12-02-2009, 01:36 AM
Spyder,
I don't know if I agree with you on knock down power. My 270 has taken deer over 400 yards and knocked them down in their tracks. Depends on where you place the sights on the deer and hit it. If You shoot a deer in the guts from 400 yards away with a 30-06, he is probably going to run a little. When I was younger, I use to shoot does with a 223 from long distances hunting power lines in the snow. You can see deer from distances up to 500 yards away when it snows because they stick out like a sore thumb. I would always aim at the head, and it would drop them right in their tracks.
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I don't know if I agree with you on knock down power. My 270 has taken deer over 400 yards and knocked them down in their tracks. Depends on where you place the sights on the deer and hit it. If You shoot a deer in the guts from 400 yards away with a 30-06, he is probably going to run a little. When I was younger, I use to shoot does with a 223 from long distances hunting power lines in the snow. You can see deer from distances up to 500 yards away when it snows because they stick out like a sore thumb. I would always aim at the head, and it would drop them right in their tracks.
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