Antelope/ Deer rifle setup...? No Elk.

[quicknick]

I love my cooper 25-06 for deer and pigs. I also have a remington with a shillen barrel in 280 Ackley Improved that I may be using a little more as well. The 25-06 shoots under dime at 100 yards with copper, which is useful here in the demokratik republik.

 

[Hunterjames1221]

my favorite round for that sized game is the 270 win but it is followed close by the 243 hand loads for both.

 

[Wapiti_Hunter]

I am all about the 270 Win, it is the gun I am most accurate with so it tends to always be there! The good ole 30-30 is always ready to go for deer as well.

 

[mtncowboy]

Ever since they came out there has been a 270 wsm in my hands loaded with 130 gr barnes tsx. Before that 257 Roberts, it worked so well, I don't know why i ever changed. This year a Browning Xbolt Hells Canyon in 6.5 Creedmoor with a Leupold VX-6 has made a big splash at my house and that is what I will be carrying this year.

 

[mallardsx2]

If I was looking at a round that I only hunted deer and antelope with I would look very hard at a 25-06.

Thats a really nice and flat shooting caliber that is often overlooked and under produced by most manufacturers.

 

[480/277]

The same pre 64 model 70 in 270win I have been hunting the last 30 years with. It works on everything from elk to sheep to deer and lopes. I just wouldn't use it on the big bears, other than that , I use it for everything.

 

[Bonecollector]

The same pre 64 model 70 in 270win I have been hunting the last 30 years with. It works on everything from elk to sheep to deer and lopes. I just wouldn't use it on the big bears, other than that , I use it for everything.

You must hunt out of state as there is no game in WY... or so I've read.

 

[MAKAIRA]

I recently purchased a 257 Weatherby and it has quickly become my favorite.So far it has killed everything it has shot at from 75 yards to 650 yards.Alot of pop with very little recoil.

 

[PlainsHunter]

I've been using a 7MM Rem mag with 140 GR Partitions but I might be switching to a .270 win with 140GR Hornady Interlocks. The .270 kicks less and I don't shoot over 350 yards anyway.

 

[480/277]

You must hunt out of state as there is no game in WY... or so I've read.

It's true.....
NM is the place, or so I hear,��

 

[maine canoe guide]

Browning 243 is all you need for pronghorns. It's fine for whitetails but a little light for big mule deer. 7mm magnum will take care of them and elk. I'm with Jack O'Conner a 270 is hard to beat if you only have one rifle. But what's the fun in that?

 

[480/277]

Browning 243 is all you need for pronghorns. It's fine for whitetails but a little light for big mule deer. 7mm magnum will take care of them and elk. I'm with Jack O'Conner a 270 is hard to beat if you only have one rifle. But what's the fun in that?

Had a lifetime of fun with mine....