"YOUR" Rifle, Caliber & Big Game

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srtrax

New member
The hunting season will be here before you know it! I'd like to know what rifle you are going to use, the caliber it is in, and what big game animal(s) it is your going after this next season? I'll start:

Commercial Mauser
338/06
whitetail buck & doe
 
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Dirty_Harry

New member
Indiana
Remington 870
20 Gauge
Whitetail Deer

Bushmaster AR-15
.223
Coyotes

Michigan
Mosin Nagant M44
7.62x54
Whitetail Deer
 
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mikejonestkd

New member
Upstate New York, we are in a shotgun, muzzleloader, handgun only zone for big game:

I'll be out there with my Thompson Center Encore Pistol
.308 winchester 15.5" stainless barrel with a muzzle tamer brake
bushnell 3200 series 2-6 power x 32 mm handgun scope
rubber grips, loaded with win supreme 150 ballistic tips
I am getting 2650 fps and it is wonderful on deer!!

Small game will be taken with either a trusty, used and slightly abused browning buckmark .22 lr pistol or a rem 870 shotgun.
 
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azredhawk44

Moderator
Springfield M1A Scout
.308 Winchester, Hornady 165gr BTSP
Antlerless Elk

(Backup rifle if needed)
Mosin Nagant 91/30
7.62x54R, 180gr
 
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Magnum Wheel Man

New member
Minnesota
T.C. Contender Carbine 16" .410 vent rib Fajen thumb hole camo laminate stock
waskally wabbits

Minnesota
T.C. Contender 14" hunter in 45-70
white tail deer
 
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keebo52

New member
I'll use several for whitetail. Sporterized Mosin Nagant M44, 6.8 SPC AR15 and H&R Handi Rifle in 45/70 and 25/06.
 
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WeedWacker

New member
Still have to get the rifle. But if I am around and I have enough money it will either be whitetail or elk so:

Idaho
Mosin Nagant 7.62x54r
or
M98 Mauser 8mm
elk

Marlin .30-30 Lever
Whitetail
 
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Tikirocker

New member
In the Aussie Outback ...

No5 MK1 Jungle Carbine - .303 - M44 Mosin Nagant or 8mm Israeli K98 Scoped

Shooting pigs, goats, buffalo, Sambar etc ...
 
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Full-choke

New member
TC Encore rifle in 45-70 Government. It is a gorgeous gun too by the way. I think she will be headed afetr some deer and maybe a groundhog or coon if I stumble upon them :p

-Ryan
 
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Scorch

New member
Washington state (dry, open desert OR wet, soggy forest)

Deer and elk
Ruger M77 7X57mm 145 gr OR 160 gr Nosler Partition

Coyotes/varmints
Commercial M98 22-250
OR
Mini-Mauser 223 Rem

Small game
Remington 541T 22 LR
OR
Ruger 77/22 Target Gray Stainless
 
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FirstFreedom

Moderator
Whitetail Deer. Any number of different rifle choices; I haven't decided yet. I'm gonna change after each deer to a different rifle. After bow season, I'll start out with my Traditions muzzleloader during ML season. Then in gun season, my new Rossi single shot .243 to break it in. Got about 6 or 7 others I'd like to try out. It's gonna depend on how many deer I get a chance at. The new wildlife regs this year are limiting everyone to only 2 bucks per year, from all seasons combined. But you can still get 5 or 6 does in addition, if you do it right, and hunt all the special doe seasons.

Not big game, but for fall turkeys, I'm looking forward to trying my new "ultimate fall turkey gun" out - a Spartan/Baikal SPR94 combo gun in 12 ga / .223 rem.

Then after deer & turkey seasons, I'm going after feral pigs with a Rem 1100 sportsman deer slug gun in 12 ga.
 
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Jimro

New member
Mauser in either 30-06 or 8x57, or Finn Mosin Nagant depending on what I decide to carry that day. Hunting for me is more about spending time in the woods than really trying to get a deer.

Jimro
 
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ZeroJunk

New member
For deer I am going to use a Remington 742 in 243 Win that I got for practically nothing.For Elk,a custom pre 64 Model 70 in 280 AI.
 
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