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I'm sure it does pretty good on the 60lb yearlings most of y'all are killing every Saturday.

90% of the deer I have killed were with my remington model 700 243 youth model that I shot growing up. I never lost a deer that I hit and dropped every buck except one that ran 50 yards. 100 grain remington core locks were deadly. I loved that gun.

I just kind of slipped into shooting a 243 maybe 15 years ago. I have a Rem 700 youth model, with 95gr Fusion loads. It has killed prolly 60 deer since I stated using it. Never lost one, most drop right there, may go 30 yards at most. Last deer I shot was 150 lbs, one before was 250 lbs and dropped right there. I have no idea what it will do on a 60lb yearling.......

I’ve killed a few with a .243 years ago but I tote a 7Mag for confidence when the occasion arises

A few of those. But they are nowhere near the amount of manly men calls shooting big calibers with bad shot placement. "He dropped and was down 10 minutes and got back up and run off. Bleeding good so I know he is dead somewhere"... I know you have had many of these...

What I have found to be the #1 factor in gun tracking calls is not caliber but folks aiming at the point of the shoulder instead of behind it…..The most common two calls are back-whacks and leg shots and both typically result from shoulder shooters hitting high or low of their aiming point.

What I have found to be the #1 factor in gun tracking calls is not caliber but folks aiming at the point of the shoulder instead of behind it…..The most common two calls are back-whacks and leg shots and both typically result from shoulder shooters hitting high or low of their aiming point

I run into more brisket shot deer than leg shots. I love to track a leg shot deer

Yep, brisket and back whacks. Hate them both.

I brisket shot one once. Tracked it way into the night a drop here and there. Finally found him bedded up and finished him off. Taught me a lesson.

If he bedded up and you finished him off you probably got a little more than brisket.

Lol ,,, you just like eating them ole tough deer

If you make a good shot I don't think it matters much what you shoot em with. The only two deer I have lost were admittedly bad shots. I have killed over 60 deer and only lost two, both with 06 but poor shots. Shot em with a 50 cal. muzzy, 06, 270, 243, 12 guage and 20 guage slugs. I am a firm believer in waiting for a broadside shot or quartering forward shot.

Not really. The bullet entered in front of the shoulder and exited leaving a big hole in front of the other leg. The deer was shot around 4 pm and we finally found him about midnight still alive.

Yeah I got my daughter a Ruger American compact in .243 and I end of borrowing it because it is so accurate and shoots so sweet. The dudes rib me about using a youth model but they shut up pretty quick when they see the bucks I bring home.

I have only killed deer with 3 calibers. 30-06,300mag and a 7-08. I have a .243 that i bought for my boys when they were younger. It has killed 4 deer between them and i was there on all. Never thought about it til now, but 3 dropped in their tracks. The one that didn't ran 20yds at most. I only recall one of my deer with the other calibers dropping in its tracks. Never had one go over 100yds but only remember one that dropped.

I hunt exclusively with a .243 if I’m toting a rifle…I have a youth model Savage that I use for hunting out of a tree stand and a Remington 700 (much heavier with a bigger, heavier scope) that I use when hunting from a shooting house…I shoot 100 grain Remington Core-Lokts out of both rifles.

I’ve been shooting this Remington 700 for 26 years now and it’s served me well. Like some of the others have mentioned: I’ve killed probably 75 deer with a .243 and if a deer gets away, it’s because I didn’t do my part. I either missed the deer completely or made a poor shot. I’ve dropped lots of deer over the years, but that was always accidental. I aim for a double lung shot as well…I have had 6-8 deer over the years that didn’t bleed much: every time, it was due to lack of a pass through (no exit hole). The blood trail would be minimal, but the deer would be laying dead within 100 yards of the shot site

.243 with 100 grain ammo. Plenty of punch if you put where it needs to be.

I know a couple guys that hunt with 7 mags and 300 magnums and they flinch so bad they're accuracy sucks and they have lost several deer because of it but wont admit it. Using a big caliber is a macho thing like the little guy who drives the big lifted truck haha.

I would say that the opposite is also true. A lot of guys trying to prove something and do more with less. I don’t drive a Miata to lowes to pick up lumber. Can I fit lumber in there? Sure, but I’d rather have a truck.

I like the 243. Consistently gets speeds producing hydrostatic shock and I'm more accurate with it than any other rifle I've shot. I'll admit the blood trails are not always the best, but they almost always drop right there or within 30 yards.