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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year?
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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................
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I know you haven't been yet, but how are the deer doing there? I thought I read that they had a BAD winter several years ago that really knocked their dicks in the dirt.
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Blackheart. Were you born stupid or have you had to work at it?????????????????????????????????????????????? I'm going with both on that. Both the the genes and the extra effort are self-evident...........
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Same again last winter. They are already apologizing for the fact that hunters may actually have to "hunt" this year. Nan and I are not overly concerned. We seldom spend much time sitting. As long as the weather isn't warm/vs cool/cold, what deer there are will be active. Neither of us are trophy hunters so we aren't all that selective. And , yes, there ARE "Anticosti" trophies. They just wouldn't be classed as such anyplace else. I am certain we will come back with tags filled. Full report to follow. Success OR failure.
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U.P. deer were hit REAL bad 2 years in a row. They dropped like flies.....
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LBK...looking forward to the Anticosti report...one of my fave things each year...... Take the .303.......
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Before my eyes got too old to use irons I used to fill a tag each year with something old. My Win model 64 was my favorite, and I had more fun shooting a two point dink with it than a monster buck with a whiz bang scoped gun. I even took two safaris with nothing but irons...that stuff you are doing is too kool for skool!
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Model 64 is my ABSOLUTE favorite Winchester, with the model 55 a very close second.
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What was really cool once is that I got a hold of some 190 gr. Silvertips for the .303 Savage ( components) Loaded them into the 30-30 and went hunting. Devastating!
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I agree with ingwe. Really look forward to reading your Anticosti reports. Love the pictures of deer, snow, evergreens and lever actions.
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Model 64 is my ABSOLUTE favorite Winchester, with the model 55 a very close second. You can't say that without pics.........
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I like the 250 savage, but never have hunted with it. Bought a 6.5 x 55 husky so I might sell the 1899 takedown. I followed this thread all the way through and have two stories to share.
I have a hunting buddy who worked up a .243 ackley to unbelievable long range accuracy. He took up whitetail hunting in Northern Idaho. Ended up losing one buck, harvesting another.
A farmer in Nebraska, I used to bowhunt on his land, had a pet goat that lived on the front porch. A jehovas witness came to preach on the front porch. The goat butted the "preacher" into the living room couch!
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Which one would you prefer for hunting? I have both, but this weekend the my 250 Savage is first up. The 100 grain Ballistic Tip is zeroed at 100 yards, then +.4 mils for 200, +1.1 mils for 300. Zap!
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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................ I vote for the .303 Savage! For some reason that cartridge is haunting me. I've got a boatload of brass and dies for it, Now I just hafta' find a .303 model 99 I can afford. It's perfectly normal to have reloading components for a rifle you don't own yet... right?
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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................ I vote for the .303 Savage! For some reason that cartridge is haunting me. I've got a boatload of brass and dies for it, Now I just hafta' find a .303 model 99 I can afford. It's perfectly normal to have reloading components for a rifle you don't own yet... right? Yes it is and don't EVER think other ways......................
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Great thread! All except for the part where satan showed up.
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Great thread! All except for the part where satan showed up. I think it can be summed up thusly: "bullets matter more than headstamps, except when we're talkin about the .250 savage."
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+1 on the 303. Savage. I want one too. The 99 in a .303 Savage was my Grandpa's favorite gun.
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