.338 win mag for deer

So, why stop at a .338? you may wanna go just a bit bigger cause you never know what could happen. What if one of them deers ever charged!!! ;)



savagefan said:
. I'm not saying you can't kill with little bullets,fill your boots hell people killed Heffalumps with spears long before Bell hunted Africa. All I'm saying is bigger is better. Simple physics.
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savagefan said:
All I'm saying is bigger is better. Simple physics.
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Bullet construction, velocity and sectional density determine what is better.....its not simple physics its complicated physics, at least more than what your touting. If you were a physics guy touting "simple physics" I say yeah this guy knows what he is talking about but you probably have never heard of numerical methods of which is used to simulate these so called simple physics problems.

Heres an example of "simple physics" at work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RETZaY5Nkdk
 
savagefan said:
Deer react differently when shot some will do a 100yd dash, some lay down I even had one shot thru both lungs with my old jungle carbine continue feeding for a few seconds and then fall over.
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Exactly.....regardless of the cartridge used. At least 90% of the deer I hit with my .25-06 go straight down. There are a few here and there that don't. A .375 doesn't guarantee instant DRT kills, and neither does the .338. Some animals won't drop right away no matter what you shoot them with.

savagefan said:
All I'm saying is bigger is better. Simple physics.
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So why did you stop at the .338WM? If bigger is better, then surely you should have gone with the .375 Allen Mag or .50 BMG if you wanted the ultimate deer rifle. I'll answer that question for you- because at some point, enough is enough. And you reach that point for deer long before you get to the .338.
 
savagefan said:
All I'm saying is bigger is better. Simple physics.
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Every post seems to prove you don't understand very much about shooting game with rifles.

As others have said, no one can ever, under any circumstances blame a 7mm-08 for any lost deer, or a moose for that matter. Never. A lost deer shot with that round is the hunter's fault, period. To argue anything else is as ridiculous as suggesting physics is simple.
 
There's a lot of estrogen in this thread. One of the most common threads in gun forums is minimum caliber for deer and ooh will the recoil hurt me? sniff sniff. I've always liked 30 cal stuff especially my old 30-06. I only ever got a .375 because it was a smoking deal. I was silly to sell it but oh well. I am now in the market for a brand new rifle and I choose a .338, if that offends you tuff #### and wendy's done her job. Being judged online by internet heroes and strangers is a blast, keep the fur flying ladies.
 
By that post I'd say there may be too much testosterone in here. Or one of them inadequacy issues maybe. :p

Me and my big BOOM-BOOM gonna gets me a deer Momma!!! LMAO

And what does Wendy have to do with caliber choice???




savagefan said:
There's a lot of estrogen in this thread. One of the most common threads in gun forums is minimum caliber for deer and ooh will the recoil hurt me? sniff sniff. I've always liked 30 cal stuff especially my old 30-06. I only ever got a .375 because it was a smoking deal. I was silly to sell it but oh well. I am now in the market for a brand new rifle and I choose a .338, if that offends you tuff s**t and wendy's done her job. Being judged online by internet heroes and strangers is a blast, keep the fur flying ladies.
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Savagefan,

If you want to shoot a 338wm and use it for deer then do it. Afterall we all know that one rifle is not enough! ;)

IIRC Jordan Smith shot himself a very nice bruin with his 25 06...this spring Jordan? Accordingly it is not a question of whether it will do it, rather, it is using what you want to because you want to.

This has been said on this thread more than once but...d:h:
1. Shot placement rules.
2. A well placed shot from most rifles will damage little meat Someone on this thread said it very well, "...if you don't want to ruin meat don't shoot it in the meat..."
3. There is no such thing as overkill, dead is dead.
 
Issues hell! My wife says my 3 inches is a world record. She is right, isn't she? Omigosh now I'm worrying, what if...... As for windykins and her slime, many gun owners will knock guns that don't fit their world. Fudds are the worst offenders, i.e. handguns who needs em? black rifles? bad, semi autos, waste of ammo, magnums, overkill etc. Ad nauseum. Lotsa stuff out there in print and the net OGW Taylor Knock down value etc. I'm only going by my own personal observations and what works for me. I hate tracking wounded game, the poor critter suffers. I have blood trailed for others and myself but never with anything shot by the big boom stick. So yeah simple "Fizzikz" You get shot from 100 yds. in the chest by a .22 short or a ####in cannonball different outcome for the same shot placement.
 
I have nothing against the .338. I quite like the caliber and the chambering. I HAVE, however, seen a deer walk away from a solid chest shot from a .338WM, only to fall down about 40 yards away. Big guns don't guarantee a DRT. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't use one to kill deer- it's as good a deer gun as any, but it won't kill 'em any quicker than a wide variety of smaller guns will.

And BTW westcoaster, the big bruin I shot with the .25-06 was last spring ;)
 
Shot placement rather than caliber produces a humane shot. I have knocked them DRT with my 25-35 Winchester lever and had them run ( not far) from my .270 Browning. My fault completely.
 
I also have nothing against someone using a .338, a .375 or anything legal to shoot a deer. The problem I see here is saying you NEED something that big to shoot a deer, or else it will hop away like nothing happened. Blaming the itty-bitty 7-08 for 2 lost deer is poor form. Terrible, in fact.
The 7-08 has plenty enough jam to kill a deer. If the deer is lost, then it aint the gun's fault... or the cartridges. It's the shooters.
Man up and accept the responsiblity! Otherwise you have no business holding a gun!
 
Huntin' Gun said:
I also have nothing against someone using a .338, a .375 or anything legal to shoot a deer. The problem I see here is saying you NEED something that big to shoot a deer, or else it will hop away like nothing happened. Blaming the itty-bitty 7-08 for 2 lost deer is poor form. Terrible, in fact.
The 7-08 has plenty enough jam to kill a deer. If the deer is lost, then it aint the gun's fault... or the cartridges. It's the shooters.
Man up and accept the responsiblity! Otherwise you have no business holding a gun!
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Judge not lest thee be judged thyself, broken record.;)
To the O.P. great job getting a ####-show rolling, this is a blast.:D
 
Huntin' Gun said:
Blaming the itty-bitty 7-08 for 2 lost deer is poor form. Terrible, in fact.
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This is what irked me.
I could care less what anyone shoots for deer.But saying a 7mm-08 it's no good because "I wounded two deer that got away".Crazy talk.

I have taken five moose now with a 25-06.None went more than 50yds.Shot placement was key though, and I knew that when I left the house.If any of these moose not offererd me a perfect shot they would have walked.Common sense!
 
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