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Post by darinfry on Dec 3, 2016 23:32:06 GMT -5
Was wondering if anybody out there hunts with handguns for deer? If so what caliber? Ive watched Ted nugent and razor Dobbs kill a lot of deer with 10mm, so this is the caliber I was leaning towards now that it is a legal round here. Experiences?
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Post by hornzilla on Dec 4, 2016 7:36:19 GMT -5
I hunt with a 44 mag in a Blackhawk. And a 308 in a T.C. Encore. The Blackhawk is a little more handy out of my climber because the Encore about has to have a solid rest.
Now off a rest like my tower stand that I built just for that reason. It's a killer.
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Post by js2397 on Dec 4, 2016 7:37:43 GMT -5
Get yourself a nice revolver in .44, .454, or .460. If you want another option go for a TC Encore pistol in .270, 7mm-08, .25-06, or 6.5 Creedmoor.
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Post by parson on Dec 4, 2016 8:28:32 GMT -5
A few years back I hunted with a Savage Striker, in .243. It was very accurate but awfully unwieldy in the woods. I much preferred the S&W 629 .44 mag.
I no longer hunt with handguns. Mainly due to ageing eyes.
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 4, 2016 9:11:43 GMT -5
Scoped contender in 243 would do it out to 200 yards  My next will be a blackhawk in 44 though |
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Post by medic22 on Dec 4, 2016 9:17:56 GMT -5
Im in the market for a glock 40 (long slide 10mm cut for an rmr, not 40 short and weak) i keep telling myself Ill use it for deer at least once.
Im a big 10mm fan.
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Post by bill9068 on Dec 4, 2016 9:25:12 GMT -5
Killed a few with .357 magnum back when I carried one. Now its .44 magnum model 29 S&W.
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Post by dbd870 on Dec 4, 2016 9:47:21 GMT -5
I do from time to time; Encores. Killed a few with them. Using my 209x50 Encore handgun this ML season
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Post by squirrelhunter on Dec 4, 2016 13:12:30 GMT -5
I've been using handguns since I started hunting them back in the 80's. Started out with a .357 mag. but didn't get any with it. Then went to a New Model Super Blackhawk 44 mag. and got several with it. Then went to a T/C G2 Contender in .35 Rem. and got several with it. I've got a Desert Eagle 44 mag. now too but need to get a holster for it. I've actually taken more deer with handguns than any other way I believe.
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Post by stevein on Dec 4, 2016 13:22:50 GMT -5
If you reload you may want to consider a single shot or revolver. I bet the 10MM flings brass all over the place.
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 4, 2016 16:01:42 GMT -5
I've killed 3 deer with a Taurus .44 mag revolver with the 8 3/8" barrel and open sights. 2 deer dropped and the other ran about 100 yards before going down. I enjoy hand gun hunting. It's nice to sit in a tree without holding a long gun.  |
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Post by ncmountainman on Dec 4, 2016 20:02:21 GMT -5
I have killed somewhere around 30 with a TCS Encode in .308 with a Burris variable scope. Left it at home this year and used my Winchester 70 in 30-06
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Post by medic22 on Dec 4, 2016 20:04:49 GMT -5
If you reload you may want to consider a single shot or revolver. I bet the 10MM flings brass all over the place. My 1911 slings brass from my handloads 30 feet straight back |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 4, 2016 20:05:29 GMT -5
I have killed somewhere around 30 with a TCS Encode in .308 with a Burris variable scope. Left it at home this year and used my Winchester 70 in 30-06 I know off topic, but how'd you do here this season? |
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Post by ncmountainman on Dec 4, 2016 20:13:04 GMT -5
I have killed somewhere around 30 with a TCS Encode in .308 with a Burris variable scope. Left it at home this year and used my Winchester 70 in 30-06 I know off topic, but how'd you do here this season? I got a decent 10 pointer and two does. Good year as my landowner friend did well also. Thanks for asking. |
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 5, 2016 14:06:20 GMT -5
I've killed 3 deer with a Taurus .44 mag revolver with the 8 3/8" barrel and open sights. 2 deer dropped and the other ran about 100 yards before going down. I enjoy hand gun hunting. It's nice to sit in a tree without holding a long gun. I used to have the twin to that. Ported barrel? |
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 5, 2016 16:52:38 GMT -5
I've killed 3 deer with a Taurus .44 mag revolver with the 8 3/8" barrel and open sights. 2 deer dropped and the other ran about 100 yards before going down. I enjoy hand gun hunting. It's nice to sit in a tree without holding a long gun. I used to have the twin to that. Ported barrel? Yes sir. I think it was the model before they came out with the raging bull. |
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 6, 2016 0:09:54 GMT -5
Same one then.
Miss that gun!
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 6, 2016 20:10:37 GMT -5
Same one then. Miss that gun! I shot one of these when I was a teenager. Years later I decided I had to have one. It took me a while to locate one for sale. I won't let it go. I can hit a gallon jug of water at 40 yards with the open sights. |
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 6, 2016 23:36:37 GMT -5
Loved mine. Didn't like the double action trigger pull, but cocked shooting single action it was a great shooter.
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