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Round for Dall Sheep hunting

Anchorage, AK
I have an area scoped out for hunting Dall Sheep next year. What round does everyone use for hunting them? I am thinking .308.
 
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.308 would be fine, sheep are not that hard to kill. They do share country with bears. My rifle of choice for sheep the last several years and have had to deal with a few bears, is a Kimber Adirondack in 6.5 Creedmoor. Choose something you can carry a long way and it really helps to have a rig that you can see your impacts with, really helps if you miss. My 6.5 is flat shooting and plenty hard hitting. Lots of eye relief,, very easy to get scope eye shooting up hill.

 
Whatever you feel comfortable shooting and carrying. No need for a heavy magnum, unless that's simply what you feel best shooting. I use a 30-06, my wife always used a 7mm-08.
 
My son used a 260 REM when he was 11. It worked just fine. Unless the Brooks have changed bears will come play with you so I switched up from a .264 mag to a 300 RUM.
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That broomer is an old man! Nice sheep! Looks like you have hunted a few different places by the horn configurations.

I shot mine with iron sight 375 H&H. Back then that is the only stainless rifle I owned, and what I carried for everything. On the other hand when young I shot my Coastal Brown Bear with a 30-06 with 4x Weaver scope; both the sheep and bear were shot at under 35 yards.

Sheep die fairly easily. Range can be tricky. Some guys claim to make 600 yard shots, and many guys talk about watching other hunting parties miss long shots.

Light weight is good climbing, but if you flinch it is no good. Take what you are comfortable shooting, get within a couple hundred yards and punch your tag.

Some guys spend big bucks for those super light rifles. Of all the guys I have flown on hunts the ones that show up with boots that fit well and expectation to put lots of miles in are the ones that come back with meat.

Some of the best hunters I flew had Browning 300WSM with the boss. Those guys were good shots and carried a big spotting scope. They lost about one pound per day of hunting.
 
Man, this thread would make all my Whitetail hunting buddies here in Missouri loose their minds lol. Those sheep are awfully pretty!!!! Super jealous!!!
 
My friend is offering to trade me a 416 Ruger. It should work for sheep pretty well, land the bullet anywhere close and the shrapnel will kill the thing:oops:
 
I’ve used a 270, 7mm-mag & 30-06 now. Ammo for the 06 is about as flat shooting as the 7mm was 20yrs ago. You can also carry heavier bullets for bear with the 06. FN-Win mod 70, featherweight.
 
I’ve used a 270, 7mm-mag & 30-06 now. Ammo for the 06 is about as flat shooting as the 7mm was 20yrs ago. You can also carry heavier bullets for bear with the 06. FN-Win mod 70, featherweight.

We share similar taste in rifles. I agree the 06 is even more effective with modern bullets and powders.

 
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I used a Winchester 1886 deluxe rifle for my ram in 475 Turnbull.
Use what you want and are comfortable with.
 

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Those lightweight Kimbers sure are sweet. My wife had a Montana in .308. Recoil got to be a little much for her so we replaced it with a Sako Carbonlight in 6.5 Creed. What a perfect little mountain rifle!
 
.308 would be fine, sheep are not that hard to kill. They do share country with bears. My rifle of choice for sheep the last several years and have had to deal with a few bears, is a Kimber Adirondack in 6.5 Creedmoor. Choose something you can carry a long way and it really helps to have a rig that you can see your impacts with, really helps if you miss. My 6.5 is flat shooting and plenty hard hitting. Lots of eye relief,, very easy to get scope eye shooting up hill.


Wow nice rifle! Which suppressor are you running on it?
Really good looking sheep!
 
75 years ago, jack O'Connor would have suggested using a 270.
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That's still a viable choice.
 

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Have a custom 308 that has taken two, a custom 300 short mag that has taken four, took one with a 44 mag and another with 30-06. They all seemed to do just fine. I would say the flattest shooting round you can shoot most accurately in a light rifle. If I were building a new rifle I would consider a 6.5 prc or 7mm prc or some other 7mm with superior ballistics to a 30 cal. As stated above, 243 or 308 is plenty to kill a sheep, maybe not the best if you are shooting 500 yds across a windy canyon though.


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My son used a 260 REM when he was 11. It worked just fine. Unless the Brooks have changed bears will come play with you so I switched up from a .264 mag to a 300 RUM.


I can’t imagine packing my 300 Remington Ultra Mag stainless bull barrel any great distance. Let alone make the second shot count if I miss my first shot. It was my long range Caribou rifle.. one moose with it, switched to a Weatherby 300 mag. Doesn’t have quite the range and wallop of the 300 RUM…with the Weatherby I’m not flinching on the second trigger pull.
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Could have taken this bull with a 30/30….less than 50’ from me when I took it.



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