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Dad used a Savage M99-T, 250-3000 to hunt Whitetail deer, Mule deer, Antelope and Black bear. When he started hunting Elk he bought a pre-64 M70 30-06.

I don't own either one of his rifles. Wish I did.

Winchester model '94 in .30-30.

He hunted deer with a sporterized 03-A3 for most of his live, but killed his last buck with a Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08. He doesn't hunt any more.

dad used a winchester 94 rifle in 25/35 and a ruger 44 mag carbine, grandpa used a 03 springfield 30/06

Grew up in WNY (glad I'm out of that commie state!) and shot gunning or pistol hunting was our only options.
My dad also hunted PA rifle once or twice.
When in NY he used a 16 gauge Stevens bolt action shotgun - killed his fair share of deer with that, then he got into handgunning as well as me, he got a TC Contender super 14 in .357 Max and that is when I was impressed with the max (which made my choice cartridge for my sons first rifle) and I bought a Dan Wesson .44 mag.
A few yrs later I bought a TC Contender in .44 mag and my dad and I traded barrels so now he owns his .44 mag TC.
When he hunted PA he used a .308

Dad used a JC Higgins M50 30-06. Only big-game rifle he ever owned.

M 1 carbine, dumbest choice for a white tail rifle ever! Uncles all told him it was inadequate, but he was too cheap to buy a real deer rile. He has long since quit hunting, but I still can't fathom hunting with that old gun....

Savage 99EG in .300 Savage when I started hunting.

Remmy 742 Woodsmaster 30-06

to the best of my knowledge, my Dad never hunted big game or owned a centerfire rifle....don't know where in the hell I got the hunting "disease"......

my dad, like me, lives in ohio so muzzleloader or shotgun. but a few years ago he started going out of state to hunt and uses a winchester model 70 in .270WSM

Dad used a Remington 760 30-06 as his everything rifle- deer, bears, elk all fell to it. To see him shoot that rifle with iron buckhorn sights was a thing to behold. He could shoot better than most guys can shoot scoped rifles and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't talk him into a scope.
He passed several years ago and now my nephew's son just inherited the rifle to start hunting with next year. It will get a scope for his use, however.

Bob

I'm not sure what he hunted with before I was born. He bought a new Ruger 77 the first or second year they came out right around the time I was born and still uses it 40+ years later.

My dad has always used his Remington 700 30-06 for deer and elk. With his health declining I don't know how much longer he'll be able to go out and hunt.

He's been quite deadly with the rifle as I've watched him take a number of animals with it.

M77 Hawkeye 30/06 with a fixed 4x Bushnell for some... But mainly my Grandpa's 1952 M70 300 H&H Improved. I have no idea how many heads of game those two rigs are responsible for, but it's likely more than I'll ever come close to taking.

1958 Super Grade 30.06 Winchester Model 70 with a Leopold VX III

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My dad killed his first deer just a few years ago, after I killed my first. He uses one of my rifles since I always seem to have plenty on hand

He did rabbit and squirrel hunt and one day I will get the 12ga Wingmaster he used that my grandfather bought new in the mid 1950's.

Here is a surprise for a Canadian hunting family. Dad used a 35 Winchester until he bought a #1mkIII SMLE in 303 post 1950. He changed to a Savage 99 in about 1973 and used the teo of them interchangeably. I have the SMLE and my daughter the savage.

1954 Marlin 336RC in 30-30.. took it out this last season, though I didn't get anything with it. It'll keep going out every couple of years.

My dad's only rifle was an 98 Mauser, 8mm, WWII with nazi swastika marked on receiver - it was bought for $12.00 at a farm auction. The stock was a home-made custom with a hunk of 2x4 glued and screwed to the butt, then sawn and sanded to conform to the shape of the stock. It added 4 inches to the length of pull, far too long for others but he liked it just fine. He was a lefty (Pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates during WWII because he couldn't get into the armed forces due to a childhood accident which damaged his lungs.) but taught himseelf to shoot from his right shoulder and even shot his recurve bow right-handed. It was passed down to me when he died and it is now a .416 Taylor that was glass bedded in an ancient Bishop stock. It has double set triggers and an ancient Weaver 1.5 to 4 scope. It works just great on cape buffalo and white tails. Every time I pick it up I can see my dad smiling.