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November 13th, 2017, 08:44 PM #1
38 Special for catching deers?
Anybody use a 38 Special for catching deers?
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November 13th, 2017, 08:52 PM #2
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
When I researched this many moons ago, it was determined that 38 spl is underpowered for deer hunting. 357 Mag is the floor for hunting and with at least a 6 inch barrel. A good hunter wants a fast clean kill and the 38 spl is just not enough to insure this. If it was all I had and I was starving, it would work, but it is far from my first choice.
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November 13th, 2017, 08:56 PM #3
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
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November 13th, 2017, 11:50 PM #4
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
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November 14th, 2017, 02:15 AM #5
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
Catching deers with a 38, nobody needs 38 specials to catch a deeera.
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November 13th, 2017, 09:00 PM #6
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Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
I am pretty sure the .38 special will catch a deer but I wouldn’t rely on it to kill a deer. 357 mag is the minimum, imho.
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November 13th, 2017, 11:12 PM #8
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
Deer are thin-skinned animals. A 125 XTP through the boiler room (behind the shoulder/leg bone) should do the job, if you are an accurate catcher. It is not uncommon to have to track a deer 50 yards or more, hit by a 30-30 in the heart-lungs. No reason a .38 special wouldn't create the same result, I would think.
Back in the 50s I read of Alaskan Indians killing large animals with .22LR rifles, simply because that was what they had. They relied on shot placement.
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November 13th, 2017, 11:22 PM #9
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November 13th, 2017, 11:37 PM #10
Re: 38 Special for catching deers?
Sever a coronary artery or cardiac chamber, any mammal will die. It is done with bow and arrow, why not a .355-.356 9mm or a .357 .38 spl? Same with perforating lungs. Death follows.
Even better. Hit the deer in the neck spine and it'll drop like a rock. Hit it through the carotids and it will drop in about 25 yards like one did when I shot an arrow through his.
Actually, the question is looking for anyone who has caught deers using a .38 special. I have not. I have used a .357 magnum, neck shot, dropped like a rock.
But not a .38 special, so I should not be posting.
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