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Is the 243 the best whitetail deer cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2736070" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>Agreed. As big as the deer might be in Texas…they've got nothing in Saskatchewan <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😝" title="Squinting face with tongue :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61d.png" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:" />. I know an older lady around here, very small framed, has had a shoulder operated on, recoil of any kind is out of the question. </p><p></p><p>She has taken elk and moose with her 243. Now I don't for a second suggest it as a moose or elk cartridge at all but she's a great hunter and outdoorsmen (or woman I suppose), a good shot, and a patient and disciplined person. No shots over 200 yards for her, no trigger pulled on anything other than a broadside double lung. For this very reason I prefer a lot more gun as it gives me more options and wiggle room but goes to show exactly what you're saying: if both lungs are blown nothing is going all that far. </p><p></p><p>Of course there are cases where a person keeps shooting until the animal drops. I have no doubt a deer could break into a dead run and take multiple hits from a 243 before it's brain "got the memo" that it was dead haha. But if the first shot is right the follow ups don't really make much difference. </p><p></p><p>I've seen them dead run over 200 yards with my 270 and 300 win as well, sometimes it's just going to happen no matter what unless you hit the spine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2736070, member: 109862"] Agreed. As big as the deer might be in Texas…they’ve got nothing in Saskatchewan 😝. I know an older lady around here, very small framed, has had a shoulder operated on, recoil of any kind is out of the question. She has taken elk and moose with her 243. Now I don’t for a second suggest it as a moose or elk cartridge at all but she’s a great hunter and outdoorsmen (or woman I suppose), a good shot, and a patient and disciplined person. No shots over 200 yards for her, no trigger pulled on anything other than a broadside double lung. For this very reason I prefer a lot more gun as it gives me more options and wiggle room but goes to show exactly what you’re saying: if both lungs are blown nothing is going all that far. Of course there are cases where a person keeps shooting until the animal drops. I have no doubt a deer could break into a dead run and take multiple hits from a 243 before it’s brain “got the memo” that it was dead haha. But if the first shot is right the follow ups don’t really make much difference. I’ve seen them dead run over 200 yards with my 270 and 300 win as well, sometimes it’s just going to happen no matter what unless you hit the spine. [/QUOTE]
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