For deer & smaller, what's your favorite rifle, cartridge & bullet?

Tell us a bit about your setup, your load, what you like about it please.

For deer, antelope, coyote... My favorite is a 25-06 Rem 700 CDL, with a 6x Leupold. I'm shooting 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips at about 3150 fps, though I have used other bullets from this rifle. The excellent accuracy, gentle recoil, flat trajectory and quick kills with this combo have impressed me. Closest big game kill was a mule deer at about 20 yards, farthest was another mule deer at an honest 400 yards. I've taken coyotes out farther than that with it.

Nicknamed my Ballistic Tip ammo the "Blue Cyclones" because of the blue tips, high velocity and great results on game. Typically I neck size my 25-06 ammo, using Wilson dies and a Hart arbor press. I've been using Retumbo for my 115 gr loads for several years now.







Tell us about your favorite deer rifle & load?

Thanks, Guy