Whats the Most unusual/ odd/ classic Cartridge you've taken Deer+ game with?

[1899]

In the past few years, I have shot mule deer with my 9.3x57 and a 45 colt.
I won't be using the colt again, there just isnt enough ooomph.

What??? Were you using some mild factory loads? Tell me more as I’ve been wanting a .45 colt in a trapper sized rifle for some time now. With handloads I would figure it would be more than adequate.

Back to the OP - 7x57, .250-3000, T/C Hawken with black powder and conical. Probably forgetting something too

 

[mr.e moose]

32-40 even though the father in law thought the 25-20 was more than enough for white tail.

 

[the spank]

Took my first whitetail with a .348 Win

 

[captonion]

Took a couple yesterday with the 351WSL

 

[200250126]

I have a 7x57 that I desperately wanted to baptize with a kill yhis year but ended up using my .270.

 

[Gone Huntin]

My first buck, a fork horn, was taken with a Savage 99 in .22 hi-power or 5.6X52r.

 

[pounder]

first deer since 1973 ( first opportunity to hunt in the south ) 300 Savage 99.

 

[hoytcanon]

Homemade self bows, long bows, recurves...

Cartridges; other than the standard top ten; .32 Special, .303 British, .45-70, .45-90, .45-120, .250 Savage, .220 Swift, .257 Robert's, 6.5 Rem Mag and .350 Rem Mag, .357 Maximum, 6.5X55, 7X57, 7X64, 8X57, 8X68, 9.3X57, 9.3X62, 9.3X74R, 375 H&H, .405 Win, .44 Mag and Super Mag... probably others that are not readily accessible in my aging brain.

 

[todbartell]

221 Fireball with 45gr TSX & 416 Rem Mag w/ 350gr Speer MagTip

 

[saskgunowner101]

Although they're not oddball, 223 and 9.3x62 were the unusual ones for me. Not surprising, the 9.3 was a quicker drop, but the meat damage from both was minimal on whitetail.

 

[powdermaker]

Almost all of the animals I have taken have been with standard calibers: .270, 30-06, 243, 7-08, 375 Ruger, 9.3x62, 358Win, but for a time I shot a .54 caliber black powder rifle shooting a 150 grain round ball.

 

[Scrumbag]

257 Roberts is a bit of an oddball where I am from but I like it!

 

[The Outsider]

I've shot several deer, both mule deer and whitetail with the 300 savage.

...including this little 4x4 whitetail just yesterday, here in south eastern BC.

Not an unusual or odd cartridge, but a true classic.

It dropped in its tracks, after it was hit with a 150 grain Speer Grand Slam.

 

[caramel]

Took a WT with my Scout Steyr 376. A 200 pounds buck emptied, one of the biggest WT i took. It was struck dead before it hitted the ground, amazingly almost no meat damage, It was impressive to see the power of the 376 Steyr.

 

[dan belisle]

Hmm. My 50-70 rolling block maybe. - dan

 

[saskcop]

Shot one with a 7.62x39 about a dozen years back. Was surprised at the performance of the little .30 cal.

 

[BigUglyMan]

All my deer shooting has been with pretty garden variety rifles...30-06, 300 WM, 45-70, 7 Wby. And I think that every caribou I ever shot was with the 30-06 too. Nothing interesting on the moose side, 30-06 and 300WM. Muskox with the '06. Kudu, springbok, blue wildebeest, impala, and blesbok with the 416 Rigby. Warthog, civet, impala, baboon, and cape buffalo with the 375 Ruger. I guess the closest thing to strange was bison with my 9.3x62, which is hardly a choice too far off the beaten path. I guess I had better put some effort into killign one with the 7x57 this year or next, though that's still pretty vanilla.

 

[nowarningshot]

Probably my oddball, not common is 375 rum.

 

[9.3]

Shot deer with 44-40,270,7x57 and 3006. Most fun was a 450 Nitro Express double rifle 350 grn Bullet. Very little damage through the ribs.

 

[bunny]

9.3x74R, .257 R, and 35 Whelen have worked very well for me!