36 caliber deer hunting

[Loyalist Dave]

Folks, let's quit the references to modern ammunition please?

LD

 

[yellowhammer]

...I'm not here to judge anyone. I personally would not take a .36 PRB deer hunting...

Me either, GSML. Now, starving to death in an apocalypse situation I'd shoot spitballs at 'em if that's all I had....

ETA: Uh-oh, just saw Loyalist Dave's post. Is a spitball too modern? I promise I won't mention them again.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Me either, GSML. Now, starving to death in an apocalypse situation I'd shoot spitballs at 'em if that's all I had....

ETA: Uh-oh, just saw Loyalist Dave's post. Is a spitball too modern? I promise I won't mention them again.

By modern ammunition I thought he meant Conicals...

 

[yellowhammer]

By modern ammunition I thought he meant Conicals...

I know, I was just being a smart alec... Didn't go over very well, did it...

 

[Hermit Tim]

I know, I was just being a smart alec... Didn't go over very well, did it...

Na I got it. Was just mashing your taters a little bit. Besides we all know Conicals and modern ammo are just fads. I don't think they will catch on.

 

[brazosland]

The .36 killed A LOT of men. It was considered very capable in that role. The .44 was designed to kill Horses.

I don’t understand all the hand wringing about using a .36 launched from a rifle to kill deer at reasonable ranges.

Muzzleloaders don’t kill with “energy”, they kill by punching holes in things, and the .36 round ball correctly applied to the side of a deer will do just that.

I love my .58’s and .62’s…but having killed lots of stuff with them and my .40’s…I really don’t see much difference in the way deer-sized game reacts. We have Magnumized ourselves into thinking that unless you dump atom-splitting levels of energy into a whitetail deer it just won’t die.

If it will reliably kill a man, it will work on a deer.