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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1498461" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>I raised two daughters hunting the woods in south Arkansas. So I have experience with this three times. The cover where you are hunting can get very thick quickly. It is nothing like open woods further north. Wife started with a .243. Blood trails are pittifull and that's being kind. Most of them took a posse and a couple of dogs to find. Built a 700 varmint in .308 with the barrel shortened to 22" and a break. Thing kicks much less than a .243 and the girls never lost a deer with it, and we never needed a dog or posse. Built a 7-08, 22" sporter barrel with a break, custom stock. Same thing, little easier to handle. Shot 165 ballistic tips in the .308 and 139 SST's in the 7MM. Deer seldom go far, and are easy to follow in the heaviest cover. YMMV, but not by much in this type of cover. Girls can get turned off very quickly if they lose one. They get more excited than we do when they get one. Use a bigger gun than a .243 and don't chance it. They get pretty excited, especially until they have knocked off a few. I've seen them get excited and go for "The big middle" more than once. Big bullets just make a mess for you to clean and dress. Little bullets they get away and the girl crys. Real World.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1498461, member: 92702"] I raised two daughters hunting the woods in south Arkansas. So I have experience with this three times. The cover where you are hunting can get very thick quickly. It is nothing like open woods further north. Wife started with a .243. Blood trails are pittifull and that's being kind. Most of them took a posse and a couple of dogs to find. Built a 700 varmint in .308 with the barrel shortened to 22" and a break. Thing kicks much less than a .243 and the girls never lost a deer with it, and we never needed a dog or posse. Built a 7-08, 22" sporter barrel with a break, custom stock. Same thing, little easier to handle. Shot 165 ballistic tips in the .308 and 139 SST's in the 7MM. Deer seldom go far, and are easy to follow in the heaviest cover. YMMV, but not by much in this type of cover. Girls can get turned off very quickly if they lose one. They get more excited than we do when they get one. Use a bigger gun than a .243 and don't chance it. They get pretty excited, especially until they have knocked off a few. I've seen them get excited and go for "The big middle" more than once. Big bullets just make a mess for you to clean and dress. Little bullets they get away and the girl crys. Real World. [/QUOTE]
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