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Need a good hunting bullet for 30 06
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<blockquote data-quote="30calyooper" data-source="post: 1577687" data-attributes="member: 107258"><p>Holy cow, lots of guys who like to spend money on premium bullets! I have hunted deer in the Michigan woods since the 1970's and my longest shot here (other than crop damage deer control on bean farms) was about 175 yards. Did it with the 30-06 I got when I was 15. IMO there is no need for a premium performance bullet here or in Florida, where (from what I've seen on trips down there) the deer are generally smaller than our northern subspecies. So, my advice...Hornady makes several different but very affordable bullets that will work fine. You don't need a bonded-core bullet or a super high BC to kill a whitetail at 200 yards or less. Just tune a load to that rifle that consistently shoots under 1 MOA at 100 yards and you're all set. BTW with any kind of careful loading practices you can get that down to 1/2 MOA at 100 yds, and if it opens up to 1 full MOA at 200 you're still going to kill lots of deer!</p><p></p><p>I respect everyone's opinion on what bullet works best...just speaking my mind here. The majority of the deer we kill here in the woods are taken at 60 yards or less, and if someone misses it's probably not the bullet's fault. I usually see guys who THINK they are good at shooting come up with excuses, and guys who think they are expert reloaders blame the rifle. But of course they know more than me, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="30calyooper, post: 1577687, member: 107258"] Holy cow, lots of guys who like to spend money on premium bullets! I have hunted deer in the Michigan woods since the 1970’s and my longest shot here (other than crop damage deer control on bean farms) was about 175 yards. Did it with the 30-06 I got when I was 15. IMO there is no need for a premium performance bullet here or in Florida, where (from what I’ve seen on trips down there) the deer are generally smaller than our northern subspecies. So, my advice...Hornady makes several different but very affordable bullets that will work fine. You don’t need a bonded-core bullet or a super high BC to kill a whitetail at 200 yards or less. Just tune a load to that rifle that consistently shoots under 1 MOA at 100 yards and you’re all set. BTW with any kind of careful loading practices you can get that down to 1/2 MOA at 100 yds, and if it opens up to 1 full MOA at 200 you’re still going to kill lots of deer! I respect everyone’s opinion on what bullet works best...just speaking my mind here. The majority of the deer we kill here in the woods are taken at 60 yards or less, and if someone misses it’s probably not the bullet’s fault. I usually see guys who THINK they are good at shooting come up with excuses, and guys who think they are expert reloaders blame the rifle. But of course they know more than me, right? [/QUOTE]
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