Hunting the big northern deer with the 6.8

[marinesg1012]

The 68 has claimed, deer, elk, hogs, Black bears... pick a good bullet and put it where it needs to go and kill your deer.

[srtmonk]

Thanks for all the replies. I really want to hunt deer with an AR rifle but I just wanted some first hand experience with bigger deer and this caliber. Sounds like I'll be getting one. Thanks again.

[ac6916170]

To get you closer to home I shot a buck in the U.P. near Rudyard. Took 2 of us to get him in the back of the truck after field dressing. 120 SST, shoulder shot, DRT. Came home and shot a 200+ dressed doe near Coleman, again 120 SST, behind the shoulder. One jump and 3 steps. It's kind of like the 28 ga. of rifles, don't know or care why it kills so well just glad it does.

[walt214]

To get you closer to home I shot a buck in the U.P. near Rudyard. Took 2 of us to get him in the back of the truck after field dressing. 120 SST, shoulder shot, DRT. Came home and shot a 200+ dressed doe near Coleman, again 120 SST, behind the shoulder. One jump and 3 steps. It's kind of like the 28 ga. of rifles, don't know or care why it kills so well just glad it does.

The laws of physics are what they are, so there isn't anything magic about the 6.8. What is magic is the great bullets available to us now. The Barnes, Noslers, and Hornady bullets are light years ahead of where the shooting community was just five years ago. Even the mouse gun shooting 5.56 or 223 loadings has become a mighty deerslayer because of the new bullets.

[Swandog]

I'm going to use mine next November and leave the 30-06 home unless I draw an elk tag. I agree the bullets getting better for all calibers.

[JDJHNTR]

It is quite common to take 275-300lb whitetails on my property and even though I have only taken 2 with the 6.8, they were both taken with the 110gr AB. However I have taken quite a few of them with the AB's in other rounds and have always been extremly happy withthe results.

[RugerIte]

I've taken White tail one 185 dressed with my Mini 6.8 first year I got it. My ARP got its first deer kill last year, small barely pointer buck, but then I was going for meat not a rack.

110 Nosler Accubond I use and continue to use for most things.

110 TSX is also good for big tough things, I plan on using it for Bear, Tac Load of course.

110 SPH, still keep giving those few I get to protect my accubond supply.

The 6.8 SPC works great at great ranges out of a carbine barrel! I like it because it fits my needs better than a 243 with less over penetration yet superb take down performance. Of course the shooter has to do his part!