Whitetail Deer Hunting

[Duck Butter]

This is a ford vs chevy debate. In most of Louisiana, your shots will be less than 100 yards. Any gun from a .243 up to a .308 is perfect here. Not much since getting an 'ultra magnum' to shoot an animal at less than 100 yards and weighs less than 200 lbs. One thing is you want to be comfortable with the gun, too many people buy these large calibers and don't like shooting them because they kick too much. The only way to get comfortable is to shoot it often, my wife and I both shoot 7mm-08 and love the caliber. Flat shooting, knocks em down, and very little recoil. I would suggest a popular caliber just in case you run out of bullets and have to run to the store. The chances are much better that the local store has 30-06 bullets than 7mm Ultra Mag or .270 super heavy magnum weatherby blahblah

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

This is a ford vs chevy debate. In most of Louisiana, your shots will be less than 100 yards. Any gun from a .243 up to a .308 is perfect here. Not much since getting an 'ultra magnum' to shoot an animal at less than 100 yards and weighs less than 200 lbs. One thing is you want to be comfortable with the gun, too many people buy these large calibers and don't like shooting them because they kick too much. The only way to get comfortable is to shoot it often, my wife and I both shoot 7mm-08 and love the caliber. Flat shooting, knocks em down, and very little recoil. I would suggest a popular caliber just in case you run out of bullets and have to run to the store. The chances are much better that the local store has 30-06 bullets than 7mm Ultra Mag or .270 super heavy magnum weatherby blahblah

lol i drive a chevy cause i want to make it where i need to go and get back home, yeah it has 4wd, not cause i need it but just in case it is there when i do, same thing with a gun, there is going to be a day(been there) that you will need to reach past 100yards, even when you are hunting in the swamp, if you only hunt one area sure get that particular gun, but not to many people only hunt one area, there are many places to hunt in la that you can make longer shots, and one day when you are ready to go somewhere else, it is better to have a more versitile gun, and as far as the round being to big, whats the difference between a 150grain 30-30, and a 150grain 7mag, but in the end you get one is best suited for you

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

lol i drive a chevy cause i want to make it where i need to go and get back home, yeah it has 4wd, not cause i need it but just in case it is there when i do, same thing with a gun, there is going to be a day(been there) that you will need to reach past 100yards, even when you are hunting in the swamp, if you only hunt one area sure get that particular gun, but not to many people only hunt one area, there are many places to hunt in la that you can make longer shots, and one day when you are ready to go somewhere else, it is better to have a more versitile gun, and as far as the round being to big, whats the difference between a 150grain 30-30, and a 150grain 7mag, but in the end you get one is best suited for you

Any rifle above .223 has plenty of knockdown power up to and beyond 300 yards. Military snipers use a .308 and shoot 1000 yards accurately. The M-16 is only a .223, and has knocked down its share of things around 200 lbs out to 500 yards

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

This is a ford vs chevy debate. In most of Louisiana,

Some of us hunt other places in this country besides Louisiana. If you are going to purchase a rifle, why not get one that will work if you decide to go on an elk hunt in 10 years? A .243 will not suffice. And, if you run out of bullets on a hunt, well, you are a dumba$$.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

Some of us hunt other places in this country besides Louisiana. If you are going to purchase a rifle, why not get one that will work if you decide to go on an elk hunt in 10 years? A .243 will not suffice. And, if you run out of bullets on a hunt, well, you are a dumba$$.

He was axing bout whitetails in Louisiana though.

Why not buy a .458 in case he wants to go to Africa?

[speck cc]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

He was axing bout whitetails in Louisiana though.

Why not buy a .458 in case he wants to go to Africa?

haha, good point!