7x57 mauser

Took most of my deer with a 25-06.

300 win mag

7-08

I don't have an exact body count, but I have killed somewhere around 100+/- with my old Ruger M77 Ultralite 270. This gun has become a safe queen, but I will never part with it.

270 Win

I killed a couple hundred with a 22-250.

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A .454 Ruger revolver

Wow, this thread has been interesting and informative to me. I was surprised that more people didn't list the 30-30 as what they actually killed more deer with. I know it's not the best deer rifle, and I rarely hunt with mine now, but I did think it would show up more. I'll try to tally up the results and post the findings. Thanks for everyone's input.

30-06
Then
25-06

But That's just deer. I have killed the most big game animals with a 308.

Followed by a 25-06.

300 Win Mag, followed by a 257 Roberts and a tie between a 375 H&H and a 35 Whelen.

Sako Finnsport 300 wm has killed the most mule deer plus an elk & a bison, used other 30-06 rifles to kill blacktails & mule deer does plus I killed a mule deer buck with my M1 Garand in CO.

7x57.

a custom 7x57. somewhere around 80 or 100.

For a very good friend of mine, he's killed six, SIX (!) Deer in the past two years on his motorcycles! Four this year alone...plus a buzzard that was feeding on one of the carcasses he hit a week earlier.

They were out of season and I'm beginning to think he's poaching them the hard way...

(PS: He's fine, but his insurance company is really throwing fits! )

280 Rem . As good as it gets !

Some super funny responses! But to get serious, archery equipment from little recurves to compounds. Over 225. Then muzzle loaders from .45 to .54. (Ohio and PA.) Then a few with the 6.5 X 55 Swede and a few with a .280. A couple with the single shot pistols, 7R and 7-08. The rest with revolvers from .44 to 45-70. Over 360 deer total, lost count a while back, But now I start with the bow and then revolvers. I get what I need and give away and never get to the muzzle loaders anymore.
Since I am a meat hunter, not looking for antlers, my seasons are short. I give bucks away, don't like the meat. If I can't give any more meat away, the buck will walk.
My interest is when the backstraps hit the grill!

243 followed by a 22-250

The M99F .358 Win. by far. Most of my deer hunting has been in Vermont where the bear season is open during all of the deer season. In fact the bear season there used to open on 4/1 and end on 12/31!

With the 99 in .358 I feel ready for all woods hunting.

Most of my deer were Sitka blacktails and most were shot with the 300 win mag.

The only Whitetail I have killed were killed with a bow. All of my Mule deer were killed with a Ruger M77V .25-06 Rem. Shooting 100 grain Nosler BT.

3006 is what I've shot the most with, other cartridges I've used , 30/30 ,35rem, 270wby , 7.62x39 , 243win ,375 h&h ,375 wby, 257wby several 22s, and 12ga, and no real favorites I like them all

223, 30-06 and 7x57. I got talked into making an effort to remove all deer off this huge ranch as they were starving,sick runts and were pre disposed to having antlers of no more than 6 points. I used an AR15 carbine and the old 55 grain military round which worked fine on over 250 deer, none of which weighed as much as 80 pounds.

My hands down winner is the 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer cartridge, followed by the .30-06 and the 7x57mm. Nothing spectacular at all, except that they work!

MCA man

7mm-08 hands down

.270 by far.

.243 second followed closely by the 06 with the 6.5 x 55 gaining ground. Throw several in for the .270 wsm and .223 for good measure.

quote:

Originally posted by Red C.:
There was a similar post about what rifle you use, but I'm curious what the members have actually taken the most whitetail deer with? I'm not asking what you've been hunting with the most, but over the course of your hunting career, what caliber have you taken the most whitetail deer with?

Though I don't hunt that much with it now, I've taken more deer through the years with my Marlin 30-30.

30-30 by far, followed by 30-06 and then .270 Win.

12ga and 20ga slugs make up the most acouple with the 30-30

Having lived in Indiana, all my life, its a 12 ga. slug gun, followed by a .54 cal. ML, followed by a recurve bow.

Mad Dog

25-06, close after that rem 600 35 rem or Blaser R93 308 both have done well, but the ol 25-06 still shot the most!

Ed

grew up on a 30-30 went to a 300wm cuz I thought I needed a long range magnum. been using a 308 exclusively for last 8 years and taken 17 or 18 with it.

7 Rem. mag, when I was younger and plenty of places to hunt. I could only afford one rifle and we also made trips to colorado for elk, and mule deer.

Bang flop on these central Texas deer.......!!

A 270. Its the only deer rifle I owned for many years. DW

Numerous deer and 2 black bear with my custom Mauser Mark X .358 Win.

#2 Marlin 336 in .35 Rem-this gun had peep sights and I used it to still hunt especially in bad weather.

As you can see I am a big fan of .35 calibers!

Hipshot

No doubt it is the 308 win in a 760 Remington. I have also taken a lot of deer with a 30-06 M70.

Getting in late, but I've taken more deer with my 45-70 guide gun; my 8mm-06 is running second place. Both go with me to the field every year.

Ted

I've taken about the same amount with a 7RM and 30-06. Both work great, but the 7RM is my favorite.

Good Luck

Reloader

.30-06 Springfield and 150-gr Coreloks.

I'm curious as to how some of you guys have killed numbers of deer into the triple digits? I've been hunting for 6 years now and I've shot one deer (with a 30-06).