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    Do not follow this logic?

    You can practice with other calibers larger than a 243 as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghetto View Post
    Why are you talking about penis size and jacking up trucks?

    My gun will shoot the same no matter who pulls the trigger.

    Yes it is good to have confidence in your gun.

    A larger caliber will increase your kills and hopefully add more confidence.
    I never used the word "penis", you did. And furthermore you're full of shit as a Christmas turkey if you think a larger caliber will increase your kills and give you more confidence.

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    I even took mine to Kansas last year even though I didn't use it.
    Why didn't you use it? Did you shoot another caliber or did you end up not getting a shot?

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    No love for the 22 magnum?

    Damned bunch of purists.
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    .300 overkill, .243 underkill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingstreebigbuckslaya View Post
    Why didn't you use it? Did you shoot another caliber or did you end up not getting a shot?
    I shot my .270. The only reason I used it instead of the .243 was because I had shots out to 300+ yards and I didn't feel confident in shooting a 275lb+ deer that far with it. I did kill the deer in my avatar out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberman22 View Post
    I shot my .270. The only reason I used it instead of the .243 was because I had shots out to 300+ yards and I didn't feel confident in shooting a 275lb+ deer that far with it. I did kill the deer in my avatar out there.
    Gotcha. I know I sure as hell wouldn't feel comfortable shooting a .243 at whitetail like that, especially at that distance. But I probably wouldn't at 100 yds either just for good measure.

    What's the regulations in Kansas on shooting deer? Isn't it one buck/person per year?

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    243- plenty for SC deer hunting- unless you shooting across county lines
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    the only deer ive killed with a 243 dropped where he was standing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingstreebigbuckslaya View Post
    Gotcha. I know I sure as hell wouldn't feel comfortable shooting a .243 at whitetail like that, especially at that distance. But I probably wouldn't at 100 yds either just for good measure.

    What's the regulations in Kansas on shooting deer? Isn't it one buck/person per year?
    1 buck/person/year....check your pm's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson View Post
    243- plenty for SC deer hunting- unless you shooting across county lines
    Huh, So if a 243 is "plenty" what is the lowest caliber yall recommend people to harvest deer with?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghetto View Post
    Huh, So if a 243 is "plenty" what is the lowest caliber yall recommend people to harvest deer with?
    A .243!!!!!!!

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    I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Charles Ruth yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghetto View Post
    Huh, So if a 243 is "plenty" what is the lowest caliber yall recommend people to harvest deer with?
    If you need any more convincing that a .243 will do the job......look at this recent thread and read slowly.http://www.scducks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60072
    I believe his dad said the deer didn't move a muscle. Who woulda thunk it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberman22 View Post
    I never used the word "penis", you did. And furthermore you're full of shit as a Christmas turkey if you think a larger caliber will increase your kills and give you more confidence.
    That makes very little sense. Say you are in a stand over a food plot or oak grove. A deer walks out and presents to you a clean broadside shot. You shoot this deer with your light caliber round. You hit it clean, and you notice the tail is tucked and have confirmation that you hit it. It runs off and you hear it crash into the underbrush 40 yds away.

    At the same time, Big Rodney sits in a stand over a similar set up. A SC whitetail deer presents the EXACT same shot. He squeezes off a 7mm Mag and duck flips the deer, DRT.

    Meanwhile, Bobby Jack up in Rocky Bottom has the EXACT same shot presented to him in the Gorges. He pulls the 30/30 up and drops the mountain buck. Cockroach's his ass. DRT.

    Tell me how your light round hits harder than the two calibers mentioned. Both rounds have a good 45 grain weight advantage on a 243.

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    Timber Man, I took plenty as more than enough.

    Sorry, bo.

    Please no more Christmas turkey insults or anything.

    As Redleg pointed out Charles Ruth did a study on the calibers. Deer shot with a 243 traveled further than deer shot with a 270.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chap View Post
    That makes very little sense. Say you are in a stand over a food plot or oak grove. A deer walks out and presents to you a clean broadside shot. You shoot this deer with your light caliber round. You hit it clean, and you notice the tail is tucked and have confirmation that you hit it. It runs off and you hear it crash into the underbrush 40 yds away.

    At the same time, Big Rodney sits in a stand over a similar set up. A SC whitetail deer presents the EXACT same shot. He squeezes off a 7mm Mag and duck flips the deer, DRT.

    Meanwhile, Bobby Jack up in Rocky Bottom has the EXACT same shot presented to him in the Gorges. He pulls the 30/30 up and drops the mountain buck. Cockroach's his ass. DRT.

    Tell me how your light round hits harder than the two calibers mentioned. Both rounds have a good 45 grain weight advantage on a 243.
    Bwahahaha... I would add that it's probably not very wise to shoot a mature deer with a .243, South Carolina or not, if you hunt near and swamp and tracking the deer could be a problem because of water, etc. Unless you're head hunting, you might want to add a little more knockdown power because it's not worth losing a deer over...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chap View Post
    That makes very little sense. Say you are in a stand over a food plot or oak grove. A deer walks out and presents to you a clean broadside shot. You shoot this deer with your light caliber round. You hit it clean, and you notice the tail is tucked and have confirmation that you hit it. It runs off and you hear it crash into the underbrush 40 yds away.

    At the same time, Big Rodney sits in a stand over a similar set up. A SC whitetail deer presents the EXACT same shot. He squeezes off a 7mm Mag and duck flips the deer, DRT.

    Meanwhile, Bobby Jack up in Rocky Bottom has the EXACT same shot presented to him in the Gorges. He pulls the 30/30 up and drops the mountain buck. Cockroach's his ass. DRT.

    Tell me how your light round hits harder than the two calibers mentioned. Both rounds have a good 45 grain weight advantage on a 243.
    Dude.......come on now. I never said a .243 hits harder. First and foremost I said a .243 is @lenty" of bullet to kill a whitetail deer here in SC. If you don't think so that is fine by me. I could give 2 shits. Another thing you are incorrect about is the deer I shoot in the oak grove didn't run 40 yards because he was DRT. All shits and giggles aside I have killed an ass of deer with a .243 and never had a problem. If you read a little further back I said out past 250 yards a bigger caliber may be more adequate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberman22 View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redleg View Post
    I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Charles Ruth yet.
    A study of some sort about using trained dogs to recover game, nonetheless some interesting shot / caliber data.

    http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/deer/articlegad.html

    Firearms and Ammunition
    Hunters are often very opinionated with respect to firearms and ammunition and similarly, there are many misconceptions related to the subject. It is still common for hunters to place more emphasis on their firearms and ammunition than on shot placement. The old saying "I use this magnum because you can hit them in the butt and blow their head off' is still common. Also apparent are skeptical remarks implying that smaller caliber center-fire firearms are less effective and result in deer running further and increased crippling rates.

    During this study there were in excess of 20 different center-fire cartridges used to harvest deer. To reduce variability the various cartridges were group by their respective caliber. This resulted in the delineation of 5 caliber groups; .243 cal., .25 cal., .270 cal., .284 cal., and .30 cal.

    In order to gain some objective measure of how these calibers performed on deer, we looked at the distance deer traveled. This included all animals regardless of whether they died in their tracks or ran. We found no significant difference in the performance of these caliber groups when comparing how deer reacted. Mean distances deer traveled varied between 14 and 40 yards but there was no apparent relationship with increasing or decreasing caliber size or the inherent differences in velocity or energy that is related to the different caliber groups.
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