how do you fill abought a 243 for deer hunting

[boomer1]

how do you fill abought a 243 for deer hunting

[rezavoirdog]

Feel great about it. Shot placement and bullet type and size are more important than with bigger calibers.

[idahooutdoors]

It works great for me, I have taken many deer with little problem, including a 182 mule deer this past season. Also makes a great varmint gun, 70 grain nosler ballistic tips absolutely vaporize Columbian ground squirrels out of the .243. Mine is currently a Tikka T3 Lite, a great incredibly accurate rifle, but have never really owned a .243 that wasn't (Winchester's, Remington's, and an old Mossberg bolt action have all put meat on my table).

[buckhunter]

I hear they are a great gun by the people that use them.

[Beekeeper]

I FEEL pretty good about a .243. REZ and Idaho summed it up nicely. Nothing to add.

[wallofsam]

Until this post, I always thought they were strictly a varmint gun. See that's why I love this website, I'm always learning stuff!

[rrmont]

There is no doubt that a .243 will take a deer down, provided that the shoot does his part.

[bonnier-admin_2]

243 is a necked down 308 Win or 7.62 NATO round. I’ve taken more Mullies and Whitetail with my 22-250 than all my rifles combined and just as dead as if used my 338 Win Mag. 243 shouldn’t be any problem what so ever! If I was going to buy a 243, I would step up to the 25-06, but the bottom line 243 will do just fine!

[Huntandtrap09]

it would be the lowest caliber i would use. MUST HAVE GOOD SHOT!!!!

[prairieghost]

i like others above, kill a couple of deer a year with one and have for many years. straight factory loads, 100 gr bullets. the mule deer here in MT drop real dead when hit correctly.

[KingFisher907]

the .243 will work great for deer hunting...I used a .243 to take my first buck and also a couple pronghorn..

[Reid Jones]

its a great gun!

[shane]

.243 is the official caliber of fun.

[jlfreeborn]

.243=DEAD
.308=DEAD
.30-30=DEAD
.300 mag=DEAD + achy shoulder

[CPT BRAD]

you'll like it, its a good gun my sister shoots one very deadly. It'll kill deer easily out to 250 or so.