So guys can you help me in suggesting a best gun hunting a deer in Florida? I'm thinking to buy Savage A-17! So it this will be enough for high range and also suggest me a best online marketplace for it.
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So guys can you help me in suggesting a best gun hunting a deer in Florida? I'm thinking to buy Savage A-17! So it this will be enough for high range and also suggest me a best online marketplace for it.
Looks like no.
http://myfwc.com/hunting/regulations/taking-game/
Absolutely not, even if it were legal. The 17 HMR is a varmint round.
You can hunt hogs with it. Pending shot placement and I wouldn't shoot deer with this caliber. It's actually illegal to hunt deer with this round here in Alabama but hogs are open game. Harvest all the hogs you can.
I am kind of flabbergasted with this question...
I mean, I have heard of shot placement, but a deer? Nah, asking for problems and no ethical hunts. Get a .270 or a .30 cal. SKS, Nagant, or Savage Axis (I think that's the name of the cheaper Savage Rifles) in .308. Even an AR with the right loads would be FAR more effective than a Varmint round. (if legal in your area)
If you're looking to go cheap, than go cheap in the right round. It does only need to let one round fly in an accurate path. But don't go with anything not Center-fire and usually .270 or larger in a rifle cartridge.
Either way, I will be breaking out my 'Gold-Trigger' Early 60's Marlin .30-.30 for my Early Anterless hunt in less than two months. And will be using the same for Buck season in November.
Just easy to lug, Minnesota woods shots are 100yds or less, but almost always brushy. So, I need something that can punch brush and get good terminal ballistics within 100yds. If you're going further, you'll need to adapt the tool to the job.
Not my picture, but pretty close to my rifle, will try and get a picture of my own up today:
http://decg5lu73tfmh.cloudfront.net/...1401703477.JPG
From my understanding of the size of Florida deer, any of the .223 deer loads combined with proper shot placement should work fine out to 150-200 yards.
While not legal, after using the busted up front half of a deer for target practice with 60gr Nosler Partition handloads, 64gr Winchester Power Points, and South African M1A3 55gr ball at 75 yards, I am quite sure M193 ball would drop most white tail deer as quick as anything else inside of 100 yards.
That musta been some messy practice. Haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonB1
Nonetheless, thanks for sharing your experience, adds a bit of comfort in the "What if I have to one day?" factor.
No doubt the Savage 10, 11, 12 are tack driver and very inexpensive to boot... I won a Savage 112 and sure it was a decent shooter!Quote:
Originally Posted by samuelcruz
Check out Tikka. They have Pretty darn nice gun for the money!
Just no!
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No way, no how, end of discussion.
Too small, too light, too frangible and too fast.
Does Florida have a caliber requirement for hunting deer?
Don't know, here in MO we do, .243 is minimum
Get a .270 ... commercial loadings available to hunt pretty much anything on the planet
We have restrictions to here in Alabama. I have heard of poachers using that but they pay the price too when they get caught.Quote:
Originally Posted by PattonWasRight
Hunters have a responsibility to ensure a quick, clean, and humane death... All living beings deserve this.
The A-17 is not a big game rifle and the 17HMR is not a big game cartridge.
There are many excellent choices in rifles capable of cleanly killing big game and the bulk of them are affordable.
If you are unwilling to use an acceptable caliber, then I suggest you refrain from hunting.
Agree with this 100%! At a minimum my limit is a .223/5.56 70gr TSX round. I know other loads in this caliber will easily work but this is my lower limit. Depending upon where I'm hunting I'm shooting anywhere from a 7mm08 to a 300 Win Mag. Yes the 300 may seem a bit much but when you are shooting 300lb deer in Canada up to 400 yards out you need it. As far as a relatively inexpensive great all around rifle look at the Tikka in .243 or larger round. Can beat it for the money!Quote:
Originally Posted by kerplode
Was this a trolling question?
Very likely so.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Dub