so im not exactly qualified beyond what research ive done

@Lil᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼ I hunt whitetail with a .30-06

I use a 30-30 bolt action

I have a Henry 30-30 that my dad got me for my birthday a few years ago. I use it sometimes but I find the .30-06 shoots flatter.

Henry’s are the best

This tiny whitetail yearling I got tonight can't really see it in the pictures but antlers haven't even poked through the hide

Why did you kill it then

Some people are wayyyy to trigger happy

Well when you pay 1500 dollars a year for a deer lease we make sure to kill something.

Thought it was a doe didn't realize it was that young

Well I guess for my parents it's worth it just for the moonshine lol. There's 4 guys on the lease that make homemade moonshine so theres always plenty.

@Lil᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼ 270 is a bad joke, too much powder for such a tiny projectile, they'll run for days before dying unless you hit them *just* right. 30-06 is nice but gets a little bit inaccurate over 250 yards, .308 is probably the most balanced for mid-longe range rifles, it does well up to around 350-400 yards but also has good knockdown even at close range. if you're looking for really long range(300+ yards) and accurate with good knock down, 300 mag does well. If you're looking at those 500++ yard shots i can't help ya, I've never really looked into that

The moonshine is kinda goofy my family goes hunting one out of enjoyment and two because we are going to eat em

@Happy_Kakapo it happens. I've been there myself. The first doe I got this year could have been a button for all I knew, I was just way too excited for my first bow kill. It looked bigger in the scope than when I walked up to it

The key is to learn from those mistakes.

@Lil᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼ I forgot to mention the 30-30, it's a good close range/bush gun, but loses accuracy quickly as you get over 100 yards. Even 150 yards is a tough shot with 30-30.

I am looking for Rocky mountain elk and blacktail

so its bweetween 30/06 and 270 WIN for me

I'd say 300 mag or 30-06.

Depending on your range

.308 is great for 300+ yards but i don't know about the knockdown it would have on elk

The punch

I can promise the 270 would be terrible

Even a direct heart shot would put a hole smaller than a pencil thru it

They'd run and bleed for days

Ik a 30/06 can eassly take down a elk

They've got great impact and do major damage, just wonder about the range for elk hunting. If you're looking at 300+ yards might want to look into 300 mag

Only elk hunts I've watched were deep in the mountains, high range shots

Can't remember what they were using, been awhile

Deer truck go brrr

Cause when you get nothing during gun season, you start thinking, “ c’mon I want to at least get something” and you’re willing to shoot most everything to fill the freezer.

I saw 3 does this season but haven't got anything and it's near the end so next deer or pig I see is getting blasted no matter how small it is.

I’ve never taken a shot at a deer more than 60+ yards max

Now if it's a baby I'm not going to shoot it but you get what I mean

Does a yearling fill the freezer tho

Well at least it's something

@KungFlu BatSoup where the heck u hunting? And what the heck are you doing that you've only seen 3 does?

@Meatball by fort polk louisiana

Yeah it doesn’t fill the freezer, but you don’t want to go season without getting anything. But, I’ve shot a yearling before and I’m not doing that again.

Public or private track?