Jst bought first rifle...

[NKYhunter]

I've been a waterfowl hunter for years, (using a Remington 870), but I just purchased my first rifle about a month ago. I went with a Savage XP .270 with a Burris 3x9x40mm for optics. Been out to the range with some friends a few times and i'm having a blast!

Was this a good first rifle? I would like to take a deer this fall.

 

[WildRose]

I've been a waterfowl hunter for years, (using a Remington 870), but I just purchased my first rifle about a month ago. I went with a Savage XP .270 with a Burris 3x9x40mm for optics. Been out to the range with some friends a few times and i'm having a blast!

Was this a good first rifle? I would like to take a deer this fall.

Welcome to the addiction. Is it a good rifle? Well will it shoot sub MOA? If it will it's an excellent rifle to start with.

The scope is a decent entry level riflescope but if I were in your shoes it's the first thing I'd look to upgrade. Next time you are in a good sporting goods store compare it to the Leupold 3.5-10x50 and the 4.5-14x50's. The difference in clarity will astound you. It's almost like going from a 1960's black and white TV with poor antenna reception to HD cable TV.

 

[NKYhunter]

Thanks for the response. I have the rifle dialed in pretty well and it does shoot a sub MOA. Really liking the accuracy and the Acu-trigger. I will look in to upgrading scopes before hunting season.

 

[T3-OleMan]

A .270 was my first one also. After45 yrs. I jumped up to the .338 WM (for ELK+), them two will do it all. Good luck on the deer. Use to hunt LBL TN when I was in MEM, TN.......some biggies in TN & KY LBL.

 

[Hog Father]

Nothing wrong at all with a 270, plenty of deer and elk have been killed with it.

 

[roninflag]

how many deer can you shoot in kentucky? i heard there is quite a few there.

 

[NKYhunter]

It varies by zone. I am in zone 1.

ZONE 1​

• A hunter may take an unlimited number of antlerless
deer. Two (2) deer may be taken using the statewide​

permit and unlimited antlerless deer may be taken using​

bonus antlerless-only permits (good for two (2) antler​

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deer each).​

• A hunter is limited to ONE (1) deer with visible antlers​

(excluding button bucks) per license year statewide, except
additional antlered deer may be taken on federal areas.​