What Cartridges Have You Killed Big Game With This Season?

[Jbotto]

Wife has shot:
Pronghorn doe: .243/85gr TSX
Whitetail doe: .243/85gr TSX

Myself:
Whitetail doe:.338/06 w/210gr TTSX

 

[6mm Remington]

Moose
Bison
Elk
Black Bear
Grizzly

348

Wolf
Caribou
Sheep

275 H & H

Polar Bear
Grizzly

Dart Gun

p.s. just noticed the word "killed"----we did not kill, but hunted the Polar Bear and Grizzly with a dart gun, and, also hunted and killed grizzly with the 348. The grizzly we darted was for the purpose of studying the "Grolar"

Awesome stuff!!

David

 

[WNC2500]

Mule deer buck: 7mm (Nosler 140 AB)
Mule deer doe: 6.5 CM (Nosler 140 AB)
Mule deer doe: 44 magnum pistol
Antelope buck: 6.5 CM (Nosler 140 AB)
Whitetail bucks (3): 6.5 CM (Nosler 140 AB)

 

[jbseamus83]

Cow Elk - 7mm-08

 

[OntarioHunter]

After a half dozen missed shots over the last month the ballistic tip Jimmy bumper finally bagged a buck muley night before last on Hwy 2. It is a forked horn ... or it was. Only a stump on one side survived. Surprisingly little damage to deer or vehicle. Buck has a broken back and a busted gut inside and that's it. The Jimmy lost the grill, right headlamp assembly, and hood. Bumper cover cracked but probably repairable. Both front fenders are fine (whew!). Radiator survived intact so it was still drivable. Fortunately nothing I can't fix myself once the scrapyards open after holiday weekend. It needs a new paint job anyway. 300K miles so maybe it's not worth it. I picked up a salvage permit Thanksgiving morning from GW who happened to be in Havre regional office. Nice guy. Don't they cost $10? He didn't collect anything.

 

[Sawtooth]

Roe, Fallow and Red deer, lots of them, with my .243, because it's the only rifle I own

The only rifle for now. The .308 win era is about to begin.

 

[Glockster]

Antelope buck .308 ELD-M
2-whitetail doe .223 Sierra Tmk

 

[Lyfter1013]

1 Mule deer compound bow
2X Mule deer 28 Nosler

 

[sharpshooter97]

1 Whitetail buck .30-06 180gr SST
1 Skunk 9mm 115gr HP

 

[243varmint]

Roe, fallow, muntjac and fox
30-06 165gr Interlocs.

 

[Mica Man]

Bull elk archery
Buck antelope 28 Nosler
Bull elk 28 Nosler
Son's white tail buck 270 WSM
Son's buck antelope archery
Daughter's mule deer buck 243 Win

 

[Wildabeest]

3 mule deer between my son and I, all with 270 140 grain Accubonds. Buck took two steps and collapsed. The two does dropped in their tracks. Also took a coyote with the same gun and cartridge.

 

[FI460]

280 rem on a NorCal blacktail.

Nosler E-tip launched at 140 gr and recovered at 139.1 gr.

 

[Guy]

7mm Rem Mag, handloaded 160 grain Sierra Gameking:

Mule deer buck
Antelope buck

 

[tradermike]

Bull Elk 300WSM Federal Premium with Berger Hybrid Hunter 185g

Perfectly broadside at 350 yards. Bullet hit right in the crease and exited. Only hit rib going in; bull took one step and collapsed. Tremendous damage to lungs. One of the few elk I have seen fall that didn't require a follow-up shot. The only other one-shot elk kills I have witnessed were spine-hits or head shots....

 

[Dunning Kruger]

Well, i half assed elk season and ate my tag. Totalled my rig in idaho going to hunt deer and decided im done hunting deer this year in any state. So i guess so far this year its been: black bear with a .444 marlin, black bear with a .444 marlin, and black bear with a .444 marlin. Just gonna try to get a lion with my .243 now. But for the record, .444 marlin is a pretty sweet bear cartridge if you dont enjoy tracking bears. Doubly so if you tend to shoot dinks like me. Knocks em down hard. 3 for 3 no tracking required, boomflop.

 

[Foxtrot1]

Whitetails:

7x57
50-70

May add 9.3x62, 9.3x57, or 30-06 to the mix before season is over

 

[FLS]

6.5. Creedmoor shooting 130 Sierra Gamechangers
WY Antelope buck
S.C. Whitetail buck
S.C. Doe x 2

 

[Marshian]

7mm08 with 140gr federal fusions:
Black bear, antelope buck, anterless white, mule deer buck

 

[nrpate05]

Mule deer buck - .25-06 w/ 100 grain Barnes TTSX