Top 3 Deer Calibers - A Research Study

[6mm Remington]

1. 6mm Remington
2. 280 AI
3. 30-06

 

[Snowhunter11]

If your asking what the general populace uses..

Typical North Dakota
-.270 win
-7mm
-30-06

 

[North of 60]

Any 6mm variant is more than plenty for deer, mine is .243 Win
Some of the other larger caliber/cartridges I've used; .308 Win and .30-06

 

[KenLee]

7mm-08
270
300wsm

 

[X0311]

1. 257 Roberts
2. 6.5 Creed
3. 7mm-08
All perfect for White tail deer in WI.

 

[Telford29]

1.243 win, 2.30-30, 3.270 win

 

[elkguide]

Welcome to the forum.

.300 Win Mag

 

[ARB]

243
270
30-06

 

[full choke]

1. .270
2. 30-06

 

[Tmac]

Hunt a number of Western States

For me:
25-06 Rem
270 Win
280 Rem


Kids
223 Rem
243 Win
6mm ARC

 

[loganwayne]

30-30
30-06
.270

Nc western part. Go towards middle of the state replace the 30-30 with a 7mag

 

[rayporter]

12ga
20 ga
45-70

 

[43.6N]

SW Idaho: gen pop
270
7mag
300 mag (wsm, win, wby)

Me:
6.5 creed
22 creed
223

Honorable mention for the 7-08

 

[robtattoo]

In no particular order:

.223 Rem
6.5x55
.358 Win.

90% Whitetail in Tennessee
10% Elk in Wyoming

Sorry, I've never had a Muledeer tag!

If it's a further data point, I've killed more than my fair share of hogs with .223, .300blk, .44Mag, .358 Win & .350 in pretty well every southern state that has them (TN, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, FL, N&SC, AR & MO)

 

[menhaden_man]

25-06
308
35 Rem

 

[swavescatter]

Stop feeding the bots people.

 

[Taudisio]

416 rigby
10 gauge
33xc
West of the Mississippi.

 

[Traveler]

There is an odd number of responses that just answer the question, though not all reliable answers. Most of the time there is more commentary with responses

 

[liv3mind]

223
6arc
308

TN whitetail

 

[Bubblehide]

There is an odd number of responses that just answer the question, though not all reliable answers. Most of the time there is more commentary with responses

A valid study requires a disclosure and agreement to participate; the OP hasn't provided such. So I presume this isn't an actual approved study. Makes me wonder what the actual purpose is, how any gathered information will be used, and used for what???