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Pitt55
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 Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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I don't know how far north you plan to go, but here in western canada deer can weigh 400#. I use 180gr. nosler accubond with H4350, which is also temperature stable. This load is good moose medicine as well.
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Dimitri
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Yes Pitt, Deer can get pretty big. But just like your deer your moose are also bigger then ours.
One moose and you fill 5 freezers there. 
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:42 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Well ,in biology books state that the deer are smaller near the equator.Of course any hunter know that .
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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They have to be smaller...There's less gravity and it's spinning faster at the equator then at the poles...
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wiersy111
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:28 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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They may be bigger but they don't have any armor plating or plywood skin. The same bullets will work just fine.
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Pitt55
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Didn't say they were armor plated. I just meant with an animal that size I like the extra punch the heavier bullet has. To each his own!
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wiersy111
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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I'm with ya on that one. There are guys that thinks they need to use elephant loads, you probably know one or two.
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Dimitri
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:28 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Any of the traditional rounds have worked well, and I hate to say it but even lead cast bullets and ball have probably put more deer down then any one type of premium bullet.
Currently the only hunting ammunition I have in my safe (other then the 2 boxes of 8mm Mauser Norma I got) is a box of Federal's 165gr Sierra Game King ammunition.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Whitetails (along with other animals) tend to follow Bergman's rule, which states in part that "races from cooler climates tend to be larger in species than races of the same species living in warmer climates." In other words, the farther north one goes, the larger one can expect to find certain animals. This is interpreted to indicate that larger animals produce and conserve body heat better while smaller ones dissipate heat more efficiently.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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I sure dissipated heat better when I was skinnier...
I didn’t know that Ingrid Bergman was in to deer hunting…
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Ya know Pumpkin that's a damn good point. Of course by the Ingrid rule I bet I'm fatter then you are. I sure winter well here in Minnesota.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Uhhhh...that would be Christian Bergman. Boy are you guys showing your age! I would bet that half the people on this forum don't even know who Ingrid Bergman is.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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Ingrid? Bergman? Must be before my time...
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d_hoffman
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Hunting white tail with 30.06 -- Bullet recommendations? |
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I know a girl in Michigan that one-shot kills a deer every year with a .223. Even moose, like 'Mitri mentioned, a well placed shot from either a .270, .280, '06 or 7 mag will take them down.
Bushy is right about the use of a .22 by poachers. Put one behind the ear and they drop like a ton of bricks.
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