Best caliber for deer hunting - pt.3: The overall winner(s)
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2022
- In this video, you'll get the results of my review. Which caliber is best for deer hunting.
We'll look at the different calibers, their pros and cons, and which one is the overall winner (or winners) for deer hunting.
If you're wondering which caliber is the best for you, this video is for you! We'll help you make the decision based on your individual hunting needs and preferences.
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Ho-Hum. I'll just pick up my 30-06 and go hunting. It'll work on any game animal in north America at any distant anyone has any business shooting at uninjured game.
Fun and informative. IMO learning to effectively use what you have is paramount. Really appreciate the ethical emphasis for hunting. After being a successful whitetail hunter for decades (4+) not one had any comments on what they had been harvested with. 20ga to 300 win mag, shot placement and energy transfer puts meat in the freezer.
Such a well presentable and mature serIes on deer hunting cartridges. Many thanks, it must have taken a lot of your time to compile and create the series.
Great video. I just got a 7mm-08 this week an was questioning myself if I got the right calibre for a hiking hunting rifle. But watching this help confirm it.
I really like this breakdown and I’m going to share this with all of the new hunters I know
I actually own all of these cartridges except the 280 Rem and 6.5cm... I do have a 6.5 Grendel and 6.5 PRC. In the end I love all of them for various reasons but my two favorite rifles in my collection of dozens of rifles are both 7mm-08 Remington. Great and very insightful video... thanks!!
Great video. Great articulation. Move right along at just right speed with great information.
I admire the way you compared these cartridges. It gives everyone a chance to select the best cartridge for their use. I from the old school hunters that faithfully use MPBR but never considered wind when calculating it. Thank you. I'm not exactly unbiased since I've been using 7mm-08 for decades. Realizing its not the best for CPX3 game I reloaded 160 grain bullets for moose and was hoping to get good presentation when the possibility of a shot occurs. I did shoot 2 moose with this load. First one was a close quick broadside shot that wasn't exactly the best placement. It ran about 75 yards. It was a high lung liver shot. However the second moose was quartering towards me at over 200 yards (my theoretical limit if it wasn't a good penetration). The accompanying moose had turned and headed back in the woods and I had to shoot now or risk having a much more difficult shot with the moose quartering away so I decided to take the shot. To my surprise it fell right there. It tried to get back up and I was ready for a second shot but it never happened. So like you table says, the 7mm-08 can be used on CPX3 game with the right bullet, shot selection and limits. BTW, on the first moose, the bullet hit a rib on entry and was found in a rib on the off side so pretty good penetration for a close shot. I couldn't find the bullet on the second shot because it was probably in the gut but you can't complain about the results.
Excellent videos.....if ammo availability is a concern the 308Win, 30-06, 270Win and 6.5CM have a significant advantage in price and availability. Try buying a box of the Excellent 7mm08 or 280Rem or AI in a small town in the rural Southern US.
When I chose a deer cartridge, I narrowed it down to 308 or 7mm-08 - though my selection process wasn't as thorough as this. I chose 308 mainly because practice ammo was cheap and I could shoot a lot without too much wear and tear. (I selected a pre-Hawkeye Ruger M77 Mk 2 for the same reasons, even though that rifle has other well-known deficiencies.) This video seems to validate my choice for the type of hunting I do, which is gratifying.
My situational demands are primarily in dense wooded marsh at very short range [<100y]. There are white tail deer for hunting but also I have a requirement to protect myself against black bear and the rare agitated moose that might come to near. I wanted bang at short range [~100-150y] with rare medium range [~150-300y] needs and even rarer long range needs.
Very interesting how both your lines for 7-08 and 270 overlap. I have extensive personal experience with both and agree the 7-08 has the same terminal performance as the 270 and is the ultimate whitetail cartridge
Personally my favorite caliber now is the.243 100 grain.low recoil and spot on placement for fast humane kill
Great logical analysis. 7-08 is my favorite as well. The only thing “wrong” with 30-06 is some shooters flinch and muff their shots. Lighter recoiling guns are highly recommended for new shooters
Fascinating analysis but comes with some pros and cons. All of the calibres discussion are widely known and understood. At a high level, the calibres are unquestionably appropriate for the quarry. But then come a series of issues
Exceptionally well-done analysis and superb video! I've seen a couple of one-shot kills with my son's .270, and dozen's taken with a friend's .270 Weatherby. I've shot a few deer with my beloved 30'06, Winchester Model 70, and hogs too with both factory and hand-loaded Nosler Partitions, so I love my 06! But if I was 10 years younger, and wanted just one deer rifle, I too would opt for a 7mm 08!
I was looking at calibers for my wife a couple years ago for hunting out here in Montana. I was looking for an efficient cartridge that wouldn’t be overkill for things as small as pronghorn, but would be sufficient for elk and moose within a specific hunting distance (500 yards and in for deer, 300 and in for elk). My analysis was based on using the Hornady Superformance line with the GMX projectile, and I came to an identical conclusion. The 7mm-08 Remington, 7 mm Rem Mag, and 270 Win ended up being the most balanced of the three cartridges when wind drift, drop, kinetic energy, and recoil were all considered. Ended up going with the 7mm-08 and the Superformance GMX loading, and it has not disappointed. We’ve tagged deer from 80-just past 300 yards with it, all have been one shot kills and all have practically dropped where they stood. The exception was an older doe that winded me and my dog before the shot was broke. Even then, she went a total of 20 yards before kicking over dead.
Excellent reasoning here...good video!...Thanks
Great video. As I've always been told, knowing what your cartridge is capable of and working within those capabilities is the most important thing to hunting. My great-grandfather took a citation elk with a .257 Roberts. He knew what ranges his rifle would be effective at and hunted within those parameters and came home with a beauty of an elk.