Yes they do or did
and I definitely took advantage of it.

I figure these should be perfect deer and hog rounds for the next few years!

Which is why I started this thread in the first place!

Thanks for all the replies. I will shoot 168 Hog hammer TSXs and the 150 Fusions out of the gun at 200yd and see which groups better. That'll be the decider.

I shot mine with nosler custom 150 gr accubond out of a 308 and he didn't make a step

Was it in the mountains or on a hill country ranch? By

What does that matter?

Idk. I've seen a ranch aoudad being taken with a 25-06 with 117gr SSTs. Great heart/double lung shot. Also a ewe with 30-06 180gr Trophy Bonded Tip. POTATOES.

The difficulty of hunting free range vs. animals that are under feeders is usually a decent sized gap. I'd assume that animals that are out in the desert are substantially more hardy as well, but that's an assumption.

Not the difficulty, but the hardiness.

I shot him off sticks in a cedar gap. The nosler bullets in the accubond would be a good one

160 Remington Core-Lokt for hogs and deer. Shot placement is the key. If you can't shoot where you aim no amount of primo ammo will help you unless you are using a bazooka.

Cool. Good to know.

"160 Remington Core-Lokt"....160gr in a 30/06??

Yeah didn't wanna answer that

5 yd penalty - Facts in a No Fact zone!

That is tacit. I was talking about bullet weight, not the type of bullet. There are 6mm bullets in the 80-87 grain range that are designed for varmints and some that are designed for deer. Use what is appropriate. The OP was specifically talking about bullet weights for a 30-06. My 30-06 prefers 150 grain federal blue box and my son's prefers 165 grain Corelokts. So that is what is used in each rifle no matter what big game is hunted.

So you saw one shot with a .25-06 and a light bullet and your questioning if a 06' will work with 150 grain bullets?


A aoudad in the hill country is not any less hardy than a aoudad in the palo duro canyon. Still the same animal.

Just cause one may eat at a feeder from time to time does not mean you can knock him over with a down pillow


Think about it....how would a hill country aoudad be easier to kill than a aoudad of the same size where your hunting? Just cause he has a different zip code?

Hill country animal probably eats better than a wild one for sure

I would have killed 10 auodad by now in the time this thread has been going on! Sometimes, it's best to get out into the woods and shoot [censored]. Make a good shot, and let the bullet do it's thing!

165gr Sierra GameKing BTHP is deadly in .30-06 and my son shoots the 140gr GameKing HPBT in 7mm-08.

You shouldn't have any problems with a 165gr for deer-sized animals at 300yds.

Haha, yeah, I feel you. Hunt's not until January.

Verdict: 30-06 fusion 150 gr for both aoudad and mule deer.

Should have bought accubonds they kill better

Should have stayed with 165gr. Better BC. Just messin' with ya'. I like the fusion bullets. They are accurate in the gun I shoot them in (6.8 SPC AR15) and have done well on hogs.

I wouldn't worry too much about what bullet in your 30-06. Whatever shoots good will more than likely do the job just fine. However, hunting them in Palo Duro Canyon, I for sure would not put my range limitation at 200 or even 250. They have excellent eyesight and learn quickly. If they have been shot at much at all, being able to shoot out to 400 would be very much in your best interest. I know several folks who have shot a bunch of them on the Cap, and one of those guys used to guide in PDC. The more you can extend you range, the better odds you have.