I hunt deer in a couple of different types of terrain with a couple of different techniques. That means I have a couple of different perfect whitetail rifles. but here are three.

1) For hunting on the ground, still hunting or tracking in the snow would choose my M77 MKII 358 win, 20" barrel in a MPI stock with a 4x leupold.

2)for general stand hunting I have hawkeye with 21.5" barrel in 6.5 creedmore. McMillan stock and 6x42 leupold.

3) For sitting over longer shots I have MKII with a 23" #4 rock in 7mmSAUM and a McMillan with a 3-12 Burris Euro diamond.


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