I've never hunted.....

shilala · 11-10-2008, 09:46 AM

When I was a kid I like to use a single shot .22lr for squirrels. Later I added a scope, it made things a lot different and more fun, plus I brought home a lot more dinner.
For deer I use a .35 Remington, but that's cause I hunt in the brush on the edge of farm fields. If I was hunting in the wide open I'd shoot a .257 or .243 cause I'm a pretty flat shooter.

The laws dictate what you can use, gun-wise, to some extent. Here you can use most anything for anything you want to hunt.
The game dictates what you want to use.
A nice semi-auto or pump 12 guage is good for lots of game. You could actually use it for everything from squirrel to turkey to deer.

11-10-2008, 09:46 AM	#8
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: I've never hunted..... When I was a kid I like to use a single shot .22lr for squirrels. Later I added a scope, it made things a lot different and more fun, plus I brought home a lot more dinner. For deer I use a .35 Remington, but that's cause I hunt in the brush on the edge of farm fields. If I was hunting in the wide open I'd shoot a .257 or .243 cause I'm a pretty flat shooter. The laws dictate what you can use, gun-wise, to some extent. Here you can use most anything for anything you want to hunt. The game dictates what you want to use. A nice semi-auto or pump 12 guage is good for lots of game. You could actually use it for everything from squirrel to turkey to deer.