in, anything with a picture of a dee or elk on the box is gonna work great. Same for .308 and .30-06
What isn't a good choice is a much shorter conversation.
What isn't a good choice is a much shorter conversation.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 7:51 am to elprez00
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Honestly 99.9% of people that hunt in Louisiana or Mississippi and most of Texas will never be faced with a shot longer than 200yds. And of those the majority of them will be less than 100. Ballistics in any modern rifle cartridge don’t matter at that range with whitetails.
First thing, I 100% agree with the last sentence and people dramatically over complicate what it takes to kill a 160 lb deer at reasonable distances. That said, I’m not sure why it’s so common for people to act like long shots are impossible in the south. I’ve hunted Weyerhaeuser land since I was in grade school and every single property has had some or all of a pipeline/power line, a logging road with a straight section that goes for 100s of yards, and/or a recent clearcut. During the rut, I’m sitting on one of them and in all of these situations you can shoot as far as you care to. Most of the lost deer I’ve seen have occurred when someone attempted a shot well past the 100 yards they usually shoot at paper and didn’t understand their capabilities or the construction of their bullet.
Posted on 9/23/23 at 1:51 pm to CeauxPilot
Get a 300 win mag and use 180 grain nossler partion bullets. ( my opinion might not be popular with everyone but I don't track deer) shot placement is critical
Posted on 9/23/23 at 8:33 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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That said, I’m not sure why it’s so common for people to act like long shots are impossible in the south. I’ve hunted Weyerhaeuser land since I was in grade school and every single property has had some or all of a pipeline/power line, a logging road with a straight section that goes for 100s of yards, and/or a recent clearcut. During the rut, I’m sitting on one of them and in all of these situations you can shoot as far as you care to.
It’s fud lore.
Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:09 pm to CeauxPilot
Grew up shooting Core Lokt 130gr from a 1980's Rem 700 BDL and now I shoot Federal Fusion 150gr from a Tikka T3x. Never had any issues with the Core Lokts, but the Fusion 150gr puts them down where they stand. Many variables you could attribute that to, but I think most shots on southern whitetail wouldn't see the difference.
Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:18 pm to Yellerhammer5
Majority of your long shots in the southeast are on relatively flat and narrow right of ways and it's just damn hard to take them. Out west you've generally got a little bit of time to get your shite together, range it, give yourself a chance to hit it. A 400 yard right of way shot in louisiana is really tough to pull off in my experience. I can only think of one opportunity I ever could have responsibly taken a shot over 300 yards on a buck in louisiana and I live on the powerlines and pipelines.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 11:30 am to CeauxPilot
I purchased a Savage 270. Have not bought ammo for it yet. I gave up my 30-06 and wanted to give this rifle a try. What ammo should I start with for deer.
This post was edited on 9/24/23 at 11:34 am
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:05 pm to Duwayne_street
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Federal Fusion 150gr
I said core lokt earlier but I have a 270 wsm that loves fusion 150s. I’ve killed less than 10 deer with it but none have run more than 20 yards and all had nice exits.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:36 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Out west you've generally got a little bit of time to get your shite together, range it, give yourself a chance to hit it.
Yes it’s more open in the west but to hear people talk about it everyone in the south is bow hunting with rifles, and it stems from this west coast my shite don’t stink attitude that seems to have become more prevalent in western hunting about when the PRC nerds got into it. These are the same dudes who will load ELD-Xs talking about expansion at 600 and come back wondering why they couldn’t recover when he popped out at 75.
In the south sitting stationary I can range landmarks when I sit down, and I’m also familiar enough with the quality of deer on the property to ID a shooter quickly. An elk or mule deer isn’t always going to sit there giving you the perfect broadside shot between two trees for 10 mins, in the same way that a buck in the south isn’t always gonna just dart across the lane and be gone. They’re either looking for does, or are right behind her. I’ve seen plenty stop broadside and stare down a road one second longer than was best for their health, same goes for seeing the doe trot across tail half cocked and knowing it’s time to get ready.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 12:51 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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the same dudes who will load ELD-Xs talking about expansion at 600 and come back wondering why they couldn’t recover when he popped out at 75.
Yea, that's a disease that needs curing.
If people would try to hit a target at 500 yards out of a box stand and give themselves 20 seconds to go from saw it to shooting at it, they'd leave REAL humbled.
Where I hunt, we have several places you can see and technically could shoot well over a mile, and its in southeast louisiana. Bucks just never spend any time in those places. They're 100 yards wide or less, and when you see a buck there you've generally got 10 seconds to shoot him. You just aren't doing that reliably once you have to actually start compensating for it.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 1:34 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I know a guy that only shoots distance--over 500 yards. He is hunting Delta bean fields.
As you can imagine he has a lot of quality glass. He actually shoots off the roof of the cab of his truck. He sets up a spotting scope and bags to rest his gun on the roof.
After having guns built in several calibers over the years he settled on a 30.06. He says that most modern deer calibers are capable of making his shots but the shooter has to really know the rounds he shoots.
He has several thousand yard kills.
As you can imagine he has a lot of quality glass. He actually shoots off the roof of the cab of his truck. He sets up a spotting scope and bags to rest his gun on the roof.
After having guns built in several calibers over the years he settled on a 30.06. He says that most modern deer calibers are capable of making his shots but the shooter has to really know the rounds he shoots.
He has several thousand yard kills.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:38 pm to I B Freeman
Are use federal power shock. 5 deer good blood trails. None over 50-60 yards.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 7:07 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Bucks just never spend any time in those places. They're 100 yards wide or less, and when you see a buck there you've generally got 10 seconds to shoot him
I thought we were talking about deer in general. Although it’s not as common, I’ve seen plenty of does hang out for an extended period of time on the power lines over the years. So the opportunity for some shots up to 400 yards is there for some people.
For me though, the deer sometimes spend more time on the power line because it gets a bit overgrown, so that makes it more challenging to get an ethical shot, as well as making it more difficult to recover.
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Yea, that's a disease that needs curing
Absolutely. People need to realistically anticipate what distance they’re most likely going to shoot something, and make sure the bullet design fits that.
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