It has really been 20 years since I have killed a deer with a 30/30 lever gun. For nostalgic reasons I picked up a marlin 336 in 30/30 this summer and had a Nikon 2-7x33 mounted on top of it. Figured it would be a great carry gun while doing drives in northern Michigan swamps and could be fun while on stand in the smame places. Well, I was right on all accounts. Got to tote it around for two days this weekend and actually whacked a deer with it too. I was a walker on a drive and had a couple get up in front of me. Fun fun stuff right there. The gun is so easy to carry instead of a 24 or 26" barreled bolt gun and way faster on the follow up shots while shooting at deer running through 6' high grass with trees mixex in. Have to time them on the hop. Fun stuff.
