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Today was the last day of Montana's deer season and I had been too busy to think about deer all Fall, but, my wife loves venison and I love having a wife who loves venison, so with two hours left in the season I grabbed a relic from the safe, jumped the cowdog up onto the back of the feedtruck and drove into the hills. It took an hour to find a buck silhouetted against the sunset, so I parked, made a short sneak and found myself looking down at two bucks and a doe. Though they were in a tough spot to get to and it was getting dark, I looked down through the iron sights and dropped the smaller buck. One shot from a Model 94 25-35 that had not been fired in 25 years. This was the rifle I packed when my dad and I hunted together. Often it was horseback. Sometimes it was in the old '49GMC or the '64 Chevy. He always had his old .30-30 in the paper-thin leather scabbard and I had this .25-35. My wife has her venison now and I have new memories. Unfortunately, I did not take my camera, but I hope you get the picture.

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Thanks for sharing the details of your hunt. The story is better than any pictures.



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Awesome way to honor the time you hunted with your dad, and keep your wife happy with fresh venison. thanks for sharing it with us!!!


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Yep, got the picture!
Congrats.


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Well done... Love the 25-35.

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About 20 years ago, my dad had to quit hunting and he gave me his old Rem 721 30-06. He'd bought it when I was about 3 or 4. A couple years later, I used it to kill a moose. He was pleased to no end about that.


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