a .243 for deer?i just aquired one and wondered yalls opinions on deer hunting with this caliber.
a .243 for deer?i just aquired one and wondered yalls opinions on deer hunting with this caliber.
I shoot a .22 mag.
It piles em right the hell up if you stick it to em in the ear hole.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
I have killed a lot of deer with a .243. Only problem I found is that if you have to trail one doesn't leave much blood.
gotta hit em right. Not as much room for error if you don't wanna have to look a long way for em.
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters" Norman Maclean.
Allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll about placement.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
Neck shoot 'em! I've killed dozens with a .243 doing that.
"We have become so open minded that our brains have fallen out"
i shoot a 6 mm, pretty much the same thing and love it used to shoot a 30 06 but its really overkill for most of my hunting applications
Killed several deer with my youth model 243 back in the day. Most were DRT. Never had a deer go more than 20/30 yards after the shot. Don't be afraid to use it.
There really is no such thing as OVERKILL.
Don't think that you are undergunned. The .243 is fine, and I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with one.....and do from time to time. The 25-06 is basically a .243 on steroids. I have killed quite a few with each. I will concede that the blood trail tends to be lighter, but I have never experienced a situation where I felt that shot placement was any more critical than with anything else I have used. I know that it seems like it would be and maybe it is, but I haven't seen it, yet. Of course, a leg shot is a wounded deer whether it was with a .243 or a 458 Win. Mag.
Last edited by CWPINST; 09-29-2010 at 06:22 PM.
If it ain\'t accurate at long distance, then the fact that it is flat shooting is meaningless.
I bought my son (who's 13) an NEF youth rifle in 243 and we both love it. He killed his first two deer last fall with it and I rolled two hogs. It's a fine gun for killing deer or pigs. (I love my 270, too.)
Aim for the base of the neck or dead in the shoulder and the deer or pig will drop.
Tell me sump'n. Why you askin' so many jackassy questions?
Its da cats ass in my opinion. I have 100x more confidence shooting my .243 than my .270 any day of the week. I shoot 100 grain power point Win. CXP2's in mine. Very rarely do I need to track anything. If I do I never have a problem with a blood trail either. I tried some 95 grain ballistic tips 10 or so years ago and was very dissatisfied.
i also shoot a 6mm (.244). killed alot of deer. shot placement is everything. neck or aim for the shoulder blade.
I still fly that southern flag.
Whistling Dixie loud enough to brag.
.243s are for women and children.
or for men who like acting like a woman or a child.
How do you like yours?
I'm just proud to be here.
i hate it. i lost all confidence after making a confirmed shoulder shot and losing the deer.
and i started acting like a woman and a child.
ps, this is hypothetical because im actually not "fucking retarded" enough to shoot a peashooter.
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