I just stick with my old Marlin 30/30. With the Hornity Lever Revolution ammo its gotten even better.

Around here a 25-06 is a big gun. :)

My step-father gave me a Remington Model 700 25-06 when I was a teenager, and I'm now 43. It is the only rifle that i have ever used to deer hunt with here in Virginia. I have used primarily Nosler tip 115 grain bullets with a Bushnell 6x9 and I have never ever had a deer run more than 75 yards after I shot. A typical range for me is anywhere from 50-100 yards. It is a great gun and it's reliable - accurate and has all the stopping power I personally think anyone needs. I have friends who use bigger caliber guns and they have a tendency to do a lot of "damage". My 25-06 does the job and doesn't tear up the deer, which I've always liked. Great gun and I will never replace it!!!

Hi...

Yes, it's quite true that deer can be taken with smaller caliber rifles. I know that from personal experience.

A hunting pal of mine took deer with a .222. I have taken deer with the 'pistol' cartridge .30 caliber M1 carbine. And, you wouldn't believe the range at which one was taken, either.

Both rifles had no scopes...one with open sights, the other with a peep sight. They were fine varmint rifles, too. I don't hear much about either caliber anymore.

7mm-08 guy here. i use it in the PA deer woods where i get shots over 75 yards. I wonder if i can use it for anything bigger?

So very, very true. My family has taken more deer with an old bolt action .222 Remington than with any other gun. Granted, it hasn't been used in a long while, and these are coues deer, but you get the point. Know your gun, make certain it's sighted in, practice, get close, be patient, and put it where it counts. All that is necessary to drop a deer with any modern center-fire rifle and a decent bullet. I myself have a 30-06 for elk and a 25-06 for deer.

I started out with my 30/30 and then moved up to a 30-06. This year while target shooting the 30-06 broke. I decided to use my 30/30 again for hunting this year and after shooting the 30/30 I don't think I will get the 30-06 fixed.

Brandon,

Need help choosing between a 7mm08 and 25-06 for deer in Southeast, almost all shots will be from an elevated blind under 150 yds. Probably getting a Vanguard S2. Thanks.

Brandon that is a small deer with a big rack.

I have a friend that is in his late 60's that has told me stories about shooting deer when he was a kid that would have puss pockets from being shot with .223's. He then told me you could drop a deer easily with a .223 now days because of much improved ballistics even though in my state it is illegal.

thanks for the advice.

7mm 08 with a Nosler Partition for deer elk and moose. If you can't get closer than 200 yards then you aren't much of a hunter. Have 300 mag and haven't touched it in 5 years.

For the past few years my deer round has been a 223 that I handload with varget and the sierra 65gr sbt gameking. Only one deer has gone past a couple of steps and she made it all of 30 yards. like most hunters, my shots are well under 200 yards and i know where that bullet is going when i pull the trigger. I've yet to see a deer while hunting that warranted the use of a 300 win mag, a 7 mag, or any of the other "giant" calibers i regularly see people tote into the woods. Shoot a gun you enjoy and are comfortable with.

Many deer hunters with magnum chambered rifles do not practice with their 300 Thunderf*%@ers to gain confidence and increase their accuracy. You can have the biggest, fastest-moving bullet launcher out there, but if you're not accurate you're only disturbing other hunters. I am one of the few hunters shoot my hunting rifles enough to get really comfortable with them, including my very accurate 300 Weatherby Magnum. I'm not special, but I can handle the recoil that some people think kicks like a mule. No matter what a rifleman uses, the shot placement IS way more important than the caliber you shoot---you got that one right.
The so called complicated reticles are only complicated if you aren't sure what you're doing---which can be overcome through practice at the ranges you're likely to encounter, and then a little bit longer than that, in my opinion. Complicated is a relative term.
As for 200 yards being a long shot with a rifle, I will ask you to consider what you would use in a place where there is a plethora of wind and the only cover is the occassional patch of waist-high native grass. That is the terrain I'm faced with the majority of the time. A 200 yard shot is not normal on the High Plains. The latest two deer I've taken were at 335 and 530 yards. Both fell to my 300 Wby Mag pushing a 180 grain bullet. Shots were made from the prone position with a bipod and from tall shooting sticks, and guess what, I'd practiced long shots from both those positions.
I have plenty of other rifles fully capable of making great shots. I made a choice and will not second-guess the capabilities of a 300 Roy.

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