<![CDATA[Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger]]>So, like I said I am trying to make this the year I actually get out deer hunting, did it twice when I was a kid in upstate NY but that was almost 25 years ago. I am looking at a rifle that is good for deer and possibly Elk. Right now I am looking between 7mm, 30-06, or 6.5 Creedmoor. I don’t care much about preserving for the mount, more concerned with the ability to possibly go after larger game.

Hopefully I am not about to start a riot.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/4198/best-caliber-for-deer-and-maybe-largerRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 21:11:37 GMTThu, 26 Aug 2021 12:14:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:02:40 GMT]]>I hope my son will feel the same way when I am gone.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46864https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46864Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:02:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:17:33 GMT]]>Cory Brown very well said 👏.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46772https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46772Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:17:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:45:53 GMT]]>ND Mike I agree, my dad and I were very close after I left home. Usually spent a week with him in the summer after I moved away, just he and I and talked about so much. My siblings were surprised at the stories I told them after he passed. Many friends say that I am a lot like him now and I take that with deep respect.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46433https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46433Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:45:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:45 GMT]]>Cory Brown very well said and I fully agree with you!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46431https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46431Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:22:59 GMT]]>calldoctoday yep…we can never stop learning!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46430https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46430Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:22:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:13:59 GMT]]>Brother, I think that is the definition of getting smarter, finally realizing how much you don’t know and seeking help.

I had a conversation yesterday about walking the path God sets out for us. I love the word “walk”. As a parent, when our kids are learning to “walk” do we get mad when they take 2 steps and fall? No sir, we are excited about the progress they make, not their falls. The same is with God…

The only person that ever walked the path straight was Jesus, and even He questioned it. For me, my goal is to veer off the path He has for me less, and see that I am off the path sooner so I can get back on it.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46429https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46429Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:13:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:05:40 GMT]]>ND Mike You think you have so much figured out & your on a straight path, then I realize that the older I get, the more I don’t know. Good thing most everyone else is getting smarter, because I seem to realize that I am not so smart after all & still finding out there is a whole lot left to learn.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46426https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46426Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:32:37 GMT]]>Love my 270 flat shooting no recoil and drops em right there without wasting a lot of meat.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46424https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46424Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:32:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:35:40 GMT]]>Jonathon I use a 30-06 and have bagged so many deer and elk I can’t even count. That being said, I can almost always find ammo for it too, many others are always sold out in stores.
GO GET EM!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46419https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46419Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:35:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:27:11 GMT]]>processhead yep! It’s sad that some parents and kids can’t reconcile those differences while we are growing up.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46412https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46412Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:27:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:24:14 GMT]]>ND Mike said in Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger:

bocephus its funny when you are 18 and think you know everything! As you get older almost everything you stood for at 18 really isn’t all that important now.

I think that’s what they call “growing up”.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46409https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46409Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:22:36 GMT]]>bocephus its funny when you are 18 and think you know everything! As you get older almost everything you stood for at 18 really isn’t all that important now.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46408https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46408Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:22:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:09:34 GMT]]>ND Mike Had the same issues until I left home, then realize he just wanted the best for me.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46405https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46405Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:09:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:53:31 GMT]]>GWG8541 yep! My Dad and I didn’t get along real well until I was about 22. It took me until then to realize the Old Man was pretty smart!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46386https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46386Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:53:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 02:35:48 GMT]]>ND Mike isn’t it funny how our parents got smarter as we got older!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46375https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46375Tue, 31 Aug 2021 02:35:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:53:49 GMT]]>Cory Brown that is my wish too! I was luck to have him until I was 46 but I wish I would’ve listened with more realization in my younger years!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46353https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46353Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:53:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:20:58 GMT]]>Was just talking with my daughter this afternoon about wishing my grandfather was still around. His life experience was something I wish I could hear again with new and more mature ears.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46331https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46331Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:20:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:09:20 GMT]]>kyle I feel the same way when people tell them I remind them of my Dad or Grandpa. It is a badge wear with honor.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46311https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46311Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:09:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:08:16 GMT]]>GWG8541 I feel like it is my responsibility to carry on the values that my own Dad, who will be 71, and my Grandfather taught me. We owe it to them. I know you feel the same way. I really feel sorry for people who don’t have those relationships with their Dads and Grandpas!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46310https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46310Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:08:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:53:54 GMT]]>processhead for all you reloaders out there. Keep the velocity on the low side if you like to eat up to the hole. At high velocity you can easily waste a quarter of a deer as it’s not good enough for making sausage

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46303https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46303Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:53:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:25:50 GMT]]>cdavis sounds like our Grandpas were two peas in a pod!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46255https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46255Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:42:15 GMT]]>GWG8541 I know your pain. Oct 29th it will be 2 years for the loss of my dad, he just had turned 71. My grandpa died at 87, he was a potato farmer that was still carrying 100# sacs of taters at 80 years old. I was 13 when he passed away. Work ethic, to be honest, and help others was driven into my head. When someone tells me I’m just like my dad, it’s a big compliment.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46252https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46252Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:42:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best Caliber for Deer and maybe larger on Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:20:14 GMT]]>ND Mike thats great. I was lucky enough to have a grandfather who lived to be 99. He was one of the most honest, caring, and hardworking persons I have known in my lifetime. Its been exactly a year since I lost my Dad and he was 91. I listened to him give a similar talk to his grandkids, including my 2 boys. Im really missing my Dad today, he taught me how to hunt, fish, garden and navigate life. You cannot replace the power of good parents or grandparents.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46248https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/46248Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:20:14 GMT