The best way to choose a rifle is to work backward, first asking what type of game you intend to hunt? The type of game will narrow down the caliber of bullet you should use. Once you know the type of cartridge that will limit the types of rifle you can use, leaving the final points to personal preferences.
For example, a 30-06 rifle - means a rifle that can fire a .30-06 Springfield cartridge - various rifles can fire this cartridge.
It is important to select the correct caliber because you should choose ammunition that will guarantee a humane kill, while damaging as little of the meat as possible. Using a more powerful caliber than required will give a humane kill however more meat will be damaged. Alternatively, to small a caliber will mean the animal will suffer.
Other factors to consider: a comfortable rifle weight, the type of rifle action you prefer, and the materials you prefer. 
Choosing Rifle Caliber : what type of game you will hunt
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Hunting on the Cheap






One problem is buying an affordable rifle. With gas, food and other necessities of life going up who can afford a new rifle. Actually there are a couple of choices out there for someone who wants to buy one good hunting rifle. Many new rifles cost anywhere from $7 to $1100 dollars or more which is beyond many first time or low budget hunters. You might want to buy a rifle for a youngster and don't want to spend a lot of bucks because he might not stay interested in the sport. Yes the expensive rifles are pretty and accurate but pretty have never killed the first animal. For a good reliable and rugged rifle where do you go? You can try and buy a used gun but that might be a crap shoot if you don't know the seller or what to look for. Why is he selling it? That is a question that needs answering among others. If you know what you are doing you might make out ok. However for someone who wants a new rifle th... [more]

Most hunting advice sources all over the web will tell you that the best time to maximize your chances of bagging a nice buck is the rut. The rut is the peak deer hunting time of the season when bucks and does will reproduce.
Starting in bow season, bucks will prepare for the rut by leaving scrapes all over the woods. A scrape is where a buck scratches the ground, leaving his mark for all of the other bucks in the area to notice. Its a method that bucks use to start figuring out who the dominant buck is. Bucks will always make a scrape under a limb. They do this so that they can rub their nose on it and leave scent. Other bucks competing for that area will come by, scrape some more, and smell the limb. So your probably thinking now that a scrape is a good spot to hunt a buck, right? Well, you are correct, but you have to understand one thing first.
For whatever reason male whitetail deer will make scrapes during the night.
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