What kind of rifle with what game?

[mojo]

Figured that this can be a very interesting thread. What kind of rifle do you use for what type of bigger game and what terrain?

Whitetail Deer (SW PA):
Fields - Weatherby Vanguard .270 with a 3x9 Leupold Scope
Woods - Remmington 760 .308 with a 3x9 Simmons Scope

btw ... I use 150 gr in both.

[Guns4Fun]

I have not hunted in nearly 20 years.

But, when i first started hunting at 12, I used

White tail deer (Lycoming Co)
Rem 22-250 with 52g ammo. Used a weaver fixed 4x scope. Where we hunted, most shots were well under 100yds.

Small game
My dads old 16g bolt action shot gun.


I recently bought a rem 700 in 30-06 and a Marlin lever in 30-30. I am trying to find a spot to hunt next year with my son. And at some point i'd love to be able to take my dad, son, self on a hunting trip to Texas.

[riverpirate]

For deer and hogs - either 30-30 w/170gr soft nose or 12ga w/ 1 oz slug/buckshot when i was a kid in florida.

small game - growing up, 12ga or 22lr , now my 17 hmr


still mostly hunt archery over anything else , even some small game with a bow.

[Tim Ault]

I only hunt deer now and since I was 12 (I'm 40 now) I have used a short little Rem.model 600 in 35 rem. For the area I hunt it has done everything I have ever ask of it.

Tim

[bighornjd]

Deer: Rem 870 12ga smoothbore w/ rifled slugs or Western Field 16ga smoothbore w/ rifled slugs (usually in MD - shotgun only where i am) or if in PA only Rem 760 Gamemaster in .244(6mm)

Small game: Either of the above shotties usually with 6 shot. Need to get my old Remington .22 pump youth size that was my grandfather's to a smith someday to be fixed before i have kids so I can pass it down... Wouldn't mind trying it out myself on some tree rats...

[Poonie]

Deer - Regular deer season, my Marlin 336 .30/30 with fixed 4X scope, or one of my milsurps. Fields or woods still use the same.

Deer - Muzzleloader seasons, my Lyman Great plains flintlock in .54 caliber, shooting patched roundballs.

Small game - My Model 500 Mossberg pump, or my Stoeger O/U, both in 12 gauge.

[dk99358]

Small game-Mossberg pump in 12 ga or Fox double in 16.

Groundhogs- 22 LR, 223, 270, 7mm-8.

Deer-270, 7mm-08, 358 Win. The 358 has usually been the "push the bush" gun but it's a Savage 99 and they're getting pricey, I really don't want to beat mine up any more. The other 2 are go anywhere bolt actions.

Bear-358 unless the weather is crappy, then 7mm-08 since it's SS/syn

The 270 and 358 would probably get the nod should I ever go elk hunting.

I use 4X, 6X, and 3-9 scopes.

Dale

[GoFast]

Deer
Savage model 99 in .300 savage...both gun and I are same age (born in '47!)

Shotgun
Browning A5

[zackattack784]

I use a Savage 99 in .300 Savage for deer with a Leupold 2-7x scope.

I have a 12ga O/U Charles Daly Fieldhunter for small game.

My 99's my avatar btw.

[Buckster]

Deer- Savage model 114 7mm Rem Mag, NEF Handi 500 S&W,
Muzzleloader T/C Ecnore Endeavor

Small Game- Mossberg 835 12ga, Marlin 22 mag,

All 7mm and encore are topped with Pine ridge 3-9x40
the 500 has a pine ridge 3-9x40 Lever Action scope. (needed the extra eye relief)