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Bcoonce117
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Sounds like I’ll be ready with the follow up shot just in case lol
Is there significant weight savings with your 243? I personally would rather be on the "overkill side" with a 7 mag than the "underkill" with a 243.Typically I use a 7mm rem mag or a .308 but have never shot a deer with my .243 yet. I want to hunt with it this year. I feel like it should be good for 300 yards and in but not sure if it’s any good for any further. I’m using a 90gr nosler e tip. (Thanks Cali for the non lead ammo)
I hunt high where there is typically wind and that’s what makes me nervous about a small caliber lighter weight bullet.
Some of the largest bodied recorded mule deer have come from NE California……California mule deer are the size of a Great Dane maybe 25# larger … I would feel comfortable killing one with a .22 .
I’ll be slaying them this year with my wife’s 6cm … my dad will use my wife’s 6cm. My 6.5 seems to be overkill … they never leave the bed or they make it 20’ and die.
I don’t like wasted meat that my dogs love to eat .
Post up a pic of your big bodied bruiser you get this year in NE California …Some of the largest bodied recorded mule deer have come from NE California……
If your talking about the desert muleys, or blacktail crossed deer, sure. But it is a large state and there are some big bodied bruisers there too.
Go read a book.Post up a pic of your big bodied bruiser you get this year in NE California …
Bullet diameter has nothing to do whatsoever with wind drift. Neither does weight. MV and BC are the only two things(you can control) that matter with wind. Given the same shape and material, a 110gr 243 has a lot less wind drift than a 150gr 308.Typically I use a 7mm rem mag or a .308 but have never shot a deer with my .243 yet. I want to hunt with it this year. I feel like it should be good for 300 yards and in but not sure if it’s any good for any further. I’m using a 90gr nosler e tip. (Thanks Cali for the non lead ammo)
I hunt high where there is typically wind and that’s what makes me nervous about a small caliber lighter weight bullet.
Here is my pops deer from 2018, along with my uncle and cousins.Post up a pic of your big bodied bruiser you get this year in NE California …
It’s mostly a just “I want to kill with the .243”Is there significant weight savings with your 243? I personally would rather be on the "overkill side" with a 7 mag than the "underkill" with a 243.
This is laughableCalifornia mule deer are the size of a Great Dane maybe 25# larger … I would feel comfortable killing one with a .22 .
I’ll be slaying them this year with my wife’s 6cm … my dad will use my wife’s 6cm. My 6.5 seems to be overkill … they never leave the bed or they make it 20’ and die.
I don’t like wasted meat that my dogs love to eat .
Have shot a few squirrels with them messing around but haven’t shot any big game with it yet. When I start reloading a guy told me to switch to hammer bullets and not to ever look backShot quite a few heads of game with the e tip,, found them to just be deadly, although a perfect shot through the lungs generally leaves massive hemorraging , they usually stay on their feet for a little ways. Started shooting them on the point of the shoulder, and it's like a lightning bolt. Picked up some 69 hr absolute hammers and have got them to 3700 out of a 26in 243, will see what they do this fall.
That’s a nice lookin buck thereHere is my pops deer from 2018, along with my uncle and cousins.