Very cool rifle evanhill.

340mag - I've been looking hard at one of those nice little Rugers in .30-06. I've got one in .375 that I really like, but mostly I hunt mule deer, so all that power simply isn't necessary.

In recent years I mostly hunt with a .25-06 700 CDL with a 6x Leupold. It's filled my mule deer tag almost every year since I bought it in 2004 or 2005. Light enough for backpacking, flat shooting, reasonably accurate. I just plain like the rifle.

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Young buck taken in rough country here in Washington. I'm real glad he stopped sliding down into the canyon when he hit those rocks! Packing him out, quartered up, I was glad he wasn't a bigger buck too...
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Guy