Favorite hunting rifle/caliber?

[Magyars]

Winchester 94 in 45 Colt.
I've taken more varmints with my Vo!quartsen 10/22 in 22 short than all my hunting rifles combined

 

[drm-hp]

I primarily hunt with 5 different types of rifle cartridges. I will/ have killed game with others but these are my favorites.
Small game - 22 lr
Big game/ light - 257 Roberts
Big game/ wide open medium - 300 H&H
Big game/ heavy - 35 Whelen
Big game/ dangerous - 404 Jeffery

 

[snapping turtle]

I primarily hunt with 5 different types of rifle cartridges. I will/ have killed game with others but these are my favorites.
Small game - 22 lr
Big game/ light - 257 Roberts
Big game/ wide open medium - 300 H&H
Big game/ heavy - 35 Whelen
Big game/ dangerous - 404 Jeffery

Love me some 257 bob. Next year if the weather allows one is coming out in deer season.

 

[Huzrjim]

Does anyone have any experience with 350 Legend?

I built a 350 Legend AR in 2019 and successfully used it on a hog hunt in early 2020. Here is a link to that trip: Texas Hog Hunt

I am able to get a 1" grouping at 50 yards with my rifle/Leupold scope setup.

 

[Mongo59]

Every time I get ready to go out I have some Reba flashbacks from 'Tremors'...

 

[roscott]

Grendel Grendel Grendel.

I’ve become a huge fan of that one. Coons, coyotes, deer, hogs, antelope. It does anything under elk with ease, and paired with SST almost always results in DRT.

It is big enough to have plenty of energy, but small enough to have mousefart recoil.

 

[Cattman]

I have the Winchester XPR 24" with Vortex Sonora 4x12x44. Using Hornady 165 gr flex tips both deer I've taken have been pass thru's and dropped within 75 yards.

 

[gregkl]

I don't hunt anymore but when I did, for deer it was .35 Remington. Favorite rifle(only rifle), Marlin Carbine lever action.

For waterfowl, 12 gauge. Beretta AL2 Magnum

If I was plinking shooting squirrels, tweety birds, pop cans, etc. , .22LR. Weatherby XXII or Ruger 10/22. Favorite is hard for this one. Weatherby was my father's so it has sentimental value. 10/22 is a little more compact and I'm not as worried about getting a scratch on it.

 

[yetti462]

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Grendel Grendel Grendel.

I’ve become a huge fan of that one. Coons, coyotes, deer, hogs, antelope. It does anything under elk with ease, and paired with SST almost always results in DRT.

It is big enough to have plenty of energy, but small enough to have mousefart recoil.

What load you running with the sst's? I got some 123 sst last week and curious what you're pushing it with.

 

[Rookie]

6mm creedmoor. 55 grains at 3,900 feet per second makes it a laser out to 400 yards. Perfect for coyotes.

 

[roscott]

What load you running with the sst's? I got some 123 sst last week and curious what you're pushing it with.

Just regular Hornady factory ammo. I know reloading is the way to go, but I am short on time these days.

 

[Rookie]

Just regular Hornady factory ammo. I know reloading is the way to go, but I am short on time these days.

Have you tried federal? Cheaper, and devastating.

 

[roscott]

Have you tried federal? Cheaper, and devastating.

I have not. Have you tried it on anything bigger than coyotes? The problem with my one-gun-to-rule-them-all strategy is I need an ammo that works on everything. SST fits the bill, but good lord is it expensive!

 

[Rookie]

I haven't but a guy in Texas uses them on hogs with no issue at all. Google Carpe sus and he has a ton of video.

 

[AtTheMurph]

.204 Ruger for everything Coyote sized and smaller. Super fast. Super flat. Big bang and no recoil.

 

[Leadeye]

Whatever works.

 

[1nderbeard]

I really enjoy spot and stalk squirrel hunting with my 10/22.

On a recent hunt I borrow a bolt 6.5 grendel. The variety of that cartridge is hard to beat.

This deer season I had success with 450 bushmaster.

I really can't narrow it down. Every year I buy a new "go to rifle" for deer season it seems.

 

[miles2253]

I really enjoy spot and stalk squirrel hunting with my 10/22.

On a recent hunt I borrow a bolt 6.5 grendel. The variety of that cartridge is hard to beat.

This deer season I had success with 450 bushmaster.

I really can't narrow it down. Every year I buy a new "go to rifle" for deer season it seems.

I’m the same way. I can’t seem to settle on one

 

[SpartanYeti]

What is everyone’s favorite hunting rifle and/or caliber?

Savage 110 Tactical .308 for Deer, Browning A5 12G for pheasant, Remington 870 Super mag for Duck, T/C .22 LR for Raccoons

 

[SpartanYeti]

I built an AR in .350 Legend to hunt Michigan with this year. I took two doe on opening day with it. One died within 40 yds, the other within 25 yds. My only concern is blood trail. Although not necessary, I "tracked" both deer to see what kind of trail the .350 provided. One bled great, the other hardly at all. Both shots took out vitals.

I love the gun, but it's hunting efficacy is still to be determined for me. I will also note that hunting ammo is tough to find in this caliber, at least for 150 Grain Winchester Deer Season XP anyway.

I appreciate your insight. I have also considered building a .350 Legend but I have a 12G slug gun I know will do the trick.