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Have been out a couple of times for bear already. No luck. Had the .375 H&H Number One along. A few weeks back I checked the zero by whacking a rockchuck with a 300 gr Sierra SPBT. That worked... Suspect that it's up to hitting a bear again, if I can find one and take the shot! Hmmm. Not a bear. The doe seemed lonely and stuck around for a while as I glassed for bear. Best of luck to the hunters this season! Regards, Guy
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Guy, cool pics! Been doing some squirrel hunting. Got 8 so far with my H&R Sportster, single shot .22. Will deer hunt this fall with my CVA Scout .44 mag single shot.
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You gotta get another nice bear with JBs rifle!!
Keep at it! Cool pix....
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If eliminating feral cats at the farm is hunting then I have. Ruger No. 1 in .223 AI. I have two deer licenses for rifle season this year and will be using a Browning 1885 .25-06.
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No season open here yet, but have busted a couple crows and a coyote with my 1-V 220 Swift.
Will hunt my old 45-120 C Sharps this fall too.
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I will probably take the .30-40 #1 for the deer opener this year, in two months...Although maybe the Princess will go with 53 TSX, too.
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My dad uses a h&r ultra slug 3 1/2" 20 gauge for deer. Loves it had a 12 gauge he used for a couple years also.
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I'll have my No. 1 in 45-70 out this November for deer.
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cmg - what cartridge for that Number One in the photo?
Glad to see that some of us are hauling our Number One rifles afield. Pretty cool.
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6 mm Remington - 80 gr. TTSX @ 3450 fps from the 26 " barrel of the 1B configuration.
Leupold 4x M8 scope
That rifle goes afield a lot with me on roe deer hunts.
Thanks for starting this thread. I enjoy seeing these No. 1 in the field as well.
No bears here - just wild boar. Hunting regs call for 6,5 mm and bigger though, so that 6 mm is grounded :-(
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cmg - I'm a long-time fan of the 6mm Rem. Got one in 1974 and my youngest son still uses it regularly for varmints & deer. It's a bolt action Remington though. Sweet shooting little cartridge.
Thanks for the info. That's a nice photo of your rifle & deer.
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CMG, where in Europe are you? I bought a No. 1 in Germany a few years back.
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Two tags as well this jyear. If I get out which is probable first will be with my 1A 303 and second RSI 7x57. Not until Oct.
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The season here is still a couple of months out. When it does arrive, I plan to carry my 1A in 6.5x55. It's past time to give that rifle a go. Probably with a 120gr, perhaps a 100gr this is yet to be decided.
Thanks for the thread, it is a good one.
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Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however, Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.
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My 9.3x74R and .338 Win Mag are going to elk camp again this year--seven weeks to go!
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I could not help but admire the No 1's shown here on the campfire. Where I live down here in Australia I am fortunate enough to have enough land to go for 30 minute stalk at dusk or dawn and get a chance to run into foxes, wild dogs or feral pigs or "hogs", & can do it all year round. Larger (meaning older) hogs are extremely alert, never stay still for more than a second or two, and are difficult to stalk. Generally there will only be the opportunity for one shot. I recently purchased a used 300H&H, the first No 1 I have owned. They are great rifles! I have loaded up some 165 NBT's, this is three sighting shots @ 55 meters, the rifle shoots nicely, better than I can. Some recoil off the bench... So far one hog taken last weekend Good Hunting Guys!
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Just this back in June: Gun deer season doesn't open here for another two-and-a-half months, so it'll be the odd hog or coyote until then. Or loose housecat. (Though black powder deer starts near the end of October.)
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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If eliminating feral cats at the farm is hunting then I have. Ruger No. 1 in .223 AI. I have two deer licenses for rifle season this year and will be using a Browning 1885 .25-06. Did it say "feral" on their collars?? Anyway, if things work out for me, it will be 2nd week of November with a new to me Merkel K-1 in .308 Win. If the weather isn't cooperating, raining, snowing etc., then it will be my 6.5 Swede Sako bolt gun.
If there is any proof of a man in a hunt it is not whether he killed a deer but how he hunted it.
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Been out several times this year with the birthday present my dad gave me at 15 (14 1/2 years ago), a Savage 112 BVSS-S in .220 Swift. It has about 2000 rounds down the tube now but it still shoots 5 rounds of it's favorite load into a 1/2" (37gr. of IMR-4064 and just about any 52gr. bullet I can load).
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