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Freak of Nature
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I'm leaving tomorrow for a Texas hunt. I will be toting a 257 Weatherby and a 338 Winchester Magnum. Those deer in Texas are tough critters. 
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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14 point
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"Hell with them fellows, buzzard got to eat same as a worm"
Josey Wales
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3 point
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"The rifle you are most comfortable with."
There's not a hill of beans worth of difference between a .270 and a 7mm-08, especially at those ranges. (I own both).
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14 point
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In the flip a coin camp. Might would lean one way or the other based on optics if one has better glass
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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4 point
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take the one you shoot the best and bring the other for a back up. the 7-08 is a bigger bullet caliber wise but the .270 is a bit faster round....dont over think it deer are deer ,most important is have fun.
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7mm08 comes from the .308 Winchester family. Enough said in my opinion. The 270 has probably killed more deer than cancer but that 7mm08 is a great shooting round at various distances, making it more versatile. It’s all about what your intentions are with the rifle and choose accordingly. You won’t go wrong with either.
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Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2009
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Definitely bring both. Always a good idea to have a back up. If I had to choose between my 270 or 7-08, it would be the 7-08 all day. If you do your part the 7-08 is more then enough for the job. That is unless they have the .30 caliber or bigger rule there.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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4 point
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The one with the best glass…
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12 point
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12 point
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270 just because I like em, not because of anything wrong with the 08
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self
We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I would always use the one I was most familiar and confident with.
"I'm not near as critical about how big they are as I once was. Smiles are more important now! We will grow more deer."
Jimmy G.
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savage 110 .270 with good glass and ill hit anything inside 550 yrds if i do my part. longest on a deer was 436. one shot drt.
Turkey’s tell you when they want to die not lawmakers.
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The two are so close in factory ammo, I would suggest that you use the one you shoot the best and take the other as your backup.
And never, and I do mean never, go on an out of state hunt with only one rifle.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I’m gonna disagree that the .270 and 7/08 are equals. Maybe on paper. I hadn’t compared the ballistics. But I’ve killed a number of deer with each caliber. My experience is the .270 is a masher. If they run, they don’t go far and the blood trail is copious. I couldn’t get blood trails with the 7/08. I usually found my deer but it was circling and looking for a white belly. I’d take the .270. And, yes, I know what opinions are like…
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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14 point
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14 point
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270 and a 140 gr Accubonds!!!
If you always do what you've always done you always get what you've always got
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4 point
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4 point
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7-08 because I prefer short action rifles
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spike
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spike
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You can’t go wrong with either. As said above , take the one you like and shoot the best. I’ve been hunting Texas for 15 years with a 7mm08. I’ve never been under gunned.
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I have met Johnny Dury, who owns Dury's Guns in San Antonio along with his brother. His family has a large South Texas property where they hunt. According to him, all the loaner rifles at the ranch are 7mm-08, and that's what he hunts whitetail with also.
For those not familiar, their stores sell somewhere north of 3000 guns a month, and typically has up to 500 for sale online. He could hunt with any caliber and any rifle that he wanted.
I have killed a pile with many calibers. I don't remember a deer we shot with a 7mm-08 that I didn't see it fall.
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