Thread: Good caliber to start hunting with?

Originally Posted by Pointer

Dougies on deer number 5 and shes writing the book! Ask me how many deer I've lost with the .223!

Daylight kills deer. The more daylight you can put into them then quicker they die. Use as much gun as you can handle!

Are you a vampire deer slayer?
Like one of these blood suckers? :-)

Okay okay I'm just being a cocky shit. But bar my first ever deer (neck shot with a .243), I've not had one get up. I've shot two red deer with my .223 now.

HOWEVER - I have had goats get up. I've taken pop shots and misses and shot uphill and downhill and yanked the trigger and had my heart leap out of my chest and gut shotted and did I mention miss? And had shit position and rushed shots and done dumb newbie shit.

My point is, and I'm a little sorry to say this Goats, but I'm glad I had two years between my first deer and the other four. I conducted a lot of my education while hunting goats. Because I have shot five deer does not mean I have only squeezed the trigger five times. I have fired probably over 1000rounds through my .223 and maybe over 100 in the direction of something tasty.

I'm a geek and a cocky bitch and that's why I like flying the .223 flag and giving people some stick

But by no means am I a complete and total noob anymore. I have SO MUCH to learn but I think now I have a little sample of some things to teach, too. It would selfish of me not to share that.

And because of my experience on goats, I have let deer walk. I will not shoot unless I'm shooting to kill. I have not shot at every deer I've seen, far from it. I am (trying to be!) a responsible shooter.

Cheers.


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Originally Posted by Pointer

Dougies on deer number 5 and shes writing the book! Ask me how many deer I've lost with the .223!

Daylight kills deer. The more daylight you can put into them then quicker they die. Use as much gun as you can handle!

Amen to that....................................but a 243 would be a good place to start but I would love to fire a shot from this

[QUOTE=Dougie;344553]Okay okay I'm just being a cocky shit. But bar my first ever deer (neck shot with a .243), I've not had one get up. I've shot two red deer with my .223 now.

HOWEVER - I have had goats get up. I've taken pop shots and misses and shot uphill and downhill and yanked the trigger and had my heart leap out of my chest and gut shotted and did I mention miss? And had shit position and rushed shots and done dumb newbie shit.

My point is, and I'm a little sorry to say this Goats, but I'm glad I had two years between my first deer and the other four. I conducted a lot of my education while hunting goats. Because I have shot five deer does not mean I have only squeezed the trigger five times. I have fired probably over 1000rounds through my .223 and maybe over 100 in the direction of something tasty.

I'm a geek and a cocky bitch and that's why I like flying the .223 flag and giving people some stick

But by no means am I a complete and total noob anymore. I have SO MUCH to learn but I think now I have a little sample of some things to teach, too. It would selfish of me not to share that.

And because of my experience on goats, I have let deer walk. I will not shoot unless I'm shooting to kill. I have not shot at every deer I've seen, far from it. I am (trying to be!) a responsible shooter.

Cheers.


Its hard to find the perfect woman lol. Sounds like you doing just fine, always learning and gaining experience as we go along. You fly that 223 flag, im flying the 243 flag lol. Other muppets want fly a bigger flag but each to there own haha

Originally Posted by deer243

Its hard to find the perfect woman lol. Sounds like you doing just fine, always learning and gaining experience as we go along. You fly that 223 flag, im flying the 243 flag lol. Other muppets want fly a bigger flag but each to there own haha

I found the perfect woman 20 years ago, she detests shopping it all its forms.............................so I married her but only god knows what she saw in me

Originally Posted by mikee

I found the perfect woman 20 years ago, she detests shopping it all its forms.............................so I married her but only god knows what she saw in me

Close, but still not the perfect woman. The perfect woman would still love taking you out Rifle shopping lol.

Originally Posted by deer243

Close, but still not the perfect woman. The perfect woman would still love taking you out Rifle shopping lol.

She doesn't mind me buying rifles and loves fishing, even wins fishing competitions for me. I can process all my rabbits, fish, hares and deers at the kitchen bench no worries. Any closer??

Originally Posted by mikee

She doesn't mind me buying rifles and loves fishing, even wins fishing competitions for me. I can process all my rabbits, fish, hares and deers at the kitchen bench no worries. Any closer??

Mine bought me a Sako rifle last year so I shouldn't complain but you'd think I'd committed adultery when I drop a snapper fillet or a back steak on the bench top...️

Nope️

The .243 is a great place to start. I'm always wary of going to a 308 or 7mm when starting out.
The secret with a 223 or 243 size is the shooter learns to shoot, I had poked through 2000 rounds through my Parker-hale by the age of 16years and I could shoot hares and goats at 300m+/- but put the old mans 308 up and I'd always flinch.

Originally Posted by Danny

Mine bought me a Sako rifle last year so I shouldn't complain but you'd think I'd committed adultery when I drop a snapper fillet or a back steak on the bench top...️

Ba ha ha ha ha, I can even walk thru the house in gumboots !!

Lucky prick

The not-girlfriend doesn't like hunting, but does love the meat!

That will finish when you get married

Originally Posted by Danny

The .243 is a great place to start. I'm always wary of going to a 308 or 7mm when starting out.
The secret with a 223 or 243 size is the shooter learns to shoot, I had poked through 2000 rounds through my Parker-hale by the age of 16years and I could shoot hares and goats at 300m+/- but put the old mans 308 up and I'd always flinch.

I'd always thought the 308 had relatively mild recoil from all the recoil tables I looked at when deciding what my first centerfire was going to be. I had a 22lr and had shot maybe 2-3 rounds of 223 before I got my 308. It's a lot more than a 223 of course...but my wife (all of 55kg's) can shoot it. She was shit scared at first just from watching it being shot, but after shooting it was like..."oh." Same went for my sister.

Everyone's different obviously. I guess the best thing is just to try a calibre before you buy it if you're worried you might flinch or develop one.

The flinch you talk of maybe developed from hearing or seeing "dads big 308" for years from a young age? You may have just built it up mentally to be more than it is. Logically you know all you will feel is a firm tap to the shoulder.