Caliber for coues?????

[ndaniel]

Just curious what you all think is the lightest caliber to hunt with for coues? I have my hunt coming up this weekend and will be using a buddy's .243

 

Thanks for any info

[shortpants]

A .243 is a great coues rifle that has better ballistics than most people realize. Make sure you shoot it ahead of time and find your limitations. Shoot straight and have a blast!

[firstcoueswas80]

i use a 270 wsm, i think its a pretty dang good caliber. the 7mm is also a good one!

[ndaniel]

Thanks shortpants I'm out today to get it set up

[Lance]

A 243 if a great round for Coues deer and no way is it too small. My son Ty age 10 just took his first deer and his first elk with a 243. The elk was a huge cow at 200 yards and the deer was a Coues spike at 500 yards! I belive many people on this site use them. What hunt do you have?

 

Lance

[youngbuck]

I also used a .243 on a cow elk, at 100 yards. She only went about 10 yards. Great caliber for coues too. Ive shot a few mulies with the 243 and my dad has shot countless mulies and coues with it as well.

[AZRDHD]

My son took his first mulie buck with a 243 and dropped it in its tracks.

[billrquimby]

It's bullet placement and not caliber that you should worry about.

 

Years ago I hunted southeast of Ajo in Sonora on a friend's ranch. His workers had a single-shot .22 rifle with which they killed everything up to unbelievably huge mule deer.

 

However, the ideal rifles for animals the size of a Coues deer IMO are:

 

.223

.222 Mag

.22/250

.220 Swift

.243

6mm Remington

.257 Roberts

.257 Roberts improved

.250/3000

.25/06

.257 Weatherby

 

Anything larger is overkill. That said, if I had a permit to hunt this weekend I'd take my 7mm Rem Mag, even though I have eight of the above rifles in my gun safe. It just "feels" better and it works. I point it at something from a duiker or javelina up to the size of moose or eland, touch the trigger, and it goes down.

 

 

Bill Quimby

[Diamondbackaz]

I retired my model 7 243 since deer would run 75 to 100 yards on a heart and lung shot. Now I use my 270 for jump shooting and my 7 mag for long range when glassin

[ndaniel]

Thanks for all the replies I appreciate it...

 

Lance-I have the November 10th hunt

[ruffcountry]

My list would start with 243 on the small end and would call the 257 weatherby just about perfect. I will carry 3006 or 300 wby this year.

[ndaniel]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good ballistics website? I've checked out chuckhawks.com but are there any other good ones out there?

[Lance]

You can find good balistic charts on the websites of the gunmakers like Remmington etc.

 

I ment what hunt? As in, Nov. hunt in unit_____?

 

I hunt Coues with a 7mm RUM. So that I can kill them when I want to or I can sneek closer if I want to! Theoretically

[rimhunter]

I started hunting with a .222 and shot it for meny years and took deer and pigs with it . I cant remeber any going far after the shot . I have a 3006 , 308 , 300 mag and a 243 and will be usening the 243 this year

[firstcoueswas80]

Lance, my dad shoots a 7RUM also, pee shooter and man its accuarte too! shoots under an inch as a total factory rifle, just a tuned trigger to about 3lbs. 140 accubonds are deadly!