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Is the 243 the best whitetail deer cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="popeye" data-source="post: 2736503" data-attributes="member: 82319"><p>In about 2018 I shot a doe at about 170-180 yards with a .260, even with the heart cut in half the deer ran about 45-50 yards before piling up. </p><p>The second deer was shot at around 50 yards with a .44 magnum, ran over and collapsed below my tree stand. </p><p>Point being, even with the engine blown they can still go a some before they know they are dead. Place a good shot and have an idea how to track if you need to. </p><p>The .243 is more than adequate if you do your part. I don't recall ever having one go more than 60-80 yards with a good shot and bullet. But hunt with what you are comfortable with and legal cause I doubt anyone is gonna change anyone else's opinion on forum. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="popeye, post: 2736503, member: 82319"] In about 2018 I shot a doe at about 170-180 yards with a .260, even with the heart cut in half the deer ran about 45-50 yards before piling up. The second deer was shot at around 50 yards with a .44 magnum, ran over and collapsed below my tree stand. Point being, even with the engine blown they can still go a some before they know they are dead. Place a good shot and have an idea how to track if you need to. The .243 is more than adequate if you do your part. I don’t recall ever having one go more than 60-80 yards with a good shot and bullet. But hunt with what you are comfortable with and legal cause I doubt anyone is gonna change anyone else’s opinion on forum. 😁 [/QUOTE]
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