If you could only have one rifle, and one cartridge for AZ hunting, what would it be?

[tobylazur]

Like the title question asks: what cartridge and what rifle would you pick for a do all hunting rifle in AZ? From southern coues deer to mule deer to elk to prong horn.

 

[Jack Dupp]

I'm not a great hunter or anything, but I have brought home an elk and a couple deer in my life. I'd grab something like a Bergara B14 in 6.5 Creedmoor. 308 would be second choice.

 

[Ballistic Therapy]

Remington 700 in 30.06

 

[SupportTheSecond]

I could get by with my Wetherby Vanguard in 30-06. Or my M1A.

 

[samnev]

My Remington PSS in 308 with NightForce NXS 5,5-22X50 scope .

 

[Winmagbill]

300 Winchester Magnum. If you need the range AND the knockdown power you have it. I use a worked over Winchester Model 70 for delivery.

 

[iammaxwell]

For the past 15 +/- years it's been a Browning X-bolt in 308. 168-gr bullets in the >2,600-fps muzzle velocity range will do it all in AZ.

 

[knockonit]

lol, this one has been beaten to death over the years, i for one cannot fathom having only one rifle, even in todays political atmosphere or any future one, there can never be just ""ONE""
:lol:
Rj

 

[Drmark]

30.06 in a Ruger M77 Mark II

 

[tobylazur]

lol, this one has been beaten to death over the years, i for one cannot fathom having only one rifle, even in todays political atmosphere or any future one, there can never be just ""ONE""
:lol:
Rj

So what are your multiple choices?

 

[knockonit]

every caliber there is for big game, pretty simple, what you have ammo for , or if you have the ammo, you need to get the gat. lol

 

[AZ_Five56]

every caliber there is for big game, pretty simple, [highlight=yellow]what you have ammo for[/highlight] , or if you have the ammo, you need to get the gat. lol

There are a lot of great calibers out there for hunting, but if you're looking to get only one hunting rifle (boring), I would go with 308 just because of ammo availability. You can almost always find it on the shelf when everything else is cleared out.

 

[87jeep]

The rifle that has the best barrel(most accurate). Then its "YOU"

Carry on

 

[Suck My Glock]

Keltec SU16 in .300blk

 

[tobylazur]

every caliber there is for big game, pretty simple, what you have ammo for , or if you have the ammo, you need to get the gat. lol

I don't know what that means. You'd have one of every caliber?

 

[tobylazur]

Just some background on me: I have a heavy barrel .308 and a short, ranch rifle type .243. Several years ago I tagged along on an elk hunt that 300 yards was a loning shot based on the terrain. Last year I tagged a long on a southern mule deer hunt that 400 yards felt like a close shot. This year I'm hoping to get drawn for southern white tail.

 

[Drmark]

.208?

 

[knockonit]

awe the elusive cous deer, hunted the patagonia area and washington camp many decades ago, about the only place i ever encountered a cougar on a hunt. crafty critter he was, took me awhile was smelling his markings. they are typical cats, so dang quiet.

one would be smart to make a leather sling, to chuck rocks into canyons to perhaps scare the little deer outta hiding, throwing will kill yer arm
good luck, fast and smart little guys
rj

 

[Ballistic Therapy]

I've hunted whitetail in southern Az ever since I started hunting.
That is all I even put in for any more.
I have probably killed more Whitetail bucks than most people have ever seen , and 99% of them were with a Remington 700 in 30.06.
300 yards is not an uncommon shot for these guys.
I don't like to shoot much farther than that.
They are one of the hardest animals to hunt in the U.S.

 

[tobylazur]

.208?

Ha, .308. Sorry, edited my horrible, unproof read post.