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Re: Birth of a Deer Camp CharlieFoxtrot #8234515 11/08/13
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,787 Wisconsin G Grizzly_Bill Campfire Tracker
Grizzly_Bill Campfire Tracker G Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,787 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by CharlieFoxtrot Thanks for the help guys. Crown is good. Running a Leupy Vari X II 3X9 and it's like new. Mounts might be iffy. They're tight, but in keeping with the vintage of the gun, I have a Marbles Game Getter low see throughs. They're so low that you really don't see the target very well. Grew up in the UP near Gladstone and this is sort of a nostalgia thing. They've been on there for at least a decade. The other variable with these guns is the front sling swivel. It screws through the one piece stock into a lug welded on the bottom of the barrel. Some guys say crank it down some say leave it a bit loose with some blue Loc-Tite. ??? I clean it after each season with Butches, brass brush, patch until clean, and then one oiled patch. To sight in, I shoot a fouling shot, then get down to business. When I have my zero, which has never been better than 1.5", I run a dry patch and it's ready to hunt. I'm going to try the 165 Fusions. Technique is the same since I used to shoot competition in high school (literally in the basement of the school :)) so I think I'm good there. I have my 300WM A-bolt if it doesn't work out, but I kinda wanted to take the old girl out, she was getting lonely in the cabinet when her friends got to play every year. If the mount is tight I doubt that its the problem. I'd be inclined to go with a swellen stock adding add'l pressure to the barrel. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.

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Re: Birth of a Deer Camp Grizzly_Bill #8235069 11/08/13
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota B Berettaman Campfire Regular
Berettaman Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota	Dave, you are taking 11 guns to camp? man, i will NEVER get a deer cuz I am only taking 1. I knew dem deers were sneaky bastiges, but I didnt know you could fool'em with different shootin' irons. This will be my last post until next week. Heading up to my uncles farm (which is our "camp") to drop off ATVs, stock in some wood, lay a thin layer of BS and drive the roads looking for Mr MackDaddy. Stupid Vikings. They screw up and win. Stupid Washington, they didnt win. I think you could say the 2 victories over Wash in the last few years have set this franchise back many years (the first victory cost them Robert Griffin III). Good luck all you MN hunters. What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp northern_dave #8235203 11/08/13
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger
Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp Deerwhacker444 #8235650 11/08/13
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,402 Minnesota T TJAY Campfire Regular
TJAY Campfire Regular T Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,402 Minnesota	Sitting in the tent and it is snowing. The stands are up and the hunting clothes are layed out for morning. We are supposed to get four inches of snow, all the better to see the deer. Good luck to all. First post from my tablet/nook

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp TJAY #8235946 11/08/13
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,787 Wisconsin G Grizzly_Bill Campfire Tracker
Grizzly_Bill Campfire Tracker G Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,787 Wisconsin	Have a great hunt TJAY. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.

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Re: Birth of a Deer Camp Grizzly_Bill #8236521 11/09/13
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota goalie Campfire Outfitter
goalie Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota	It is on, go get 'em!!!!!

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp goalie #8237366 11/09/13
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,306 NW MN White_Bear Campfire Regular
White_Bear Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,306 NW MN	Just enough snow here to make the ground whitish. One wind chime hanging here so far. I'm expecting the lead to be flying later as I set-up a neighbor kid in a great evening spot. Good luck to all! Do not feed the bear! White Bear sometimes treads on thin ice...

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp White_Bear #8237711 11/09/13
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Grizzly_Bill Campfire Tracker G Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,787 Wisconsin	One hanging is a good thing. Made 2.5 gallons of chili and fried up meat for spaghetti so far today. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp Grizzly_Bill #8237961 11/09/13
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,514 rice county,mn whipholt_wahoo Campfire Outfitter
whipholt_wahoo Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,514 rice county,mn	grey day,never saw or heard a thing.didnt help the wind is blowing 15-20,with huge flakes falling horizontal. had a smaller tree almost fall on me in my stand,gave up early. ********************** [the member formerly known as fluffy}

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp whipholt_wahoo #8237970 11/09/13
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whipholt_wahoo Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,514 rice county,mn	cell phone view to the left of the first Last edited by fluffy; 11/09/13. ********************** [the member formerly known as fluffy}

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Re: Birth of a Deer Camp whipholt_wahoo #8237971 11/09/13
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota goalie Campfire Outfitter
goalie Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota	Super windy day. I didn't see anything shootable in the am with the Tikka, so I took out the single-shot 44 mag and got a buck and a doe in about 15 seconds. Figures...... Pics when I get home. Good luck tomorrow everyone, looks like great hunting weather the next few days.

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp goalie #8238598 11/09/13
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 802 Sooner land! mule1 Campfire Regular
mule1 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 802 Sooner land!	Originally Posted by goalie Super windy day. I didn't see anything shootable in the am with the Tikka, so I took out the single-shot 44 mag and got a buck and a doe in about 15 seconds. Figures...... Pics when I get home. Good luck tomorrow everyone, looks like great hunting weather the next few days. Awesome! I bet that was some cowboy action reloading! I was xbow hunting today saw six but to far away for me . "Papa ! Nana made turtles in the potty !"

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp mule1 #8238946 11/09/13
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,379 Midwest acooper1983 Campfire Tracker
acooper1983 Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,379 Midwest	Killt a 235lb dressed buck with double drop tines tonight in Wisconsin with a bow. .. I kill chit. "The Heathens nest"

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp acooper1983 #8238948 11/09/13
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,379 Midwest acooper1983 Campfire Tracker
acooper1983 Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,379 Midwest	I kill chit. "The Heathens nest"

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp acooper1983 #8238954 11/09/13
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acooper1983 Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,379 Midwest	Deer is 8yrs old have himbon camera from that far back. He iw definitely the old man. Shot him at 41 yards I kill chit. "The Heathens nest"

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp acooper1983 #8238972 11/09/13
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,504 Tip of the Mitten bruinruin Campfire Ranger
bruinruin Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,504 Tip of the Mitten	What a beaut! Good shootin'. 4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp goalie #8239054 11/09/13
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan S SSB Campfire Regular
SSB Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan	Good Hunting Goalie.....Look forward to the pics! We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp acooper1983 #8239057 11/09/13
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan S SSB Campfire Regular
SSB Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan	Great Buck Coop! Congrats! We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp SSB #8239345 11/10/13
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter
Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD	nice buck! that is one old deer! I'm hoping to get one like that really soon! I decided to start a jawbone collection with different age classes of deer on it, over 5 they get hard to find! congrats on an awesome buck! Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young. Calm seas don't make sailors.

Re: Birth of a Deer Camp Colorado1135 #8239467 11/10/13
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota	Good job coop and goalie! We have more deer sign than we have had for several years. I have been seeing deer and Nate has seen some too. I enjoyed watching a doe and fawn at very close range for about 15 minutes yesterday at 4:30. Good luck everybody! Something clever here.

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