YoungMilsurpGuy
Sharpshooter
Actually in terms of scope i was looking at a Trijicon 2.5-10x with a BDC that I was planning to test at distance.This is exactly right.
1) Not sure why everyone thinks they're a sniper? I would be comfortable saying 90% of deer in Indiana are taken inside 100 yards. I've been deer hunting for over 30 years. I've never shot a deer past 200 yards, and I hunt in an elevated blind on the edge of a cornfield where I could easily take 400 yard shots. Could I have shot a doe at that distance? Sure. But why?
2) Know your specific cartridge ballistics. If you're shooting a 308 or anything similar, you'll likely be able to take a deer at 200 yards or more with zero holdover. There's no need to muck around with tactical turrets on a rifle at 400 yards or less.
3) Most people are going to be disappointed in what they shoot at 400 yards, if they're trophy hunting. Good luck being able to identify that trophy deer at that distance.
4). Most rifles at a reasonable price (TC Venture, Savage 110, Ruger American, CVA Cascade, and even the Savage Axis) are going to outshoot the operator. You can buy a $1,000+ rifle and an $800 scope if you want to brag about it to your buddies. But it's totally unnecessary for Indiana deer hunting. Going elk hunting out west? Well, that's a different story.
5). Please, please, please don't buy magnum cartridge guns for Indiana deer hunting. First of all, your shoulder will thank you later. Secondly, not many people are going to handle the recoil of a 300 Win Mag accurately. 30-06 is almost overkill.
Also i'm not a trophy hunter. I just like to get out into nature and I want some meat in my freezer for my family to eat especially my son that hasn't been pumped full of soy and chemicals and hormones in a factory farm.
I might put some antlers above my gunsafe or workbench, but i don't want a taxidermied head up, strikes me as a bit to much vanity. The best part of the deal for me is being able to sit out in silence in the woods and pray as the sun comes up as you look out over nature
I agree in terms of magnum cartridges. The military drops people all the time with 5.56 and a deer and a person are about the same size. .308 will carry 1000 Ft-ibs of energy well past a Quater mile.
I'm interested in .308 more for economic reasons than anything else. Cheap and widely available brass, factory ammo, BDC reticles, load data, bullet election, and suppressor compatibility with a .30 caliber can with my .300 Blk AR
I do find some rounds like 6.5 grendel or 6mm arc interesting if you chamber them in a micro action 20 inch bolt gun as you can drive them a bit harder then in an AR but it would be strictly a handloaded affair