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<blockquote data-quote="Hirschkopf" data-source="post: 4148580" data-attributes="member: 50724"><p>The weekend after next, I'm taking my 13-year-old son on his first (youth) deer hunt. He has an any antlered deer tag for Fort Huachuca, AZ. My older boy and I have taken 4 Coues deer bucks there over the last few years, with all being about 50 yards away. All were taken with a 6.5 Creedmoor (Tikka or Ruger PR). Those deer ranged from about 50 to 80 lbs.</p><p></p><p>For his hunt, I'm likely going to have my boy use a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 5.56 NATO. He's shot it at the range once, never shot a 6.5 Creedmoor, and I just want to see how it works out. Plenty of OSA folks have proof that .223/5.66 is quite adequate for deer (especially little ones). It will be loaded with .223, 64 grain, Winchester Deer Season XP. If a buck shows up, I bet I'll have good news to report in a couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>He's an excellent shot with an air-rifle and those translate very well to powder-burners in my experience.</p><p></p><p>We'll probably take our .45 caliber air rifle along too in case the best hunting areas are closed for military training, and we need to use the "limited weapons" area.</p><p></p><p>YouTube has a video of a local friend harvesting Virginia does with the same rifle we own:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]C6tnVvMwSo0[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hirschkopf, post: 4148580, member: 50724"] The weekend after next, I'm taking my 13-year-old son on his first (youth) deer hunt. He has an any antlered deer tag for Fort Huachuca, AZ. My older boy and I have taken 4 Coues deer bucks there over the last few years, with all being about 50 yards away. All were taken with a 6.5 Creedmoor (Tikka or Ruger PR). Those deer ranged from about 50 to 80 lbs. For his hunt, I'm likely going to have my boy use a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 5.56 NATO. He's shot it at the range once, never shot a 6.5 Creedmoor, and I just want to see how it works out. Plenty of OSA folks have proof that .223/5.66 is quite adequate for deer (especially little ones). It will be loaded with .223, 64 grain, Winchester Deer Season XP. If a buck shows up, I bet I'll have good news to report in a couple of weeks. He's an excellent shot with an air-rifle and those translate very well to powder-burners in my experience. We'll probably take our .45 caliber air rifle along too in case the best hunting areas are closed for military training, and we need to use the "limited weapons" area. YouTube has a video of a local friend harvesting Virginia does with the same rifle we own: [MEDIA=youtube]C6tnVvMwSo0[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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