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Since MS went to rifle season , all season on private lands.. i haven't hunted with my encore 35 wheeler..

Prolly hunt with my 6.5prc. Got another suppressor ( of course, got it right after last years season ended).

It changes like the weather for me….

But the rifles I’ve verified zero for/worked up a new load for are:
Rem 700 mt rifle in 30/06 w/ 150BT’s
Kimber Montana 7/08 w/ 120TTSX
Marlin 375 lever with 220 hornady
Marlin 336 30-30 w/ 160FTX
Henry single shot 44 mag w 240xtp’s if I get to go to Illinois
TC contender in 30 Herret shooting 120SST

Colt 30-06 and Winchester 30-30
I guess I should add crossbow and flintlock

New to me Kimber Hunter in .257 Robert's and Kimber Montana. 300WSM. Redhawks in .357, .41, .44, and .45LC. Flintlock for early and late MZ

I'll use a crossbow once it gets cold, a tc omega 50cal ml in about 10 days, then either a 270win or a 308win.

I'll use a crossbow once it gets cold, a tc omega 50cal ml in about 10 days, then either a 270win or a 308win.

Nula .260
Blaser R8 .308
Rifles Inc,Strata 6.5 PRC

May mess around with a 6 Creed some too

On the Mn.homestead pre 64 M70 .270
Elsewhere in Mn. pre 64 M70 MCM/7x57
MT likely pre 64 M70 MCM 6.5CM

M12 308 Win. or M600 35 Rem

My Dad's 16ga 870. Hasn't fired a slug in 40 years

My Ruger Hawkeye RSI 308 or my Tikka T3x Lite 308 if it's wet. I changed the scope on the Tikka. It has a Burris Signature Safari 1.75x5 now.

Mauser M18 6.5prc w/meopta meostar R1 7x56 illuminated.........an addictive combo for hunting over fields and sitting late.

Other distance options:

Tikka T3 lite 3006
Win M70 extreme sporter 300 wsm
TC Icon weathershield 3006

Woods options:

TC Icon 308
Weatherby vanguard heavy barrel 308
Howa 20" heavy barrel 308

Let's see........


I try to spend as much time as possible between the opening and closing of rifle season here in Texas. Hunting out of a camp, I"m not particularly limited to what I carry.

So here are a few that have followed me home since last season, and need to be blooded.



Merkel K4 Damaszener, 30-06 Springfield



Sauer 404 "Golden Boar", 308 Win



German Guild SXS Hammer Double, 30 WCF



Browning 1885 Low Wall, 6.5 x 55



Merkel B4 Bergstutzen, OU, 223 Rem./308 Win.



Lyman Sharps, 45-70

Browning BAR Safari, 30-06 Springfield.

ya!

GWB

I've got several I haven't hunted yet. We've got a long season so I plan to use several.

Ruger UL skeleton stock 270 seems to really like 130gr TTSX
Custom Mauser 7x57
Custom Mauser 30-06
Ruger No. 1 300 H&H
Interarms 375 H&H
Weatherby Mark V Deluxe 240Wby

Sako Varmint 308 for Texas.

Kimber Montana 260 in New York.

Savage 220 20 ga. slug gun for New Jersey.

TC Omega muzzleloader New Jersey.

Alabama : Encore muzzleloader, MRC X2 in 7mm08 , Swaro Z3 3-10x42 and Rem 700 XCR 2 in 270 win, VX3 3.5-10x40.
If I get bored and get some deer killed I might do a few hunts with my encore 7mm08 pistol,

Ohio: Winchester XPR in 350 Legend, VX3i 2.5-8x36.

I got all kinds of crazy ideas I dreamed up all summer but I’m going to try a keep things simple.

I plan to primarily bow hunt all season here.

So my main squeeze will be the Bear Adapt 60#.

Rifles will be a M7 308 in SS or a BAR SAFARI 30-06.

ML season to start in a few weeks .
I have a variety to choose from , ML season will be covered with a knight 50 cal .
Rifle season , Ruger American compact 308 , T/C Venture 30-06 , Savage T10 rebarreled with Shilen match grade 308 26” heavy sporter , Remington 700 LSS rebarreled with urban rifleman 26” 243 heavy sporter, 300aac black diamond , and Remington Marlin 45/70
All excellent shooters.
Oh and S&W 629 5” if opportunity presents itself
Kenneth

This season I'll be hunting with my Remington 788 .44 Magnum.

Ruger American Go Wild in 450 Bush Master, Remington 700 54 cal , Rem 870 12. GA.