Favorite Deer Hunting Ammo

[hunter322]

yup thats what i shoot, 2 3/4" 3/4oz. acuracy with a punch. ive pulled em outa deer and they have a perfect mushroom. been shooting em for a few years now and wont go with anything else!!!

[96trigger]

Partition golds are great shells but are not as cheap as the SST's. But the SST's are the best shells for the money in my opinion. In every gun I own, the Golds and the SST's are almost interchangable, they sight in almost the same at 50 yards.

[PK3]

Brenneke 20 ga. 2 3/4" work great out of the 11-87 with an improved cylinder choke.

[Effie07]

Used to shoot the old style 12 ga. Brenneke until I got my new slug gun. The brass on the slugs would expand and wedge the shell in my barrel. Swithed to Winchester Hollow Points from WalMart, $1.99/box when I bought 35 boxes a few years back. Haven't had to buy shells since, think they are up to $2.49/box now. Deer don't run far with a baseball sized exit hole and they leave on heck of a trail to follow. Regardless of the bullet, shot placement is key.

[Steve Foss]

Effie07, interesting handle. I know a family of hunters who live in EGF and have a deer shack outside Effie. Hmmmmm.

You're darn right about shot placement, baseball sized exit wound or not.

[Red Cabin]

Effie07, interesting handle. I know a family of hunters who live in EGF and have a deer shack outside Effie. Hmmmmm.

You're darn right about shot placement, baseball sized exit wound or not.

There is no replacement for shot placement!

[dickie g]

Im a big fan of Ballistic Silver Tips in my .270.

[paul pachowicz]

my .270 likes those 150 grain Sierra boattails

The '06 performs best with the Sierra 150 grain boatail as well.

Lil ol .243 likes the 100 grain Sierra boatail.

The new 7mm-08 hasn't blooded anything this year yet but shoots the Speer 130 boattail best and digests the 120 Sierra Flat base excellently. All calibers pattern sub MOA. Takes awhile and some angst to work up a load but it gives a guy more range time and keeps marksmanship skill honed.

[FrontenacPike]

I bought a rifled barrel last year for my Rem 1100. I also have a Red Dot mounted on. When choosing ammo I bought a box of every flavor. I was able to get a great consistent group at 75 yards with Remington Premier AccuTip Sabot Slugs.

When I was testing and researching shells last fall I came across a Video that shows the shock wave of Accutip in ballistic gel.

Field: I seen 1 deer all last season, one doe came along at 100 yards last fall. One shot, double lung (right where I aimed), 60 yards mad dash and done.

[shortfatguy]

I am shooting winchester power max 150 gr in my 300 wsm. Last year was the first year I used them after the price of silvertips almost doubled. Did a good job on the deer I shot. I cant believe how many guys are shooting 180 gr and up bullets for whitetails Not knocking anyone but is there a reason you guys prefer the heavier bullets?

[BeezeHound]

Used to always shoot core-lokt through my 30/30 but 3 duds in 2 years just didn't sit well with me so switched to fusions 4 years ago and haven't had a problem since.

[mozy]

409 grain Carbon Express Maxima Hunter tipped with a 2 blad Rage. It's not ammo, but for the amount I lose practicing throughout the year it sure seems like it.