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Originally Posted by 0rion  Someone hit the nail on the head when they said "it depends on where you hunt". Having a 500 yard range means very little in thick woods. Where I hunt there are very few places where you'd have a shot over 100 yards. Most shots would be in the 50-75 yard range. The state also doesn't allow rifle hunting so we're pretty limited as to what we can use. Shotguns and muzzle loaders are about it. A muzzle loader is a pretty effective gun and loads of fun to shoot. |
What state are you hunting?
Every state usually has areas where an appropriate caliber center fire rifle would be okay to use.
In my opinion in WI a 243-WIN is safer to use than a 300-ultra mag. Experience proves that with the proper bonded or core-lokt bullet & appropriate shots, the 243-WIN will kill a deer as quick & effectively as any caliber that exists.
They could put a bottom & top end on what caliber center-fire cartridge could be used.
I have never bought a muzzle loader or hunted with a bow.
With a bow, if you hit a shoulder or gut shoot, you will loose the deer. The realities are that bow hunting has its problems as a deer can duck while the arrow is in flight causing a miss or a shoulder hit, etc.
I had relatives that could shoot little gophers with a bow.
Every state would have less wounded deer if they had center fire deer seasons. Here in WI the statistics would demonstrate that we don't have wounded or shot humans due to a center-fire rifle being used. - udarrell