I shot a .243 for 10 years then moved to a 30-06 when I graduated from high school.
I never had any problems killing deer with either one, and I never lost any deer.
I mostly hunted in Texas with the .243 and La. with the 30-06.
I killed a lot more with the .243 cause there were so many deer. I wasn't a trophy hunter, I was a meat hunter. The guy who leased the land let me thin the doe population, shoot spikes and inferior bucks. He saved the big bucks for his clients and customers.
I got to hunt for free, but I also had to give up half the meat for his customers. But I prolly shot up to 20 deer per year. He had a deer management plan that said he had to shoot so many doe's per year. None of his customers wanted to shoot doe's. And he paid for all the meat processing.
Them was the days. After I graduated from school and started working, he found another meat hunter.
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