The 7.62x39mm is a good round and will take anything in the USA.  All You have to do is put it where it needs to go...

Where are You going to hunting them? Are you going to be using a rifle or bow? Private or Public Land?

I had the Quad 300 for a while. I found that the pin and peep were more accurate. One of the keys to accuracy w/ a crossbow is the string position. Mark the string on each side of the slide rail while in the uncocked position so that I could make final adjustment after cocking. You will notice that it is easy to get off center durring the pull. This will result in 1 side having a bit more or less string. It realy helps. Also keep 1 arrow in the quiver w/ a blunt/judo tip. Like a black powder rifle, once loaded it must be fired. Invest in limbsavers, and anything that will help quiet the thing down. They are loud.

Mosin 7.62x54R is a great rifle caliber for almost all large game animanls.... I and my sons have hunted with and taken whitetail and Axis deer with Mosin 7.62x54R in 205grain soft point ammo.It does kick like a mule though...This is close to our American 30-06 cal.If you shoot iron sights....aim 5 to 6 inches below your point of aim.you should be dead on at 50 to 100 yards with this aim.Make sure you shoot it in at your local rifle range to know how it shoots and you know your gun you shoot..The safety or what there is of one...is not to be trusted..so do not place a round in the chamber until you are sure of your target and ready to fire..Also..make sure what you shoot at the rifle range is the same ammo as you use for hunting..different ammo brads will all shoot different..with iron sights and scopes..Very accurate rifle!!This is a great hunting rifle and can be for you too.Hope this helps..

good luck....

Tom:

I've owned my Marlin (Glenfield) Lever .30-30 new since 1978 and have just over 100 empty cases.  I still remember going to the range to sight it in the first time and burned through a whole box of 20 rounds for sighting it in and shoorting the remainder of the rounds to just shoot it.  So, over the 34 years I've owned it, I've averaged 3 rounds per year.

If you have a similar experience, it will be a long while before you have enough empty cases to reload.

During last year's deer season, I found the scope ring clamp screws had loosened (after 34 years) and I replaced it with a new Nikon Buckmaster Side focus Mildot 4.5-14 X 40 (Nikon Part# 6469) and bore sighted it by removing the bolt, steadying the rifle and looking through the barrel at a neighbor's mail box; then adjusting the scope reticles to coincide with the same place on the mailbox.  I believe my bore sighting is close enough to print fairly close to the bullseye, but even if the bullet just hits the target, I will use the vector from the bullet hole to the bullseye to adjust the scope for both windage and elevation.  I don't intend to use more than 3 rounds to finish sighting in the scope.  With the Mildot reticle, I can now accurately adjust for windage, elevation and bullet drop by knowing the ballistics of the round I am shooting (Hornady's LeverEvolution 160 grain polymer tip projectile).

Thanks!  I went out Saturday and kept getting busted.  The wind was swirling and I was a lot lower in my tree than when I rifle hunt.  I will try going higher this weekend.

"rifle"