Caliber reccomendation for hunting Canadian Whitetails

[UltraMax]

Go with anything .30 cal or larger. Just think a .30 cal is an all around winner. Don't let anyone tell you that a .300 mag is too much for deer. Dead is dead.

I would find a .30 caliber (or larger) cartridge you like and are comfortable with and use it.

It all comes down to what your confident in and comfortable with.

I have shot many, many whitetails with a .300 RUM, mainly because I bought that rifle to elk hunt with and fell in love with it while working up reloads and I was comfortable with it. I shoot a 6.5x55 Swede now.

The terminal damage has more to do with the bullets performance than the actual caliber IMO.

If I were going where you're going, I'd take my .300 RUM loaded down with 180 Nosler Partitions. And maybe a back up ballistic tip load for longer ranges.

[DRT]

If I was forced to suggest, I'd say no lighter than a .270 if you are buying for the job. Something with a heavy bullet that holds together well, I'd use Sierra's. Make a good shot, and make sure its something you can handle the recoil to. The biggest disease in hunting is thinking you need a magnum rifle, and shooting it to where the recoil scares you, and thus needing a magnum rifle because of inability to have proper shot placement because you're scared of your rifle.

All things said, the 30-06 is the most versatile caliber ever made. If I had to buy one off the self gun to be able to hunt the world with minus africa, it would be a 30-06.

My thoughts exactly.

[tigerscowboy]

If you're going to chamber a 30-06, why be afraid of 7mag?

[tigerscowboy]

Take what you are confident with shooting. Something with some bump might be better, but it has to be on the mark first. IMO