Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

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Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by heiner39 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:18 pm

Now that the draw results are out and I'm starting to get really excited for the upcoming season, thoughts have turned to gear. Just curious as to what bullets are going to be flying at deer this year.

I'm undecided on my bullet of choice this year. Last season I took my whitetail with a 165 grain Federal Fusion and it seemed to do the job. A little range work this spring showed 150 grain Hornady Interbonds to be more accurate so I may go down that road. Last season's hunt was my first with a rifle and the guy at the counter recommended the Fusion as I didn't have a clue what to use.

Just curious...what bullet are you guys using for your deer? What has worked in the past? I'm a relative newbie to deer hunting trying to soak up as much info as I can!!

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by cjohnson3006 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:04 am

I handload Nosler accubonds and really like their performance.

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by wingmaster36 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 am

Another Johnson vote for Nosler Accu-bonds. My 7mm mag loves them, but I would choose whatever shot the best since deer are not that hard to kill.
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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by TheGreatwhitehunter » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:38 am

Hornady Interbonds is what I use most and have had NO PROBLEMS.

I am going to test out the Barnes Tipped triple schocks and see how they shoot out of some of my rifles.
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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by skyhawkbowhunter1 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:14 pm

For Deer hornady 117 grain boattails
For elk barnes 165 grain triple shock

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by Don Fischer » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:53 pm

Sounds like a 30 cal cartridge. In them I like 165gr bullets. Never found a need for other than cup and core bullets but have thought about partitions and bonded now and then. It's easy to get over that when I see the price of a box of bullets, cup and core about 1/2 the price of partitions and bonded. We're only talking deer here. I've shot a lot of deer with 30 cal cup and cores and have never failed to have one exit so I don't know how well they preform other than a good shot put's the animal down for good.

I have tried 150's in a couple 308's and a 30-06 but never got them to shoot as well as 165's so 165's it is with me. You could go crazy trying to find the best bullet, there's a ton of them! Probably the think that makes a bullet best in the end is how much confidence you have in it!

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by cjohnson3006 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:06 pm

I agree bonded bullets aren't necessary for deer, but I have a load using these my '06 loves, so I just load a few hundred rounds a year and use the same load for everything I hunt.

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by killerbee » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:15 pm

Don Fischer wrote: other than cup and core bullets
i'm not sure what these are?

I personally love SWIFT bullets! the A-frames are ,weight retention holding, hard hitting freikin hammers and the scirrocos[sp?] are flat shooting, very controlled weight retention, great bullets! i really like any barnes bullet as well. but for deer most any accurate bullet out of your gun will do the job nicely.

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by Don Fischer » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:36 pm

killerbee wrote:
Don Fischer wrote: other than cup and core bullets
i'm not sure what these are?
Hornady interlock, Sierra (all), most Speer, Remington core lock, pretty mich any bullet that is not bonded, has a partition or the Barnes TSX type construction.

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Re: Bullet choice for whitetails/muleys

Post by killerbee » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:07 pm

i was thinking remington core-lock, thanks for clearing it up for me :thumb

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