| Are you planning your first deer hunting trip in Texas | | | | on deer than the 30-30. The 30-06 or it's cousin the |
| or are you a seasoned veteran? The Texas white | | | | 308 with 150 and 180 grain bullets tend to bring a |
| tailed deer is not overly large as deer go. Deer up in | | | | hunting situation to a quick closeure. I like the lever |
| the northern parts of the country and Canada tend | | | | action calibers that use blunt nose bullets.The blunt |
| to get larger. The hunters in Texas are blessed with | | | | nose bullets have a more dramatic effect on game |
| a prolific deer herd that covers a good part of the | | | | than their sharper nosed counterparts. You don't |
| state. Though the deer are not overly large they do | | | | need specialty bullets for deer except for use in the |
| require certain caliber requirements. Anything 22 | | | | big magnums. You need tough bullets at the speed |
| caliber or below is considered verbotten and illegal in | | | | some of these calibers are attaining.I own a 30-378 |
| the state. The bigger caliber rifles tend to have | | | | Weatherby magnum in which I only use Barnes x and |
| harder bullets that will not expand as readily as the | | | | Nosler bullets in hunting situations I have shot deer |
| smaller calibers. I would not suggest the 416 | | | | with this caliber at extreme ranges. The rifle and |
| Remington Magnum that I used on a buffalo hunt | | | | caliber combination works well along with it's |
| several years ago as a good choice for deer sized | | | | component 6x20 scope. You have to match the |
| game.Calibers from the 243 Remington up to the 30 | | | | conditions to your choice of caliber. A rifle that works |
| caliber magnums are widely used here in the state. | | | | wonderfully at long range would not necessarily be |
| The magnums tend to be used more in open country | | | | the right choice for the deep woods.Hand guns for |
| where long shots are considered the norm. The | | | | hunting have become very popular in recent years. |
| 30-06 is a very versatile choice for any type of | | | | Most of the single shots like the Contender and |
| hunting The 243 Remington is adequate but should | | | | Encore in correct calibers will do the job nicely. The |
| only be used with 100 grain bullets. Any caliber that | | | | 44 magnum,45 colt,454 casull and the new Smith and |
| will bring about a quick and humane kill is just about | | | | Wesson handguns are right on target. The 460 Smith |
| right for white tail hunting. Shorter barrels are better | | | | and Wesson with it's great engineering and radical |
| suited to confined spaces,tree stands,hunting blinds | | | | bullets will shoot as true as a rifle up to about 200 |
| and the deep woods where vegetation might | | | | yards.Pair the right caliber to your style of hunting. |
| become a problem with longer barrels. In the deep | | | | Resist the temptation to get too large of a boomer. |
| woods where shots are not overly long,the lever | | | | You will not be able to shoot it as acurately as a |
| action with its' associated calibers will fill the bill quite | | | | smaller caliber and it might lead you into a habit of |
| nicely. The 30-30 Winchester with a 170 grain bullet | | | | flinching with every shot. This habit does nothing at all |
| works like lightening on deer. My personal favorite is | | | | to enhance your accuracy. African hunters long ago |
| a 45-70 that I handload up to about 2,000 f.p.s. I use | | | | realized that a heavy bullet travelling about 2400 f.p.s. |
| a hollow point which has given me nothing but | | | | was about the best medicine for their tasks at hand. |
| complete satisfaction. I usually find the spent bullet up | | | | A light and fast bullet at close ranges tended to blow |
| against the hide of the deer. It uses all of it's stored | | | | up and disentergrate on the hide with little internal |
| energy inside of the deer where it will do the most | | | | harm to the animal. Enjoy your sport and be safe |
| good. The innards of a deer are usually reduced to | | | | with your firearms. Following these guidelines will |
| confetti size material with this round.I have used the | | | | enable a growing number of hunters to participate in |
| 243 to blow fist sized holes in deer. This limits their | | | | this ritual year after year.Stephen Graham- Avid |
| activities and stops a tracking job that might have to | | | | hunter and outdoorsman has hunted in Texas and |
| be done at night. The 35 Remington is more dramatic | | | | other states. |