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56. no, i'm a farmer. i could kill a deer out of season with a machine gun if it was eating my crops

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but a dog is a lot more fun.

also, coyote piss makes a good deterrent.

i can also state fairly assuredly that deer's skulls are less hard to penetrate than steel pipes.

i know for a fact a .22 is plenty for a rabid coyote, for instance.

and if a .222 works just fine, i'm sure .223 will too.

and i remember from hunting safety classes that hunting is about patience and skill, not firepower and range.

like, getting a perfect shot, not blasting away from a quarter mile out.

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Across the country the 30-06 is probably still the most commonly used round for harvesting deer, and there is little doubt that it is a very effective deer round, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't think it's the perfect chambering for a deer rifle. It's just a little more punch than what's needed. Why should someone put up with useless recoil when there are other rounds that will get the job done with less punishment to our shoulders? Staying in the 30 caliber family and taking a step down is the 308 Winchester which is an excellent choice for deer. Mated with a 165 grain bullet and a muzzle velocity around 2700 feet/sec, it is a great choice for any deer hunting out to most sane distances. It also has the benefit of numerous factory loadings, and finding a load that shoots well is usually not a problem.

An argument can also be made for going smaller by looking at a couple of 25 caliber rounds. The 25-06, which is a former wildcat based on the 30-06 case and made legit by Remington, has gained a reputation as the perfect antelope round, but the characteristics that make it great for pronghorn also make it great for deer hunting.
http://www.huntthenorth.com/Theperfectrifle.html