Deer Hunting with 6.5CM

[dc2010]

How many of you guys hunt with the 6.5CM?
Just curious to hear your thoughts on it.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Word is it wont kill them. It just wounds them and dog tracker numbers come standard on a box of shells.....just what I've heard.

 

[dc2010]

word must be wrong. LOL. And I have not seen the dog tracker yet. 3 out of 4 dropped dead in their tracks. and the one that didnt was almost a 300 yard shot.

 

[Bypass]

You can kill a deer with just about anything fellows. You just have to be a shooter and place that round properly. I've killed many deer in Georgia with a 5.56/223 target rifle.

You can even kill a whitetail with a rock if you are so inclined.

 

[Bypass]

That being said I hunt with a 300 winchester magnum target (some would say sniper rifle but that is any rifle in the hands of a sniper and that ain't me) rifle. That or a pencil thin Remington model 7 .308

 

[dc2010]

@Bypass my biggest buck came from a 22-250.

 

[dc2010]

might i say that 22-250kill come from public land WMA as well. people also say you cant kill big bucks on public land.....or kill any deer at that...

 

[Bypass]

@Bypass my biggest buck came from a 22-250.

might i say that 22-250kill come from public land WMA as well. people also say you cant kill big bucks on public land.....or kill any deer at that...

Very Nice!!!

 

[Bypass]

 

[dc2010]

word must be wrong. LOL. And I have not seen the dog tracker yet. 3 out of 4 dropped dead in their tracks. and the one that didnt was almost a 300 yard shot.

Very Nice!!!

Thank you. neat story behind that buck. I went to my normal spot i had been hunting and it was covered up in trucks at the gate. Of course keep in mind it's public land, so best choice is just move on some where else. LOL. Called my buddy at 4:45 that morning, Hey man my spots covered up with folks hunting, Where should i go. Well he tells me where to go and I say man you are crazy i aint ever seen a deer there. And then this happened. I guess it was just my lucky day LOL

 

[Bypass]

Thank you. neat story behind that buck. I went to my normal spot i had been hunting and it was covered up in trucks at the gate. Of course keep in mind it's public land, so best choice is just move on some where else. LOL. Called my buddy at 4:45 that morning, Hey man my spots covered up with folks hunting, Where should i go. Well he tells me where to go and I say man you are crazy i aint ever seen a deer there. And then this happened. I guess it was just my lucky day LOL

Funny how that works out ain't it.

 

[Spence Roe]

killed a heavy 7 point he ran 20 yards spewing blood. 120 gr hornady american whitetails

 

[lambo]

I think its sufficient.

 

[Moose]

It's a great round. Just make sure you are using hunting bullets and not target bullets/loads.

 

[hh4whiskey]

140 and 147 ELD-M, ‘target loads’ kill deer very, very well. They’ve always given good expansion and broadside/quartering exits. It’s not what the box says, but how the bullet is designed. Cup and core is cup and core. If the jacket is thick enough and velocities aren’t too extreme, they expand and hold together. They’ve been better than the ELD-X or interlock on deer at creedmoor velocities, for me.

I don’t have a creedmoor because I wanted a creedmoor. I wanted the particular rifle in 308, but the only one I’ve found was in 6.5….nobody sells their 308s in it, and it’s been discontinued for a minute. The CM works just fine.

 

[dc2010]

Ol 6.5 did it again!!!

 

[dc2010]