codyadams
Well-Known Member
So upon recently visiting my Father in law in Arkansas and reading the regs, turns out my son can hunt deer in the state, and it is reasonably priced for non resident. This would be a great opportunity for him next year, as it is still a few years until he will be able to fulfill the Wyoming age requirement of 12. He is already obsessed with hunting and shooting prairie dogs and such, I'm certain he would love it.
He's a pretty small guy for his age, he was born at only 27 weeks and his physical growth has always been a little stunted, though he is incredibly responsible for his age. He handles his cricket .22 safer than most kids 3 or 4 years older than him. But because of his small stature, I think the perfect solution for a deer rifle for him is my Ruger AR-556. With the stock collapsed all the way down, and putting the gun in a hog saddle and him sitting, he can shoot pretty respectably with it, I would allow him to shoot out to about 100 yards on a deer (he has hit prairie dogs at that range), and the recoil is negligible for him. Now my only question is bullet selection....and here are a few of my ideas
Hammer Hunter 64 grain
Sierra Game King 65 grain
Hornady GMX 70 grain
Nosler bonded performance 64 grain
Nosler Partition 60 grain
Do any of you have any experience with any of these bullets on white tail? It has a 1:8 twist, so it will stabilize all of them listed, and it has generally shot pretty good, though for 100 yards, extreme accuracy is not essential. More important is how the bullet will perform terminally on the deer. I personally have killed one small framed 3 point mule deer with the 65 grain SGK at about 150 yards, punched through both shoulders and was under the hide on the off side, and the deer fell where it was standing, but that was only one deer.
Any experience with any of these, or if there are other, better options, would be appreciated. Thanks all.
He's a pretty small guy for his age, he was born at only 27 weeks and his physical growth has always been a little stunted, though he is incredibly responsible for his age. He handles his cricket .22 safer than most kids 3 or 4 years older than him. But because of his small stature, I think the perfect solution for a deer rifle for him is my Ruger AR-556. With the stock collapsed all the way down, and putting the gun in a hog saddle and him sitting, he can shoot pretty respectably with it, I would allow him to shoot out to about 100 yards on a deer (he has hit prairie dogs at that range), and the recoil is negligible for him. Now my only question is bullet selection....and here are a few of my ideas
Hammer Hunter 64 grain
Sierra Game King 65 grain
Hornady GMX 70 grain
Nosler bonded performance 64 grain
Nosler Partition 60 grain
Do any of you have any experience with any of these bullets on white tail? It has a 1:8 twist, so it will stabilize all of them listed, and it has generally shot pretty good, though for 100 yards, extreme accuracy is not essential. More important is how the bullet will perform terminally on the deer. I personally have killed one small framed 3 point mule deer with the 65 grain SGK at about 150 yards, punched through both shoulders and was under the hide on the off side, and the deer fell where it was standing, but that was only one deer.
Any experience with any of these, or if there are other, better options, would be appreciated. Thanks all.